(VIANEWS) – Jiayin Group (JFIN), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Meta Platforms (META) 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 120.58% 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 $3.55.
PE Ratio
Jiayin Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 1.39. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $1.39 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 120.58%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Jiayin Group’s stock is valued at $4.94 at 14:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $8.19 and way higher than its 52-week low of $1.86.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 57.5%, now sitting on 4.35B for the twelve trailing months.
2. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
22.6% sales growth and 10.38% return on equity
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of market infrastructure, data services, and technology solutions for financial institutions, corporations, and government entities in the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Singapore, India, Abu Dhabi, Israel, and Canada. It operates through three segments: Exchanges, Fixed Income and Data Services, and Mortgage Technology. The company operates regulated marketplaces for listing, trading, and clearing an array of derivatives contracts and financial securities, such as commodities, interest rates, foreign exchange, and equities, as well as corporate and exchange-traded funds; and trading venues, including regulated exchanges and clearing houses. It also offers energy, agricultural and metals, and financial futures and options; and cash equities and equity options, and over-the-counter and other markets, as well as listings and data and connectivity services. In addition, the company provides fixed income data and analytic, fixed income execution, CDS clearing, and other multi-asset class data and network services. Further, it offers proprietary and comprehensive mortgage origination platform, which serves residential mortgage loans; closing solutions that provides customers connectivity to the mortgage supply chain and facilitates the secure exchange of information; data and analytics services; and Data as a Service for lenders to access data and origination information. Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Intercontinental Exchange has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.31.
PE Ratio
Intercontinental Exchange 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 10.38%.
3. Meta Platforms (META)
13.9% sales growth and 22.27% return on equity
Meta Platforms, Inc. engages in the development of products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality headsets, and wearables worldwide. It operates in two segments, Family of Apps and Reality Labs. The Family of Apps segment offers Facebook, which enables people to share, discuss, discover, and connect with interests; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and private messages, as well as feed, stories, reels, video, live, and shops; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, communities, and businesses across platforms and devices through text, audio, and video calls; and WhatsApp, a messaging application that is used by people and businesses to communicate and transact privately. The Reality Labs segment provides augmented and virtual reality related products comprising consumer hardware, software, and content that help people feel connected, anytime, and anywhere. The company was formerly known as Facebook, Inc. and changed its name to Meta Platforms, Inc. in October 2021. Meta Platforms, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Meta Platforms has a trailing twelve months EPS of $11.35.
PE Ratio
Meta Platforms has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 29.14. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $29.14 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 22.27%.
Previous days news about Meta Platforms(META)
- According to Zacks on Thursday, 16 November, "In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Microsoft (MSFT Quick QuoteMSFT – Free Report) , Meta Platforms (META Quick QuoteMETA – Free Report) and GIII Apparel Group (GIII Quick QuoteGIII – Free Report) .", "Hence, from an investment perspective, we have highlighted Microsoft, Meta Platforms and GIII Apparel Group, which are most likely to make the most of less inflationary pressure. "
- According to MarketWatch on Tuesday, 14 November, "Tepper raised his stake in Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOGL to 2.75 million shares from 2.31 million and raised his stake in Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. META to 1.95 million shares from 1.5 million previously."
- Meta platforms, inc. (meta) hits fresh high: is there still room to run?. According to Zacks on Tuesday, 14 November, "Have you been paying attention to shares of Meta Platforms (META Quick QuoteMETA – Free Report) ? ", "Since we recommend that investors select stocks carrying Zacks Rank of 1 (Strong Buy) or 2 (Buy) and Style Scores of A or B, it looks as if Meta Platforms meets the list of requirements. "
- According to Zacks on Wednesday, 15 November, "The deal with Snap is similar to Amazon’s partnership with Meta Platforms (META Quick QuoteMETA – Free Report) , which was announced last week and allows users to purchase Amazon products directly from ads on Instagram and Facebook. "
- According to Zacks on Tuesday, 14 November, "This apart, Amazon partnered with Meta Platforms (META Quick QuoteMETA – Free Report) to introduce a new feature allowing users to connect their Facebook and Instagram accounts to Amazon, enabling product purchases through promotions."
