(VIANEWS) – Ituran Location and Control Ltd. (ITRN), Getty Realty Corporation (GTY), UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS (UVE) 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. Ituran Location and Control Ltd. (ITRN)
14.5% sales growth and 29.44% return on equity
Ituran Location and Control Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides location-based services and wireless communications products. The company's Location-Based Services segment provides stolen vehicle recovery and tracking services, which locate, track, and recover stolen vehicles for its subscribers; fleet management services that enable corporate and individual customers to track and manage their vehicles in real time; and personal locator services that allow customers to protect valuable merchandise and equipment. It also offers on-demand navigation guidance, information, and assistance, including the provision of traffic reports and directions, as well as information on the location of gas stations, car repair shops, post offices, hospitals, and other facilities; and Connected Car, service platform includes a back-office application, a telematics device installed in the vehicle, mobile apps for both IOS and Android users, as well as usage based insurance. This segment serves insurance companies and agents, car manufacturers, dealers and importers, cooperative sales channels, and private subscribers. Its Wireless Communications Products segment provides Base Site, a radio receiver that includes a processor and a data computation unit to collect and send data to and from transponders, and to control centers; Control Center, a center consisting of software used to collect data from various base sites, conduct location calculations, and transmit location data to various customers and law enforcement agencies; navigation and tracking devices installed in vehicles; and SMART, a portable transmitter installed in vehicles that sends a signal to the base site enabling the location of vehicles, equipment, or an individual. As of December 31, 2020, it served approximately 17,680,000 end-users in Israel, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, and the United States. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Azor, Israel.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Ituran Location and Control Ltd. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.14.
PE Ratio
Ituran Location and Control Ltd. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 11.52. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $11.52 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 29.44%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 11.3%, now sitting on 308.73M for the twelve trailing months.
2. Getty Realty Corporation (GTY)
13.5% sales growth and 8.46% return on equity
Getty Realty Corp. is the leading publicly traded real estate investment trust in the United States specializing in the ownership, leasing and financing of convenience store and gasoline station properties. As of September 30, 2020, the Company owned 896 properties and leased 58 properties from third-party landlords in 35 states across the United States and Washington, D.C.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Getty Realty Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.42.
PE Ratio
Getty Realty Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 21.19. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $21.19 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 8.46%.
3. UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS (UVE)
13.2% sales growth and 25.59% return on equity
Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated insurance holding company in the United States. It develops, markets, and underwrites insurance products for personal residential insurance, such as homeowners, renters/tenants, condo unit owners, and dwelling/fire; and offers allied lines, coverage for other structures, and personal property, liability, and personal articles coverages. The company also advises on actuarial issues, oversees distribution, administers claims payments, performs policy administration and underwriting, and assists with reinsurance negotiations; places and manages reinsurance programs for the insurance entities; and operates Clovered.com, a digital agency for carrier partners and utilization of digital applications for adjusting claims. It offers its products through a network of independent agents, as well as direct-to-consumer online solutions, including digital insurance agency. The company was formerly known as Universal Heights, Inc. and changed its name to Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. in January 2001. Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.36.
PE Ratio
UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 7.11. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $7.11 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 25.59%.
Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Dec 6, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.64 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 3.79%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS’s stock is valued at $16.77 at 00:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $20.15 and way above its 52-week low of $9.13.
Moving Average
UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS’s value is way higher than its 50-day moving average of $15.12 and above its 200-day moving average of $15.67.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS’s EBITDA is 0.2.
4. Addus HomeCare Corporation (ADUS)
10.7% sales growth and 8.88% 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 $3.54.
PE Ratio
Addus HomeCare Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 25.9. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $25.9 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 8.88%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Addus HomeCare Corporation’s EBITDA is 1.57.
Sales Growth
Addus HomeCare Corporation’s sales growth is 11.1% for the ongoing quarter and 10.7% for the next.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 5.4% and 12.4%, respectively.
