(VIANEWS) – Knight Transportation (KNX), NICE Ltd (NICE), Navigator Holdings Ltd. Ordinary Shares (NVGS) 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. Knight Transportation (KNX)
19.3% sales growth and 3.07% return on equity
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides truckload transportation services in the United States and Mexico. The company operates through three segments: Trucking, Logistics, and Intermodal. Its trucking services include irregular route, dedicated, refrigerated, flatbed, expedited, dry van, drayage, and cross-border transportation of various products, goods, and materials. The company also provides logistics and intermodal services, such as brokerage, intermodal, and certain logistics; freight management; and non-trucking services. In addition, it offers various support services, including repair and maintenance shop services, warranty, insurance, and equipment leasing; and trailer parts manufacturing services, as well as engages in the driving academy activities. The company operates a total of 18,877 tractors, which comprises 16,432 company-owned tractors and 2,445 independent contractor tractors, as well as 58,315 trailers; and 643 tractors and 9,862 intermodal containers. It serves retail, food and beverage, consumer products, paper products, transportation and logistics, housing and building, automotive, and manufacturing industries. Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Knight Transportation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.34.
PE Ratio
Knight Transportation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 42.04. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $42.04 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 3.07%.
Sales Growth
Knight Transportation’s sales growth is 15.2% for the current quarter and 19.3% for the next.
2. NICE Ltd (NICE)
14.8% sales growth and 10.56% return on equity
NICE Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud platforms for AI-driven digital business solutions worldwide. It offers CXone, a cloud native open platform; Enlighten, an AI engine for CX that discovers automation opportunities for self-service; digital-entry points solutions that enable organizations to address consumers' needs; and journey orchestration solutions that empower organizations to connect and route customers to deal with the customer's request, and connects them using real time AI-based routing. The company also provides smart self service solutions that empower organizations to build intelligent automated conversations based on data; and prepared agent solutions and tools enable contact center agents to guide and alert them in real time; complete performance solutions that help organizations to record structured and unstructured customer interaction and transaction data; and NICE Evidencentral, an digital evidence management platform for public safety emergency communications, law enforcement, and criminal justice helps agencies. In addition, it offers X-Sight, is an open and flexible AI-cloud platform for financial crime and compliance; Xceed, a cloud platform for comprehensive AML and fraud prevention for small and mid-sized organizations; data intelligence solutions that enable organizations to turn raw data into comprehensive actionable intelligence to prevent and detect financial crimes; AI and analytics technologies to detect and prevent financial crimes in real-time; money laundering and fraud prevention solutions that help organizations adhere to capital markets compliance and anti-money laundering compliance regulations; intelligent investigations solutions; and self-service solutions that provide organizations with customization and self-development capabilities. The company was formerly known as NICE-Systems Ltd. and changed its name to NICE Ltd. in June 2016. NICE Ltd. was founded in 1986 and is based in Ra'anana, Israel.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, NICE Ltd has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.04.
PE Ratio
NICE Ltd has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 47.25. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $47.25 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 10.56%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for NICE Ltd is 317978 which is 11.6% below its average volume of 359710.
Moving Average
NICE Ltd’s worth is way above its 50-day moving average of $215.20 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $198.06.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
NICE Ltd’s EBITDA is 62.55.
3. Navigator Holdings Ltd. Ordinary Shares (NVGS)
12.5% sales growth and 6.55% return on equity
Navigator Holdings Ltd. owns and operates a fleet of liquefied gas carriers worldwide. It provides international and regional seaborne transportation services of petrochemical gases, liquefied petroleum gases, and ammonia for energy companies, industrial users, and commodity traders. The company also offers ship shore infrastructure and consultancy services. It operates a fleet of 56 semi- or fully-refrigerated liquefied gas carriers. The company was formerly known as Isle of Man public limited company and changed its name to Navigator Holdings Ltd. in 2006. Navigator Holdings Ltd. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Navigator Holdings Ltd. Ordinary Shares has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.99.
