(VIANEWS) – Heritage Global (HGBL), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Allied Motion Technologies (AMOT) 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. Heritage Global (HGBL)
35.9% sales growth and 18.56% return on equity
Heritage Global, Inc. operates as an asset services company with focus on financial and industrial asset transactions. The company provides market making, acquisitions, dispositions, valuations, and secured lending services. It focuses on identifying, valuing, acquiring, and monetizing underlying tangible and intangible assets. Heritage Global Inc. acts as an adviser, as well as a principal, acquiring, or brokering manufacturing facilities; surplus industrial machinery and equipment; industrial inventories; accounts receivable portfolios; intellectual property; and business enterprises. The company was formerly known as Counsel RB Capital Inc. and changed its name to Heritage Global, Inc. in August 2013. Heritage Global, Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Heritage Global has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.17.
PE Ratio
Heritage Global has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 14.65. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $14.65 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 18.56%.
2. FS Bancorp (FSBW)
28.2% sales growth and 12.37% return on equity
FS Bancorp, Inc. operates as a bank holding company for 1st Security Bank of Washington that provides banking and financial services to local families, local and regional businesses, and industry niches. The company operates in two segments, Commercial and Consumer Banking; and Home Lending. It offers various deposit instruments, including checking accounts, money market deposit accounts, savings accounts, and certificates of deposit. The company provides one-to-four-family residential first mortgages, second mortgage/home equity loan products, non-mortgage commercial business loans, commercial real estate loans, and construction and development loans, as well as consumer loans, which primarily include personal lines of credit, credit cards, automobile, direct home improvement, loans on deposit, and recreational loans. As of December 31, 2021, it operated 21 full bank service branches and 10 home loan production offices in suburban communities in the greater Puget Sound area, including Snohomish, King, Pierce, Jefferson, Kitsap, Clallam, Grays Harbor, Thurston, and Lewis counties; and one loan production office in the market area of the Tri-Cities. The company was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Mountlake Terrace, Washington.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, FS Bancorp has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.67.
PE Ratio
FS Bancorp has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 8.28. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $8.28 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 12.37%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 0.5%, now sitting on 116.17M for the twelve trailing months.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
FS Bancorp’s stock is valued at $30.39 at 16:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $37.39 and way above its 52-week low of $26.80.
3. Allied Motion Technologies (AMOT)
18.8% sales growth and 8.39% return on equity
Allied Motion Technologies Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells precision and specialty controlled motion components and systems that are used in a range of industries worldwide. The company offers brush and brushless DC motors, brushless servo and torque motors, coreless DC motors, integrated brushless motor-drives, gearmotors, gearing, modular digital servo drives, motion controllers. It also provides electric steering actuators, steering motors, electrohydraulic pump motor, steering wheel sensor, traction wheel drives, power differentiating transaxles, incremental and absolute optical encoders, active and passive filters for power quality and harmonic issues, and other controlled motion-related products. The company sells its products to end customers and original equipment manufacturers in vehicle, medical, aerospace and defense, and industrial markets through direct sales force, as well as authorized manufacturers' representatives, agents, and distributors. Allied Motion Technologies Inc. was incorporated in 1962 and is headquartered in Amherst, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Allied Motion Technologies has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.95.
PE Ratio
Allied Motion Technologies has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 40.83. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $40.83 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 8.39%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 29.8%, now sitting on 468.7M for the twelve trailing months.
Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Nov 15, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.1 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 0.25%.
Moving Average
Allied Motion Technologies’s value is below its 50-day moving average of $39.98 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $32.51.
4. NBT Bancorp (NBTB)
10.5% sales growth and 12.54% return on equity
NBT Bancorp Inc., a financial holding company, provides commercial banking, retail banking, and wealth management services. Its deposit products include demand deposit, savings, negotiable order of withdrawal, money market deposit, and certificate of deposit accounts. The company's loan portfolio comprises commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, agricultural, and commercial construction loans; indirect and direct consumer, home equity, mortgages, business banking loans, and commercial loans; and residential real estate loans. It also provides trust and investment services; financial planning and life insurance services; and retirement plan consulting and recordkeeping services. In addition, the company offers insurance products comprising personal property and casualty, business liability, and commercial insurance, as well as other products and services through 24-hour online, mobile, and telephone channels that enable customers to check balances, make deposits, transfer funds, pay bills, access statements, apply for loans, and access various other products and services. As of December 31, 2020, it had 141 branches and 176 ATMs in New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. NBT Bancorp Inc. was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Norwich, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, NBT Bancorp has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.7.
