(VIANEWS) – Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (CORT), Capital Southwest Corporation (CSWC), Palantir (PLTR) are the highest sales growth and return on equity stocks on this list.
Here is a list of stocks with an above 5% expected next quarter sales growth, and a 3% or higher return on equity. May these stocks be a good medium-term investment option?
1. Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (CORT)
37.4% sales growth and 21.05% return on equity
Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated discovers, develops, and commercializes drugs for the treatment of severe metabolic, oncologic, and psychiatric disorders in the United States. The company offers Korlym (mifepristone) tablets as a once-daily oral medication for the treatment of hyperglycemia secondary to hypercortisolism in adult patients with endogenous Cushing's syndrome, who have type 2 diabetes mellitus or glucose intolerance, and have failed surgery or are not candidates for surgery. It is developing relacorilant to treat patients with Cushing's syndrome; and nab-paclitaxel in combination with relacorilant, which has completed Phase II clinical trial to treat patients with serous ovarian tumors, as well as in Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of solid tumors. The company is also developing selective cortisol modulator combined with Xtandi that is in open label dose finding trial to treat patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer; selective cortisol modulator for the treatment of antipsychotic-induced weight gain; and FKBP5 gene expression assays. Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.94.
PE Ratio
Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 25.69. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $25.69 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 21.05%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 31.4%, now sitting on 482.38M for the twelve trailing months.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated’s stock is valued at $24.15 at 15:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $34.28 and way above its 52-week low of $20.45.
2. Capital Southwest Corporation (CSWC)
21.7% sales growth and 13.74% return on equity
Capital Southwest Corporation is a business development company specializing in credit and private equity and venture capital investments in middle market companies, mezzanine, later stage, mature, late venture, emerging growth, buyouts, recapitalizations and growth capital investments. It does not invest in startups, publicly traded companies, real estate developments, project finance opportunities, oil and gas exploration businesses, troubled companies, turnarounds, and companies in which significant senior management is departing. In lower middle market, the firm typically invests in growth financing, bolt-on acquisitions, new platform acquisitions, refinancing, dividend recapitalizations, sponsor-led buyouts, and management buyouts situations. The investment structures are Unitranche debt, subordinated debt, senior debt, first and second lien debt, and preferred and common equity. The firm makes equity co-investments alongside debt investments, up to 20% of total check and only makes non-control investments. It prefers to invest in Industrial manufacturing and services, value-added distribution, healthcare products and services, business services, specialty chemicals, food and beverage, tech-enabled services and SaaS models. The firm seeks to invest in energy services and products, industrial technologies, and specialty chemicals and products. Within energy services and products, the firm seeks to invest in each segment of the industry, including upstream, midstream and downstream, excluding exploration and production with a focus on differentiated products and services, equipment and tool rental, consumable products, and drilling and completion chemicals. Within industrial technologies, it seeks to invest in automation and process controls, handling and packaging equipment, industrial filtration and fluid handling, measurement, monitoring and testing, professional tools, and sensors and instrumentation. Within and specialty chemicals and products, the firm seeks to invest in businesses that develop and manufacture highly differentiated chemicals and products including adhesives, coatings and sealants, catalysts and absorbents, cosmeceuticals, fine chemicals, flavors and fragrances, performance lubricants, polymers, plastics and composites, chemical dispensing and filtration equipment, professional and industrial trade consumables and tools, engineered solutions for HVAC, plumbing, and electrical installations, specified high performance materials for fire protection and oilfield applications. It may also invest in exceptional opportunities in building products. The firm seeks to invest in the United States. The firm seeks to make investments ranging from $5 to $25 million in securities. It seeks to make equity investments up to $5 million and debt investments between $5 million and $20 million and co-invest in transaction size upto $40 million. It prefers to invest in companies with revenues approaching above $10 million, profitable operations, historical growth rate of at least 15 percent per year. . Within the lower middle market, it seeks to invest in with less than $15 million in EBITDA and also opportunistically invests in the upper middle market, generally defined as companies with EBITDA in excess of $50 million. In addition to making direct investments, the firm allocates capital to syndicated first and second lien term loans in the upper middle market. Criteria for Upper Middle Market Syndicated 1st Lien is EBITDA Size more than $30 million, Closing Leverage greater than 4 times, investment hold size between $5 million and $7 million, investment yield greater than 6.5%. Criteria for Upper Middle Market Syndicated 2nd Lien is EBITDA Size more than $50 million, Closing Leverage greater than 6 times, investment hold size between $5 million and $7 million, investment yield greater than 9%. It prefers to take a majority and minority stake. The firm has the flexibility to hold investments for very long period in its portfolio companies. It may also invest through warrants. The firm prefers to take Board participation in its portfolio companies. Capital Southwest Corporation was founded on April 19, 1961 and is based in Dallas, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Capital Southwest Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.36.