5. 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 23.3. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $23.3 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 27062 which is 18.77% above its average volume of 22785.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 0.1%, now sitting on 12.27M for the twelve trailing months.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Sep 14, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.29 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 6.25%.
Sales Growth
Global Self Storage’s sales growth is 8.4% for the current quarter and 10.7% for the next.
6. Waste Connections (WCN)
8% sales growth and 11.43% return on equity
Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, disposal, and resource recovery services in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services to residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and exploration and production (E&P) customers; landfill disposal services; and recycling services for various recyclable materials, including compost, cardboard, mixed paper, plastic containers, glass bottles, and ferrous and aluminum metals. The company also owns and operates transfer stations that receive compact and/or load waste to be transported to landfills or treatment facilities through truck, rail, or barge; and intermodal services for the rail haul movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest through a network of intermodal facilities. In addition, it provides E&P waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services for waste resulting from oil and natural gas exploration and production activity, such as drilling fluids, drill cuttings, completion fluids, and flowback water; production wastes and produced water during a well's operating life; contaminated soils that require treatment during site reclamation; and substances, which require clean-up after a spill, reserve pit clean-up, or pipeline rupture. Further, the company offers leasing services to its customers. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Waste Connections has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.22.
PE Ratio
Waste Connections has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 42.94. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $42.94 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 11.43%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 9.8%, now sitting on 7.86B for the twelve trailing months.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Waste Connections’s stock is valued at $138.26 at 00:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $145.86 and above its 52-week low of $125.83.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Nov 6, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.14 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 0.82%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 20.2% and 14.6%, respectively.
7. Visteon Corporation (VC)
6.3% sales growth and 23.03% return on equity
Visteon Corporation engineers, designs, and manufactures cockpit electronics and connected car solutions for vehicle manufacturers worldwide. The company provides instrument clusters, including standard analog gauge clusters to high-resolution, all-digital, fully reconfigurable, 2-D, and 3-D display-based devices; information displays that integrate a range of user interface technologies and graphics management capabilities; and audio and infotainment systems that allows vehicle occupants to connect their mobile devices to the system and safely access phone functions, listen to music, stream media, and enable mobile connectivity applications. It also offers infotainment solutions, including Phoenix display audio and embedded infotainment platform; telematics control unit to enable secure connected car services, software updates, and data; SmartCore, an automotive-grade, integrated domain controller to enhance efficiency, and reduce power consumption and cost; and head-up displays (HUD), such as combiner HUD and windshield HUD that present critical information to the driver. Visteon Corporation was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Van Buren, Michigan.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Visteon Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.39.
PE Ratio
Visteon Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 22.49. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $22.49 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 23.03%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Visteon Corporation’s stock is valued at $121.20 at 00:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $171.66 and way higher than its 52-week low of $108.66.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Visteon Corporation is 385123 which is 23.5% above its average volume of 311834.
8. Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN)
5.5% sales growth and 20.76% return on equity
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes residential and non-residential roofing materials, and complementary building products to contractors, home builders, building owners, lumberyards, and retailers. It offers pitched roofing and low slope roof products; gutters and sidings; building materials, such as lumber and composite, skylights and window, plywood and OSB, decking and railing, and HVAC products; and foam board, spray foam, roll, batt, mineral wool, fiberglass, and commercial insulation products, as well as radiant barriers and blown-in insulation and equipment. The company also provides above grade and below grade membranes and coatings, deck and floor coatings, plaza deck waterproofing products, damp proofing coatings, and air and vapor barriers; tools and equipment, including power and hand tools, ladders and scaffolding, air tools and compressors, nails, screws and fasteners, generators, work wear and safety gear, job site supplies, tool bags and belts, welding and soldering, cleaning supplies, drill bits, and saw blades; and solar panels, mounting hardware, inverters, and storage and batteries. As of December 21, 2022, it operated approximately 470 branches in 50 states of the United States and 6 provinces in Canada. Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Beacon Roofing Supply has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-1.03.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 20.76%.