PE Ratio
Navigator Holdings Ltd. Ordinary Shares has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 15.16. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $15.16 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 6.55%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Navigator Holdings Ltd. Ordinary Shares’s EBITDA is 26.89.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Navigator Holdings Ltd. Ordinary Shares’s stock is valued at $15.01 at 19:22 EST, below its 52-week high of $16.48 and way higher than its 52-week low of $11.91.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Dec 6, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.2 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.34%.
4. Alphabet (GOOG)
11.1% sales growth and 27.36% return on equity
Alphabet Inc. provides various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment offers products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, hardware, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. It is also involved in the sale of apps and in-app purchases and digital content in the Google Play store; and Fitbit wearable devices, Google Nest home products, Pixel phones, and other devices, as well as in the provision of YouTube non-advertising services. The Google Cloud segment offers infrastructure, platform, and other services; Google Workspace that include cloud-based collaboration tools for enterprises, such as Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, and Meet; and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment sells health technology and internet services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Alphabet has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.8.
PE Ratio
Alphabet has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 24.44. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $24.44 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 27.36%.
Sales Growth
Alphabet’s sales growth is 12.7% for the ongoing quarter and 11.1% for the next.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Alphabet’s stock is valued at $141.76 at 19:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $155.20 and way higher than its 52-week low of $88.86.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Alphabet is 21713300 which is 1.2% below its average volume of 21977300.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 28.2% and 16%, respectively.
Previous days news about Alphabet(GOOG)
- Alphabet (googl) boosts android auto with new AI feature. According to Zacks on Monday, 4 March, "All the above-mentioned endeavors will aid Alphabet in capitalizing on growth opportunities present in the promising automotive infotainment market. "
- According to FXStreet on Monday, 4 March, "Just last week, the investor favorite Nvidia beat out Amazon and Alphabet to take the third place as the most valuable company in the US by market capitalization, and although the chipmaker’s stock pulled back before its earnings announcement, it rebounded to new record highs after the firm reported results better than Wall Street’s already ultra-optimistic forecasts."
- Alphabet (googl) to boost chromebook features with app mall. According to Zacks on Monday, 4 March, "Apart from App Mall, Alphabet is set to enhance ChromeOS’ quality-of-life features, including launcher updates, profile picture hiding, new settings icon, Diagnostics app cards and app installation from Play Store, similar to Android and iOS.", "Moreover, these Chromebook advancements will, in turn, aid Alphabet to strengthen its Google Services segment, which has been the key growth driver of the company. "
5. United Airlines (UAL)
6.7% sales growth and 32.28% return on equity
United Airlines Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides air transportation services in North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, the Pacific, the Middle East, and Latin America. The company transports people and cargo through its mainline and regional fleets. It also offers catering, ground handling, training, and maintenance services for third parties. The company was formerly known as United Continental Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to United Airlines Holdings, Inc. in June 2019. United Airlines Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, United Airlines has a trailing twelve months EPS of $7.76.
PE Ratio
United Airlines has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 5.6. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $5.6 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 32.28%.
Moving Average
United Airlines’s worth is higher than its 50-day moving average of $42.08 and under its 200-day moving average of $45.22.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for United Airlines is 3682150 which is 58.84% below its average volume of 8946540.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
United Airlines’s stock is valued at $43.46 at 19:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $58.23 and way above its 52-week low of $33.68.
Previous days news about United Airlines(UAL)
- Skywest (skyw) inks deal with United Airlines to upgrade fleet. According to Zacks on Monday, 4 March, "SkyWest (SKYW Quick QuoteSKYW – Free Report) announced a new flying agreement with United Airlines (UAL Quick QuoteUAL – Free Report) , in line with its efforts to expand and modernize fleet. "
- United Airlines (ual) dips more than broader market: what you should know. According to Zacks on Monday, 4 March, "The upcoming earnings release of United Airlines will be of great interest to investors. ", "Digging into valuation, United Airlines currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 4.59. "
