(VIANEWS) – Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Stantec (STN), Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (GILT) 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. Hudbay Minerals (HBM)
25% sales growth and 3.29% return on equity
Hudbay Minerals Inc., a diversified mining company, together with its subsidiaries, focuses on the discovery, production, and marketing of base and precious metals in North and South America. It produces copper concentrates containing copper, gold, and silver; silver/gold doré; molybdenum concentrates; and zinc metals. The company owns three polymetallic mines, four ore concentrators, and a zinc production facility in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada, as well as in Cusco, Peru; and copper projects in Arizona and Nevada, the United States. HudBay Minerals Inc. was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Hudbay Minerals has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.27.
PE Ratio
Hudbay Minerals has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 26.67. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $26.67 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 3.29%.
2. Stantec (STN)
15.6% sales growth and 12.91% return on equity
Stantec Inc. provides professional services in the areas of infrastructure and facilities to the public and private sectors in Canada, the United States, and internationally. It offers evaluation, planning, and designing infrastructure solutions; solutions for sustainable water resources, planning, management, and infrastructure; environmental services; integrated architecture, engineering, interior design, and planning solutions for buildings; and energy and resources solutions. The company also provides consulting services in engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management, and project economics. In addition, it offers planning and design services to clients in residential, logistics, retail, infrastructure, energy, higher education, and urban regeneration sectors; architectural and interior design, and planning services in the science and technology, commercial workplace, higher education, residential, and hospitality markets. Further, the company provides transportation advisory, transport engineering, and technical design; project delivery consultancy services for mining, resources, and industrial infrastructure projects; paleontological and archaeological services for the rail, transportation, water, and power and energy sectors; and environmental and cultural resource compliance services. Additionally, it offers consulting services in sustainable building design, energy infrastructure upgrades, sustainable district heating network, and e-mobility; and planning, design, construction administration, commissioning, maintenance, decommissioning, and remediation services. The company was formerly known as Stanley Technology Group Inc. and changed its name to Stantec Inc. in October 1998. Stantec Inc. was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Stantec has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.24.
PE Ratio
Stantec has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 34.56. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $34.56 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 12.91%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 16.8%, now sitting on 5.42B for the twelve trailing months.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Sep 27, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.61 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 0.79%.
Sales Growth
Stantec’s sales growth is 14.4% for the current quarter and 15.6% for the next.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 9.4% and 20%, respectively.
3. Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (GILT)
14% sales growth and 7.39% return on equity
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides satellite-based broadband communication solutions in Israel and internationally. It operates through Fixed Networks, Mobility Solutions, and Terrestrial Infrastructure Projects segments. The company designs and manufactures ground-based satellite communications equipment; and provides solutions and end-to-end services. Its portfolio consists of very small aperture terminals, amplifiers, modems, on-the-move antennas, solid state power amplifiers, block upconverters, transceivers, low-profile antennas, and on-the-move/on-the-pause terminals and modems. The company also offers turnkey integrated solutions, including managed satellite network services, network planning and optimization, satellite capacity, remote network operation, call center support, hub and field operations, and communication networks construction and installation services. In addition, it provides connectivity services, Internet access, and telephony services to enterprise, government, and residential customers; and builds telecommunication infrastructure using fiber-optic and wireless technologies for broadband connectivity. The company sells its products and solutions to communication service providers, satellite operators, governments, mobile network operators, telecommunication companies, and system integrators, as well as to defense and homeland security organizations, and directly to end-users. Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.35.
PE Ratio
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 13.14. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $13.14 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 7.39%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.’s stock is valued at $4.60 at 01:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $6.80 and way higher than its 52-week low of $4.04.
4. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (ACAD)
10.6% sales growth and 6.7% return on equity
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization innovative medicines that address unmet medical needs in central nervous system (CNS) disorders and rare diseases. It offers NUPLAZID (pimavanserin) for the treatment of hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson's disease psychosis. The company also develops Trofinetide, a novel synthetic analog of the amino-terminal tripeptide of insulin-like growth factor 1 for treatment of Rett Syndrome; Pimavanserin that is in Phase III ADVANCE-2 study to treat the negative symptoms of schizophrenia; ACP-204 for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease psychosis; antisense oligonucleotide programs; and other programs for neuropsychiatric symptoms. It has a license agreement with Neuren Pharmaceuticals Limited to develop and commercialize trofinetide for Rett syndrome and other indications; and a license and collaboration agreement with Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. to discover, develop and commercialize novel RNA-based medicines for the potential treatment of severe and rare genetic neurodevelopmental diseases of the CNS. The company was formerly known as Receptor Technologies, Inc. and changed its name ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. in 1997. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.19.
PE Ratio
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 85.89. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $85.89 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 6.7%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter is 135% and a drop 67.9% for the next.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals’s stock is valued at $16.32 at 01:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $32.59 and way higher than its 52-week low of $14.55.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 46.4%, now sitting on 890.53M for the twelve trailing months.
Sales Growth
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals’s sales growth is 17.5% for the current quarter and 10.6% for the next.
5. Sterling Construction Company (STRL)
9.8% sales growth and 27.95% 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 $5.19.
PE Ratio
Sterling Construction Company has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 20.63. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $20.63 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 27.95%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 35.7% and 0.8%, respectively.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Sterling Construction Company’s stock is valued at $107.06 at 01:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $137.63 and way above its 52-week low of $55.45.
