(VIANEWS) – Equus Total Return (EQS), Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (SIMO), Priority Technology Holdings (PRTH) 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 29.21% 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 $0.87.
PE Ratio
Equus Total Return has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 1.49. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $1.49 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 29.21%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Equus Total Return’s stock is valued at $1.30 at 16:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $1.95 and above its 52-week low of $1.20.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 4616.7%, now sitting on 526k for the twelve trailing months.
Sales Growth
Equus Total Return’s sales growth is 139.2% for the current quarter and 139.2% for the next.
Moving Average
Equus Total Return’s worth is under its 50-day moving average of $1.42 and way under its 200-day moving average of $1.47.
2. Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (SIMO)
23.2% sales growth and 7.82% return on equity
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, and markets NAND flash controllers for solid-state storage devices. It offers controllers for computing-grade solid state drives (SSDs), which are used in PCs and other client devices; enterprise-grade SSDs used in data centers; eMMC and UFS mobile embedded storage for use in smartphones and IoT devices; flash memory cards and flash drives for use in expandable storage; and specialized SSDs that are used in industrial, commercial, and automotive applications. It markets its controllers under the SMI brand; enterprise-grade SSDs under the Shannon Systems brand; and single-chip industrial-grade SSDs under the Ferri SSD, Ferri-eMMC, and Ferri-UFS brands. The company markets and sells its products through direct sales personnel and independent electronics distributors to NAND flash makers, module makers, hyperscalers, and OEMs. It operates in Taiwan, the United States, South Korea, China, Malaysia, Singapore, and internationally. Silicon Motion Technology Corporation was founded in 1995 and is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Silicon Motion Technology Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.77.
PE Ratio
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 45.24. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $45.24 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 7.82%.
3. Priority Technology Holdings (PRTH)
18.1% sales growth and 3.76% return on equity
Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. operates as a payment technology company in the United States. It operates through three segments: Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMB) Payments, Business-To-Business Payments, and Enterprise Payments. The company offers MX product line, including MX Connect and MX Merchant products, such as MX Insights, MX Storefront, MX Retail, MX Invoice, MX B2B and ACH.com, and others, which provides flexible and customizable set of business applications that helps to manage critical business work functions and revenue performance to resellers and merchant clients using core payment processing as our leverage point. It also offers CPX, a platform that offers accounts payable automation solutions, including virtual card, purchase card, ACH +, dynamic discounting, or check. In addition, the company provides curated managed services and a suite of integrated accounts payable automation solutions to various financial institutions and card networks; and payment-adjacent technologies to facilitate the acceptance of electronic payments from customers. Further, it offers embedded payment and banking solutions to enterprise customers to modernize legacy platforms and accelerate software partners' strategies to monetize payments; and managed services solutions that provide audience-specific programs for institutional partners and other third parties; and consulting and development solutions. The company serves SMB, and enterprises, as well as distribution partners, including retail and wholesale independent sales organizations, financial institutions, and independent software vendors. Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Priority Technology Holdings has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-0.58.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 3.76%.
Sales Growth
Priority Technology Holdings’s sales growth for the next quarter is 18.1%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Priority Technology Holdings’s stock is valued at $5.74 at 16:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $5.82 and way above its 52-week low of $2.62.
Moving Average
Priority Technology Holdings’s value is way above its 50-day moving average of $4.36 and way above its 200-day moving average of $3.58.
4. CubeSmart (CUBE)
13.3% sales growth and 14.24% return on equity
CubeSmart is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust. The Company's self-storage properties are designed to offer affordable, easily accessible and secure storage space for residential and commercial customers. According to the 2020 Self-Storage Almanac, CubeSmart is one of the top three owners and operators of self-storage properties in the United States.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, CubeSmart has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.81.
PE Ratio
CubeSmart has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 24.32. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $24.32 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 14.24%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 1.9%, now sitting on 1.06B for the twelve trailing months.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Jul 1, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 2.04 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 4.66%.
Moving Average
CubeSmart’s worth is higher than its 50-day moving average of $42.88 and higher than its 200-day moving average of $42.07.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is a negative 2.3% and a negative 2.2%, respectively.
5. Copa Holdings, S.A. Copa Holdings, S.A. (CPA)
8.8% sales growth and 29.96% return on equity
Copa Holdings, S.A., through its subsidiaries, provides airline passenger and cargo services. The company offers approximately 104 daily scheduled flights to 54 destinations in 25 countries in North, Central, and South America, as well as the Caribbean from its Panama City hub. As of December 31, 2020, it operated a fleet of 77 aircraft comprising 70 Boeing 737-Next Generation aircraft and 7 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft. Copa Holdings, S.A. was founded in 1947 and is based in Panama City, Panama.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Copa Holdings, S.A. Copa Holdings, S.A. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $13.9.
PE Ratio
Copa Holdings, S.A. Copa Holdings, S.A. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 6.72. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $6.72 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 29.96%.
6. StealthGas (GASS)
8.1% sales growth and 9.6% return on equity
StealthGas Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides seaborne transportation services to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) producers and users internationally. It also provides crude oil and natural gas. The company's carriers carry various petroleum gas products in liquefied form, including propane, butane, butadiene, isopropane, propylene, and vinyl chloride monomer; and refined petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel, fuel oil, and jet fuel, as well as edible oils and chemicals. As of December 31, 2021, it had a fleet of 44 LPG carriers with a total capacity of 389,426 cubic meters; three medium range product carriers with a total capacity of 140,000 deadweight tons (dwt); and one Aframax crude oil tanker with a total capacity of 115,804 dwt. StealthGas Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Athens, Greece.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, StealthGas has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.42.
PE Ratio
StealthGas has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 4.97. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $4.97 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 9.6%.
Sales Growth
StealthGas’s sales growth is 6.9% for the current quarter and 8.1% for the next.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 96.3% and 81.2%, respectively.
7. Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP)
6.3% sales growth and 49.5% return on equity
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (NYSE: RHP) is a leading lodging and hospitality real estate investment trust that specializes in upscale convention center resorts and entertainment experiences. The Company's holdings include Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center; Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center; Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center; Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center; and Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, five of the top seven largest non-gaming convention center hotels in the United States based on total indoor meeting space. The Company also owns the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa as well as two ancillary hotels adjacent to our Gaylord Hotels properties. The Company's hotel portfolio is managed by Marriott International and includes a combined total of 11,414 rooms as well as more than 3 million square feet of total indoor and outdoor meeting space in top convention and leisure destinations across the country. RHP also owns a 70% controlling ownership interest in Opry Entertainment Group (OEG), which is composed of entities owning a growing collection of iconic and emerging country music brands, including the Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium, WSM 650 AM, Ole Red, Nashville-area attractions, and Block 21, a mixed-use entertainment, lodging, office and retail complex, including the W Austin Hotel and the ACL Live at the Moody Theater, located in downtown Austin, Texas. RHP operates OEG as its Entertainment segment in a taxable REIT subsidiary, and its results are consolidated in the Company's financial results.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Ryman Hospitality Properties has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.
PE Ratio
Ryman Hospitality Properties has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 19.68. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $19.68 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 49.5%.
Moving Average
Ryman Hospitality Properties’s value is below its 50-day moving average of $103.05 and below its 200-day moving average of $103.87.
