(VIANEWS) – Jiayin Group (JFIN), Paysign (PAYS), Photronics (PLAB) 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. Jiayin Group (JFIN)
136.4% sales growth and 154.79% return on equity
Jiayin Group Inc. operates as an online individual finance platform that connects individual investors and individual borrowers in China. It operates a secure and open platform that facilitates transparent, secure, and fast connections between investors and borrowers. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Jiayin Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.11.
PE Ratio
Jiayin Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 2.14. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $2.14 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 154.79%.
2. Paysign (PAYS)
18.4% sales growth and 8.02% return on equity
PaySign, Inc. provides prepaid card products and processing services under the PaySign brand for corporate, consumer, and government applications. The company offers various services, including transaction processing, cardholder enrollment, value loading, cardholder account management, reporting, and customer service through PaySign, a proprietary card-processing platform. It also develops prepaid card solutions for corporate incentive and rewards, consumer rebates, donor compensation, clinical trials, healthcare reimbursement payments, and pharmaceutical payment assistance; and payroll or general purpose reloadable cards, as well as gift or incentive cards. In addition, the company offers Co-Pay Assistance Program, a pharmaceutical payment card product; and Per Diem/Corporate Expense Payments that allows businesses, and non–profits and government agencies the ability to control employee spending while reducing administration costs by eliminating the need for traditional expense reports. Further, it provides Buy and Bill programs for patients to purchase directly from physician's office or through an infusion center for physician administered therapies; payment solution for source plasma collection centers; and PaySign Premier, a demand deposit account debit card, as well as customer service center and PaySign Communications Suite services. Its principal target markets for processing services comprise prepaid card issuers, retail and private-label issuers, small third-party processors, and small and mid-size financial institutions in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as 3PEA International, Inc. and changed its name to PaySign, Inc. in April 2019. PaySign, Inc. is based in Henderson, Nevada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Paysign has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.03.
PE Ratio
Paysign has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 66.33. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $66.33 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 8.02%.
3. Photronics (PLAB)
9.9% sales growth and 17.09% return on equity
Photronics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of photomask products and services in the United States, Taiwan, Korea, Europe, China, and internationally. The company offers photomasks that are used in the manufacture of integrated circuits and flat panel displays (FPDs); and to transfer circuit patterns onto semiconductor wafers, FDP substrates, and other types of electrical and optical components. It sells its products to semiconductor and FPD manufacturers, designers, and foundries, as well as to other high-performance electronics manufacturers through its sales personnel and customer service representatives. The company was formerly known as Photronic Labs, Inc. and changed its name to Photronics, Inc. in 1990. Photronics, Inc. was incorporated in 1969 and is based in Brookfield, Connecticut.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Photronics has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.97.
PE Ratio
Photronics has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 13.3. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $13.3 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 17.09%.
Sales Growth
Photronics’s sales growth is 4.6% for the ongoing quarter and 9.9% for the next.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Photronics is 333539 which is 47.86% below its average volume of 639750.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter is 2% and a drop 10% for the next.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 12.1%, now sitting on 870.61M for the twelve trailing months.
4. Yelp (YELP)
7.9% sales growth and 5.05% return on equity
Yelp Inc. operates a platform that connects consumers with local businesses in the United States and internationally. The company's platform covers various local business categories, including restaurants, shopping, beauty and fitness, health, and other categories, as well as home, local, auto, professional, pets, events, real estate, and financial services. It provides free and paid advertising products to businesses, which include cost-per-click search advertising and multi-location Ad products, as well as enables businesses to deliver targeted search advertising to local audiences; and business listing page products. The company also offers other services comprising Yelp Guest Manager, a subscription-based suite of front-of-house management tools for restaurants, nightlife and certain other venues, which include online reservations, a waitlist management solution that allows consumers to check wait times and join waitlists remotely as well as through hostless kiosks, and seating and server rotation management tools; Yelp Knowledge program that offers business owners local analytics and insights through access to its historical data and other proprietary content; and Yelp Fusion, which offers free and paid access to content and data for consumer-facing enterprise use through publicly available APIs. In addition, it provides content licensing, as well as allows third-party data providers to update and manage business listing information on behalf of businesses. Further, the company offers its products directly through its sales force; indirectly through partners; and online through its website and business app, as well as non-advertising partner arrangements. It has partnership with Grubhub for providing consumers with a service to place food orders for pickup and delivery. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Yelp has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.5.
PE Ratio
Yelp has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 86.48. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $86.48 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 5.05%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Yelp’s stock is valued at $43.24 at 11:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $43.99 and way above its 52-week low of $25.30.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Yelp is 338329 which is 55.97% below its average volume of 768527.
5. Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY)
6% sales growth and 24.37% return on equity
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. provides technology solutions and payment processing services primarily for financial services organizations in the United States. The company offers information and transaction processing solutions for banks ranging from community to multi-billion-dollar asset institutions under the Jack Henry Banking brand; core data processing solutions for various credit unions under the Symitar brand; and specialized financial performance, imaging and payments processing, information security and risk management, retail delivery, and online and mobile solutions to financial institutions and corporate entities under the ProfitStars brand. It also provides a suite of integrated applications required to process deposit, loan, and general ledger transactions, as well as to maintain centralized customer/member information; and complementary products and services that enable core bank and credit union clients to respond to evolving customer/member demands. The company's Jack Henry Banking business brand offers SilverLake, a robust primarily designed for commercial-focused banks; CIF 20/20, a parameter-driven, easy-to-use system for banks; and Core Director, a cost-efficient system with point-and-click operation. Its Symitar business brand provides Episys, a robust designed for credit unions; and CruiseNet, a cost-efficient system designed primarily for credit unions. In addition, the company offers electronic payment solutions; purchases and resells hardware systems, including servers, workstations, scanners, and other devices; and provides implementation, training, and support services. Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Monett, Missouri.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Jack Henry & Associates has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.78.
PE Ratio
Jack Henry & Associates has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 35.36. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $35.36 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 24.37%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Jack Henry & Associates’s EBITDA is 101.39.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 6.3%, now sitting on 2.03B for the twelve trailing months.
Sales Growth
Jack Henry & Associates’s sales growth is 6.2% for the present quarter and 6% for the next.