PE Ratio
NBT Bancorp has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 9.53. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $9.53 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 12.54%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is a negative 4.4% and a negative 9.1%, respectively.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for NBT Bancorp is 609196 which is 201.76% above its average volume of 201878.
Moving Average
NBT Bancorp’s value is way under its 50-day moving average of $40.02 and way below its 200-day moving average of $40.84.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 2.4%, now sitting on 500.62M for the twelve trailing months.
5. ANSYS (ANSS)
9.5% sales growth and 11.2% return on equity
ANSYS, Inc. develops and markets engineering simulation software and services worldwide. It offers ANSYS Workbench, a framework upon which its multiphysics engineering simulation technologies are built and enables engineers to simulate the interactions between structures, heat transfer, fluids, electronics, and optical elements in a unified engineering simulation environment; high-performance computing product suite; power analysis and optimization software suite that manages the power budget, power delivery integrity, and power-induced noise in an electronic design; and structural analysis product suite that provides simulation tools for product design and optimization. The company also provides electronics product suite that offers field simulation software for designing electronic and electromechanical products; SCADE product suite, a solution for embedded software simulation, code production, and automated certification; fluids product suite that enables modeling of fluid flow and other related physical phenomena; Ansys Granta products to give access to material intelligence; photonic design and simulation tools; and optical sensor and closed-loop, and real-time simulation, as well as safety-certified embedded software solutions. In addition, the company provides Discovery product family for use in the simulation of product design; and academic product suite used in research and teaching settings, which allows students to become familiar with its simulation software. It serves engineers, designers, researchers, and students in the aerospace and defense, automotive transportation and mobility, construction, consumer products, energy, healthcare, high-tech, industrial equipment, materials and chemical processing, and sports industries. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, ANSYS has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.97.
PE Ratio
ANSYS has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 63.1. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $63.1 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 11.2%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
ANSYS’s stock is valued at $313.62 at 16:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $328.94 and way above its 52-week low of $194.23.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 5.9%, now sitting on 2.07B for the twelve trailing months.
Moving Average
ANSYS’s value is way above its 50-day moving average of $276.50 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $252.49.
6. Rollins (ROL)
9.1% sales growth and 30.09% return on equity
Rollins, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides pest and wildlife control services to residential and commercial customers in the United States and internationally. The company offers pest control services to residential properties protecting from common pests, including rodents, insects, and wildlife. It also provides workplace pest control solutions for customers across various end markets, such as healthcare, foodservice, and logistics. In addition, the company offers traditional and baiting termite protection, as well as ancillary services. It serves clients directly, as well as through franchisee operations. Rollins, Inc. was incorporated in 1948 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Rollins has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.63.
PE Ratio
Rollins has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 58.05. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $58.05 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 30.09%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Rollins is 671459 which is 49.77% below its average volume of 1336980.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 8, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.52 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.47%.
7. TriMas Corporation (TRS)
9% sales growth and 10.32% return on equity
TriMas Corporation manufactures and provides products for consumer products, aerospace, and industrial end markets worldwide. It operates in three segments: Packaging, Aerospace, and Specialty Products. The Packaging segment offers specialty polymeric and steel closure and dispensing systems, including dispensing products, such as foaming and sanitizer pumps, lotion and hand soap pumps, beverage dispensers, perfume sprayers, and nasal and trigger sprayers; polymeric and steel caps and closures comprising food lids, flip-top and beverage closures, child resistance caps, drum and pail closures, flexible spouts, and agricultural closures; polymeric jar products; integrated dispensers; bag-in-box products; aseptic closures; industrial closures and flex spouts; and single-bodied and assembled caps and closures under the Rieke, Taplast, Affaba & Ferrari, Stolz, and Rapak brands. The Aerospace segment provides fasteners, collars, blind bolts, rivets, ducting and connectors for air management systems, and machined parts and components to original equipment manufacturers, supply chain distributors, MRO/aftermarket providers, and tier one suppliers for commercial, maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO); and military and defense aerospace applications and platforms under the Monogram Aerospace Fasteners, Allfast Fastening Systems, Mac Fasteners, RSA Engineered Products, and Martinic Engineering brands. The Specialty Products segment offers steel cylinders for use in the transportation, storage, and dispensing of compressed gases under the Norris Cylinder brand; natural gas powered wellhead engines, compressors, and replacement parts for oil and natural gas production, and other industrial and commercial markets under the Arrow brand; and spare parts for various industrial engines. The company sells its products through a direct sales force, third-party agents, and distributors. TriMas Corporation was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, TriMas Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.52.
PE Ratio
TriMas Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 17.66. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $17.66 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 10.32%.