PE Ratio
Capital Southwest Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.23. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $10.23 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 13.74%.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Mar 14, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 2.28 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 9.54%.
Sales Growth
Capital Southwest Corporation’s sales growth is 38% for the present quarter and 21.7% for the next.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 48.2%, now sitting on 168.9M for the twelve trailing months.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 1.5% and 1.5%, respectively.
3. Palantir (PLTR)
17.2% sales growth and 5.44% return on equity
Palantir Technologies Inc. builds and deploys software platforms for the intelligence community to assist in counterterrorism investigations and operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company provides Palantir Gotham, a software platform which enables users to identify patterns hidden deep within datasets, ranging from signals intelligence sources to reports from confidential informants, as well as facilitates the handoff between analysts and operational users, helping operators plan and execute real-world responses to threats that have been identified within the platform. It also offers Palantir Foundry, a platform that transforms the ways organizations operate by creating a central operating system for their data; and allows individual users to integrate and analyze the data they need in one place. In addition, it provides Palantir Apollo, a software that delivers software and updates across the business, as well as enables customers to deploy their software virtually in any environment; and Palantir Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) that provides unified access to open-source, self-hosted, and commercial large language models (LLM) that can transform structured and unstructured data into LLM-understandable objects and can turn organizations' actions and processes into tools for humans and LLM-driven agents. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Palantir has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.09.
PE Ratio
Palantir has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 262.28. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $262.28 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 5.44%.
Previous days news about Palantir(PLTR)
- Zacks investment ideas feature highlights: bigbear.ai, palantir, super micro computer, soundhound and NVIDIA. According to Zacks on Monday, 4 March, "Chicago, IL - March 4, 2024 - Today, Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights BigBear.ai (BBAI Quick QuoteBBAI – Free Report) , Palantir (PLTR Quick QuotePLTR – Free Report) , Super Micro Computer (SMCI Quick QuoteSMCI – Free Report) , SoundHound AI (SOUN Quick QuoteSOUN – Free Report) and Nvidia (NVDA Quick QuoteNVDA – Free Report) .", "BigBear.ai and Palantir both offer decision intelligence solutions spanning national security, digital identity, supply chains and logistics, enterprise operations, and integration of manned-unmanned teaming within autonomous systems. "
4. Mastercard (MA)
11.3% sales growth and 167.41% return on equity
Mastercard Incorporated, a technology company, provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services in the United States and internationally. The company offers integrated products and value-added services for account holders, merchants, financial institutions, digital partners, businesses, governments, and other organizations, such as programs that enable issuers to provide consumers with credits to defer payments; payment products and solutions that allow its customers to access funds in deposit and other accounts; prepaid programs services; and commercial credit, debit, and prepaid payment products and solutions. It also provides solutions that enable businesses or governments to make payments to businesses, including Virtual Card Number, which is generated dynamically from a physical card and leverages the credit limit of the funding account; a platform to optimize supplier payment enablement campaigns for financial institutions; and treasury intelligence platform that offers corporations with recommendations to enhance working capital performance and accelerate spend on cards. In addition, the company offers Mastercard Send, which partners with digital messaging and payment platforms to enable consumers to send money directly within applications to other consumers; and Mastercard Cross-Border Services enables a range of payment flows through a distribution network with a single point of access to send and receive money globally through various channels, including bank accounts, mobile wallets, cards, and cash payouts. Further, it provides cyber and intelligence solutions; insights and analytics, consulting, marketing, loyalty, processing, and payment gateway solutions for e-commerce merchants; and open banking and digital identity services. The company offers payment solutions and services under the MasterCard, Maestro, and Cirrus name. Mastercard Incorporated was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Mastercard has a trailing twelve months EPS of $11.62.
