(VIANEWS) – Equus Total Return (EQS), Hess Corporation (HES), Stellus Capital Investment Corporation (SCM) 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. Equus Total Return (EQS)
139.2% sales growth and 26.15% return on equity
Equus Total Return, Inc. is a business development company (BDC) specializing in leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, corporate partnerships/joint ventures, growth and expansion capital, acquisition financing, roll-up acquisition strategies, operational turnarounds, recapitalizations of existing businesses, special situations, equity and equity-oriented securities issued by privately owned companies, debt securities including subordinate debt, debt convertible into common or preferred stock, or debt combined with warrants and common and preferred stock, and preferred equity financing. It invests in small to mid-sized companies and acts as a lead investor. It invests in technology, telecommunication, financial services, natural resource and industrial manufacturing and services. It invests in companies engaged in the alternative energy, real estate, healthcare, education, e-learning, leisure and entertainment, and foreign investment sector in the United States, China, India, and Europe. It investments include common and preferred stock, debt convertible into common or preferred stock, debt combined with warrants and options, and other rights to acquire common or preferred stock. It seeks to invest in companies between $1 million to $25 million with revenues between $5 million and $150 million with EBITDA between $2 million to $50 million. It seeks to take control and non-control equity positions. Equus Total Return, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is based in Houston, Texas with additional office in Vancouver, Canada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Equus Total Return has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.81.
PE Ratio
Equus Total Return has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 1.85. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $1.85 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 26.15%.
2. Hess Corporation (HES)
21.6% sales growth and 19.21% return on equity
Hess Corporation, an exploration and production company, explores, develops, produces, purchases, transports, and sells crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGLs), and natural gas. The company operates in two segments, Exploration and Production, and Midstream. It conducts production operations primarily in the United States, Guyana, the Malaysia/Thailand Joint Development Area, and Malaysia; and exploration activities principally offshore Guyana, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, and offshore Suriname and Canada. The company is also involved in gathering, compressing, and processing natural gas; fractionating NGLs; gathering, terminaling, loading, and transporting crude oil and NGL through rail car; and storing and terminaling propane, as well as providing water handling services primarily in the Bakken Shale plays in the Williston Basin area of North Dakota. The company was incorporated in 1920 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Hess Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.49.
PE Ratio
Hess Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 31.84. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $31.84 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 19.21%.
Moving Average
Hess Corporation’s value is higher than its 50-day moving average of $141.96 and below its 200-day moving average of $144.38.
3. Stellus Capital Investment Corporation (SCM)
14.1% sales growth and 3.37% return on equity
Stellus Capital Investment Corporation is a business development company specializing in investments in private middle-market companies. It invests through first lien, second lien, unitranche, and mezzanine debt financing, often with a corresponding equity investment. The fund prefers to invest in US and Canada. The fund seeks to invest in companies with an EBITDA between $5 million and $50 million.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Stellus Capital Investment Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.48.
PE Ratio
Stellus Capital Investment Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 28.08. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $28.08 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 3.37%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 34.9%, now sitting on 101.19M for the twelve trailing months.
4. Brookfield (BAM)
10.2% sales growth and 19.05% return on equity
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. is a real estate investment firm specializing in alternative asset management services. Its renewable power and transition business includes the operates in the hydroelectric, wind, solar, distributed generation, and sustainable solution sector. The company's infrastructure business engages in the utilities, transport, midstream, and data infrastructure sectors. In addition, its private equity business offers industrial, infrastructure, and business services sectors; and real estate business, which includes housing, logistics, hospitality, science and innovation, office, and retail sectors. Further, it provides credit business; and insurance solution in the reinsurance, annuities, operating platform, and investment solutions sectors. Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. was incorporated in 2022 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Brookfield has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.12.
PE Ratio
Brookfield has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 35.79. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $35.79 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 19.05%.
Sales Growth
Brookfield’s sales growth is 14.7% for the ongoing quarter and 10.2% for the next.
Previous days news about Brookfield(BAM)
- Should you buy brookfield asset management (bam) ahead of earnings?. According to Zacks on Tuesday, 6 February, "Clearly, recent earnings estimate revisions suggest that good things are ahead for Brookfield Asset Management, and that a beat might be in the cards for the upcoming report.", "That is because Brookfield Asset Management is seeing favorable earnings estimate revision activity as of late, which is generally a precursor to an earnings beat. "
5. Sun Communities (SUI)
8.1% sales growth and 3.16% return on equity
Established in 1975, Sun Communities, Inc. became a publicly owned corporation in December 1993. The Company is a fully integrated REIT listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol: SUI. As of September 30, 2023, the Company owned, operated, or had an interest in a portfolio of 670 developed MH, RV and Marina properties comprising approximately 180,170 developed sites and approximately 48,030 wet slips and dry storage spaces in the U.S., the UK and Canada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Sun Communities has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.81.
PE Ratio
Sun Communities has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 69.12. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $69.12 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 3.16%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 50% and 79.2%, respectively.
Sales Growth
Sun Communities’s sales growth is negative 0.5% for the ongoing quarter and 8.1% for the next.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Sun Communities’s EBITDA is 51.36.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 3.8%, now sitting on 3.12B for the twelve trailing months.
