(VIANEWS) – FNF Group of Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Sterling Construction Company (STRL), Hexcel Corporation (HXL) 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. FNF Group of Fidelity National Financial (FNF)
18.3% sales growth and 12.08% return on equity
Fidelity National Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides various insurance products in the United States. The company operates through Title, F&G, and Corporate and Other segments. It offers title insurance, escrow, and other title related services, including trust activities, trustee sales guarantees, recordings and reconveyances, and home warranty insurance. The company also provides technology and transaction services to the real estate and mortgage industries; and mortgage transaction services, including title-related services and facilitation of production and management of mortgage loans. In addition, it offers annuity and life insurance products, such as deferred annuities that include fixed indexed, fixed rate, and immediate annuities, as well as indexed universal life insurance products. Further, the company engages in the real estate brokerage business. Fidelity National Financial, Inc. was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, FNF Group of Fidelity National Financial has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.04.
PE Ratio
FNF Group of Fidelity National Financial has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 16.23. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $16.23 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 12.08%.
Moving Average
FNF Group of Fidelity National Financial’s value is below its 50-day moving average of $50.35 and higher than its 200-day moving average of $47.73.
2. Sterling Construction Company (STRL)
13.3% sales growth and 27.22% return on equity
Sterling Construction Company, Inc., a construction company, engages in the heavy civil, specialty services, and residential construction activities primarily in the southern United States, the Rocky Mountain states, California, and Hawaii. The company undertakes various heavy civil construction projects, including highways, roads, bridges, airfields, ports, light rail, water, wastewater and storm drainage systems for the departments of transportation in various states, regional transit authorities, airport authorities, port authorities, water authorities, and railroads. It offers specialty services such as foundations for multi-family homes, parking structures, and other commercial concrete projects for blue-chip end users in the e-commerce, data center, distribution center and warehousing, energy, mixed use, and multi-family sectors. The company also undertakes concrete foundations for single-family homes. In addition, it provides surveying, clearing and grubbing, erosion control, grading, grassing, site excavation, storm drainage, sanitary sewer and water main installation, drilling and blasting, curb and gutter, paving, concrete work, and landfill services. The company was formerly known as Oakhurst Company, Inc. and changed its name to Sterling Construction Company, Inc. in November 2001. Sterling Construction Company, Inc. was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Sterling Construction Company has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.8.
PE Ratio
Sterling Construction Company has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 24.42. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $24.42 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 27.22%.
Sales Growth
Sterling Construction Company’s sales growth is 8.7% for the current quarter and 13.3% for the next.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Sterling Construction Company’s stock is valued at $117.21 at 01:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $137.63 and way above its 52-week low of $55.45.
Moving Average
Sterling Construction Company’s value is below its 50-day moving average of $118.53 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $92.77.
3. Hexcel Corporation (HXL)
11.5% sales growth and 6.11% return on equity
Hexcel Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets structural materials for use in commercial aerospace, space and defense, and industrial markets. It operates through two segments, Composite Materials and Engineered Products. The Composite Materials segment manufactures and markets carbon fibers, fabrics and specialty reinforcements, prepregs and other fiber-reinforced matrix materials, structural adhesives, honeycomb, molding compounds, tooling materials, polyurethane systems, and laminates that are used in military and commercial aircraft, wind turbine blades, recreational products, and other industrial applications, as well as in automotive, marine, and trains. The Engineered Products segment manufactures and markets aircraft structures and finished aircraft components, including wing to body fairings, wing panels, flight deck panels, door liners, rotorcraft blades, spars, and tip caps; and aircraft structural sub-components and semi-finished components used in rotorcraft blades, engine nacelles, and aircraft surfaces, such as flaps, wings, elevators, and fairings. The company sells its products directly through its managers, product managers, and sales personnel, as well as through independent distributors and manufacturer representatives in the Americas, Europe, the Asia Pacific, India, and Africa. Hexcel Corporation was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Hexcel Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.17.
PE Ratio
Hexcel Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 55.33. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $55.33 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 6.11%.