4. Uber (UBER)
9.6% sales growth and 11.79% return on equity
Uber Technologies, Inc. develops and operates proprietary technology applications in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia excluding China and Southeast Asia. It operates through three segments: Mobility, Delivery, and Freight. The Mobility segment connects consumers with a range of transportation modalities, such as ridesharing, carsharing, micromobility, rentals, public transit, taxis, and other modalities; and offers riders in a variety of vehicle types, as well as financial partnerships products and advertising services. The Delivery segment allows to search for and discover restaurants to grocery, alcohol, convenience, and other retails; order a meal or other items; and Uber direct, a white-label Delivery-as-a-Service for retailers and restaurants, as well as advertising. The Freight segment manages transportation and logistics network, which connects shippers and carriers in digital marketplace including carriers upfronts, pricing, and shipment booking; and provides on-demand platform to automate logistics end-to-end transactions for small-and medium-sized business to global enterprises. Uber Technologies, Inc. was formerly known as Ubercab, Inc. and changed its name to Uber Technologies, Inc. in February 2011. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Uber has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.52.
PE Ratio
Uber has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 104.5. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $104.5 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 11.79%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Uber is 11313800 which is 40.42% below its average volume of 18989800.
Moving Average
Uber’s worth is way above its 50-day moving average of $45.72 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $40.11.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 11.4%, now sitting on 35.95B for the twelve trailing months.
Sales Growth
Uber’s sales growth is 10.7% for the current quarter and 9.6% for the next.
Previous days news about Uber(UBER)
- According to MarketWatch on Tuesday, 14 November, "It added 125,000 shares to its stake in Uber Technologies Inc. , boosting its position by 16.6% for a total of 878,955 shares. "
- According to MarketWatch on Tuesday, 14 November, "Appaloosa maintained stakes in Uber Technologies Inc. UBER at 7.25 million shares and held onto about 1.4 million Micron Technology shares MU, about 1.03 million Nvidia Corp. shares NVDA, about 650,000 FedEx Corp. shares FDX and about 200,000 UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH shares."
5. MGP Ingredients (MGPI)
8.9% sales growth and 12.79% return on equity
MGP Ingredients, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces and supplies distilled spirits, and specialty wheat proteins and starch food ingredients. It operates through two segments, Distillery Products and Ingredient Solutions. The Distillery Products segment provides food grade alcohol for beverage applications that include bourbon and rye whiskeys, as well as grain neutral spirits, including vodka and gin; and food grade industrial alcohol, which is used as an ingredient in foods, personal care products, cleaning solutions, pharmaceuticals, and various other products. This segment also provides fuel grade alcohol for blending with gasoline; distillers feed and related co-products, such as distillers feed and corn oil; and warehouse services, including barrel put away, storage, and retrieval services, as well as blending services. The Ingredient Solutions segment provides specialty wheat starches for food applications under the Fibersym Resistant Starch, FiberRite RW Resistant Starch, Pregel Instant Starch, and Midsol Cook-up Starch names; specialty wheat proteins for food applications under the Arise and Proterra names; gluten free textured pea proteins; commodity wheat starch for food and non-food applications; and commodity wheat proteins. The company sells its products directly or through distributors to manufacturers and processors of finished packaged goods or to bakeries primarily in the United States, Japan, Thailand, Mexico, and Canada. MGP Ingredients, Inc. was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Atchison, Kansas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, MGP Ingredients has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.42.
PE Ratio
MGP Ingredients has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 21.75. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $21.75 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 12.79%.
Previous days news about MGP Ingredients(MGPI)
- According to Zacks on Wednesday, 15 November, "Some better-ranked stocks from the same space are Lamb Weston (LW Quick QuoteLW – Free Report) , Ollie’s Bargain Outlet (OLLI Quick QuoteOLLI – Free Report) and MGP Ingredients (MGPI Quick QuoteMGPI – Free Report) ."
6. Manhattan Associates (MANH)
7.5% sales growth and 81.18% return on equity
Manhattan Associates, Inc. develops, sells, deploys, services, and maintains software solutions to manage supply chains, inventory, and omni-channel operations for retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, logistics providers, and other organizations. The company offers Manhattan SCALE, a portfolio of logistics execution solutions that provide trading partner management, yard management, optimization, warehouse management, and transportation execution services; and Manhattan Active, a set of enterprise and store omni-channel solutions. It also provides inventory optimization and planning solutions; maintenance services comprising customer support services and software enhancements; professional services, such as solutions planning and implementation, and related consulting services; and training and change management services. In addition, the company resells computer hardware, radio frequency terminal networks, radio frequency identification chip readers, bar code printers and scanners, and other peripherals. It offers products through direct sales personnel, as well as through partnership agreements with various organizations. The company operates in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Manhattan Associates, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Manhattan Associates has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.65.
PE Ratio
Manhattan Associates has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 78.82. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $78.82 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 81.18%.