PE Ratio
Mastercard has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 40.03. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $40.03 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 167.41%.
Sales Growth
Mastercard’s sales growth is 10.3% for the current quarter and 11.3% for the next.
Moving Average
Mastercard’s value is above its 50-day moving average of $444.57 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $407.45.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Mastercard’s stock is valued at $465.12 at 15:22 EST, below its 52-week high of $479.14 and way above its 52-week low of $340.21.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Mastercard is 968825 which is 61.47% below its average volume of 2514620.
Previous days news about Mastercard(MA)
- Mastercard (ma), loop to simplify payments in Saudi Arabia. According to Zacks on Monday, 4 March, "A promising digital economy propels Mastercard to undertake such digital transformation efforts in the Kingdom. ", "In 2023, MA introduced new payment flows, leveraging its Mastercard Payment Gateway Services technology, to upgrade online payment solutions across Saudi Arabia. "
5. Tecnoglass (TGLS)
8.5% sales growth and 48.55% return on equity
Tecnoglass Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures, supplies, and installs architectural glass, windows, and associated aluminum products for the commercial and residential construction industries in North, Central, and South America. The company offers low emissivity, laminated/thermo-laminated, thermo-acoustic, tempered, silk-screened, curved, and digital print glass products. It also produces, exports, imports, and markets aluminum products, including bars, plates, profiles, rods, tubes, and other hardware that are used in the manufacture of architectural glass settings, such as windows, doors, spatial separators, and related products. In addition, the company provides curtain wall/floating facades, windows and doors, interior dividers and commercial display windows, hurricane-proof windows, stick facade systems, and other products, such as awnings, structures, automatic doors, and other components of architectural systems. It markets and sells its products primarily under the Tecnoglass, ES Windows, and Alutions brands through internal and independent sales representatives, as wells as directly to distributors. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Barranquilla, Colombia. Tecnoglass Inc. is a subsidiary of Energy Holding Corporation.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Tecnoglass has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.23.
PE Ratio
Tecnoglass has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.22. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $10.22 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 48.55%.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Dec 28, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.36 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 0.83%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Tecnoglass’s stock is valued at $43.25 at 15:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $54.40 and way above its 52-week low of $28.21.
6. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (WAB)
6.2% sales growth and 7.98% return on equity
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation provides technology-based locomotives, equipment, systems, and services for the freight rail and passenger transit industries worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Freight and Transit. The Freight segment manufactures and services components for freight cars and locomotives; builds, rebuilds, upgrades, and overhauls locomotives; supplies railway electronics, positive train control equipment, and signal design and engineering services; services locomotives and freight cars; and provides heat exchange and cooling systems, and components and digital solutions. It serves publicly traded railroads; leasing companies; manufacturers of original equipment; and utilities. The Transit segment offers components for new and existing passenger transit vehicles, such as regional and high speed trains, subway cars, light-rail vehicles, and buses; refurbishes subway cars; and provides heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment, as well as doors for buses and subways. This segment serves public transit authorities and municipalities, leasing companies, and manufacturers of subway cars and buses. The company also provides electronically controlled pneumatic braking products; freight car trucks; draft gears, couplers, and slack adjusters; air compressors and dryers; track and switch products; railway and freight braking equipment and related components; friction products; access and platform screen doors; pantographs; energy measuring systems; auxiliary power converter and battery charging products; antifire systems; passenger information systems and CCTV; signaling and railway electric relays; sanitation systems; window assemblies; accessibility lifts and ramps for buses; and electric charging solutions for buses and electric ferries. In addition, it offers freight locomotive overhaul, modernizations, and refurbishment services. The company was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.53.
PE Ratio
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 31.36. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $31.36 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 7.98%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation is 728607 which is 29.57% below its average volume of 1034580.
Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 22, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.71 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 0.5%.