4. LeMaitre Vascular (LMAT)
10.4% sales growth and 11.65% return on equity
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. designs, markets, sells, services, and supports medical devices and implants for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease worldwide. It offers restoreflow allografts; angioscope, a fiberoptic catheter used for viewing the lumen of a blood vessel; embolectomy catheters to remove blood clots from arteries or veins; thrombectomy catheters for removing thrombi in the venous system; occlusion catheters that temporarily occlude the blood flow; perfusion catheters to perfuse the blood and other fluids into the vasculature; and thrombectomy catheters, which features a silicone balloon for removing thrombi in the venous system. The company also provides artegraft biologic graft, a bovine carotid artery used for dialysis access in patients with or without a previously-failed synthetic graft; carotid shunts that temporarily shunt the blood to the brain during the removal of plaque from the carotid artery in a carotid endarterectomy surgery; and radiopaque tape, a medical-grade tape applied to the skin that enables interventionists to cross-refer between the inside and the outside of a patient's body, and allows them to locate tributaries or lesions beneath the skin. In addition, it offers valvulotomes, which cut or disrupt valves in the saphenous vein to function as an artery to carry blood past diseased arteries to the lower leg or the foot; and vascular grafts to bypass or replace diseased arteries. Further, the company provides vascular and cardiac patches, which are used for closure of vessels after surgical intervention; and closure systems to attach vessels to one another with titanium clips instead of sutures. It markets its products through a direct sales force and distributors. The company was formerly known as Vascutech, Inc. and changed its name to LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. in April 2001. LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, LeMaitre Vascular has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.51.
PE Ratio
LeMaitre Vascular has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 55.38. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $55.38 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 11.65%.
Moving Average
LeMaitre Vascular’s worth is higher than its 50-day moving average of $77.96 and way above its 200-day moving average of $62.86.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
LeMaitre Vascular’s stock is valued at $83.62 at 01:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $84.15 and way above its 52-week low of $44.27.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 30.6% and 27.3%, respectively.
5. 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%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 96.3% and 81.2%, respectively.
Moving Average
StealthGas’s worth is under its 50-day moving average of $7.31 and above its 200-day moving average of $6.46.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 9.2%, now sitting on 147.03M for the twelve trailing months.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
StealthGas’s stock is valued at $7.06 at 01:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $8.84 and way above its 52-week low of $4.14.
6. Addus HomeCare Corporation (ADUS)
7% sales growth and 9.56% return on equity
Addus HomeCare Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides personal care services to elderly, chronically ill, disabled persons, and individuals who are at risk of hospitalization or institutionalization in the United States. It operates through three segments: Personal Care, Hospice, and Home Health. The Personal Care segment provides non-medical assistance with activities of daily living. This segment offers services that include assistance with bathing, grooming, oral care, feeding and dressing, medication reminders, meal planning and preparation, housekeeping, and transportation services. The Hospice segment provides palliative nursing care, social work, spiritual counseling, homemaker, and bereavement counseling services for people who are terminally ill, as well as related services for their families. The Home Health segment offers skilled nursing and physical, occupational, and speech therapy for the individuals who requires assistance during an illness or after hospitalization. The company's payor clients include federal, state, and local governmental agencies; managed care organizations; commercial insurers; and private individuals. Addus HomeCare Corporation was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Frisco, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Addus HomeCare Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.01.
PE Ratio
Addus HomeCare Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 29.36. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $29.36 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 9.56%.
7. National Oilwell Varco (NOV)
5.3% sales growth and 16.87% return on equity
NOV Inc. designs, constructs, manufactures, and sells systems, components, and products for oil and gas drilling and production, and industrial and renewable energy sectors worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Wellbore Technologies, Completion & Production Solutions, and Rig Technologies. It provides solids control and waste management equipment and services; portable power generation products; drill and wired pipes; drilling optimization and automation services; tubular inspection, repair, and coating services; instrumentation; measuring and monitoring services; downhole and fishing tools; steerable technologies; and drill bits. The company also offers equipment and technologies for hydraulic fracture stimulation, including downhole multistage fracturing tools, pressure pumping trucks, blenders, sanders, hydration and injection units, flowline, and manifolds; coiled tubing units, and wireline units and tools; connections and liner hangers; onshore production consists of composite pipe, surface transfer and progressive cavity pumps, and artificial lift systems; and offshore production, such as floating production systems and subsea production technologies, as well as manufactures industrial pumps and mixers. In addition, it provides substructures, derricks, and masts; cranes; jacking systems; pipe lifting, racking, rotating, and assembly systems; mud pumps; pressure control equipment; drives and generators; rig instrumentation and control systems; mooring, anchor, and deck handling machinery; equipment components for offshore wind construction vessels; and pipelay and construction systems. Further, the company offers spare parts, repair, and rentals as well as comprehensive remote equipment monitoring, technical support, field service, and customer training. The company was formerly known as National Oilwell Varco, Inc. and changed its name to NOV Inc. in January 2021. NOV Inc. was founded in 1862 and is based in Houston, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, National Oilwell Varco has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.48.
PE Ratio
National Oilwell Varco has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 7.46. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $7.46 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 16.87%.
