(VIANEWS) – Fidus Investment Corporation (FDUS), Stewart Information Services Corporation (STC), Global Self Storage (SELF) 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. Fidus Investment Corporation (FDUS)
19.2% sales growth and 14.42% return on equity
Fidus Investment Corporation is a business development company. It specializing in leveraged buyouts, refinancings, change of ownership transactions, recapitalizations, strategic acquisitions, mezzanine, growth capital, business expansion, lower middle market investments, debt investments, subordinated and second lien loans, senior secured and unitranche debt, preferred equity, warrants, subordinated debt, senior subordinated notes, junior secured loans, and unitranche loans. It does not invest in turnarounds or distressed situations. The fund prefers to invest in aerospace and defense, business services, consumer products and services including retail, food, and beverage, healthcare products and services, industrial products and services, information technology services, niche manufacturing, transportation and logistics, and value-added distribution sectors. It seeks to invest in companies based in United States. The fund typically invests between $5 million and $15 million per transaction in companies with annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million and an annual EBITDA between $3 million and $20 million, but it can occasionally invest in larger or smaller companies. It seeks to acquire minority equity stakes and board observation rights in conjunction with its investments.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Fidus Investment Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.91.
PE Ratio
Fidus Investment Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 6.67. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $6.67 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 14.42%.
Sales Growth
Fidus Investment Corporation’s sales growth is 18.6% for the current quarter and 19.2% for the next.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Fidus Investment Corporation’s stock is valued at $19.40 at 11:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $21.26 and way higher than its 52-week low of $17.63.
2. Stewart Information Services Corporation (STC)
15.6% sales growth and 3.32% return on equity
Stewart Information Services Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides title insurance and real estate transaction related services. The company operates through Title and Real Estate Solutions segments. The Title segment is involved in searching, examining, closing, and insuring the condition of the title to real property. This segment also offers home and personal insurance services; services for tax-deferred exchanges; and digital customer engagement platform services. The Real Estate Solutions segment provides appraisal management, online notarization and closing, credit and real estate information, and search and valuation services to the mortgage industry. It offers its products and services through its directly owned policy-issuing offices, network of independent agencies, and other businesses within the company. The company serves homebuyers and sellers, residential and commercial real estate professionals, title agencies, real estate attorneys and investors, and home builders, as well as mortgage lenders and servicers. It operates in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. The company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Stewart Information Services Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.11.
PE Ratio
Stewart Information Services Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 56.96. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $56.96 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 3.32%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 40% and 49.3%, respectively.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Stewart Information Services Corporation’s stock is valued at $63.23 at 11:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $63.87 and way higher than its 52-week low of $36.01.
3. Global Self Storage (SELF)
10.7% sales growth and 4.73% return on equity
Global Self Storage is a self-administered and self-managed REIT that owns, operates, manages, acquires, develops and redevelops self-storage properties. The company's self-storage properties are designed to offer affordable, easily accessible and secure storage space for residential and commercial customers. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, the company owns and/or manages 13 self-storage properties in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Oklahoma.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Global Self Storage has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.2.
PE Ratio
Global Self Storage has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 21. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $21 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 4.73%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Global Self Storage is 28100 which is 18.33% below its average volume of 34410.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Global Self Storage’s stock is valued at $4.20 at 11:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $5.55 and higher than its 52-week low of $4.01.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Mar 14, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.29 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 6.9%.
4. Option Care Health (OPCH)
9% sales growth and 19.02% return on equity
Option Care Health, Inc. offers home and alternate site infusion services in the United States. The company provides anti-infective therapies; home infusion services to treat heart failures; home parenteral nutrition and enteral nutrition support services for numerous acute and chronic conditions, such as stroke, cancer, and gastrointestinal diseases; immunoglobulin infusion therapies for the treatment of immune deficiencies; and treatments for chronic inflammatory disorders, including Crohn's disease, plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, and other chronic inflammatory disorders. It also offers treatments to manage the progression of neurological disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, duchenne muscular dystrophy, and others; infusion therapies for bleeding disorders; therapies that women need to survive and thrive through high-risk pregnancies; and other infusion therapies to treat various conditions, including pain management, chemotherapy, and respiratory medications, as well as nursing services. Option Care Health, Inc. is headquartered in Bannockburn, Illinois.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Option Care Health has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.48.
PE Ratio
Option Care Health has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 21.9. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $21.9 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 19.02%.
Sales Growth
Option Care Health’s sales growth is 8.5% for the current quarter and 9% for the next.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 9.5%, now sitting on 4.3B for the twelve trailing months.
Moving Average
Option Care Health’s value is higher than its 50-day moving average of $32.36 and higher than its 200-day moving average of $32.02.
5. Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR)
7.5% sales growth and 22.99% return on equity
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. engages in the design, development, marketing, and sale of semiconductor-based power electronics solutions for the storage and computing, automotive, enterprise data, consumer, communications, and industrial markets. The company provides direct current (DC) to DC integrated circuits (ICs) that are used to convert and control voltages of various electronic systems, such as cloud-based CPU servers, server artificial intelligence applications, storage applications, commercial notebooks, digital cockpit, power sources, home appliances, 4G and 5G infrastructure, and satellite communications applications. It offers lighting control ICs for backlighting that are used in systems, which provide the light source for LCD panels in computers and notebooks, monitors, car navigation systems, and televisions, as well as for general illumination products. The company sells its products through third-party distributors, value-added resellers, directly to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, electronic manufacturing service providers, and other end customers. It serves China, Taiwan, South Korea, Europe, Japan, Southeast Asia, the United States, and internationally. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Monolithic Power Systems has a trailing twelve months EPS of $8.76.
PE Ratio
Monolithic Power Systems has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 73.92. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $73.92 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 22.99%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter is a negative 11.3% and positive 1.8% for the next.
Moving Average
Monolithic Power Systems’s value is below its 50-day moving average of $661.06 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $549.69.
