(VIANEWS) – LCNB Corporation (LCNB), First Internet Bancorp (INBK), Esquire Financial Holdings (ESQ) 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. LCNB Corporation (LCNB)
34.1% sales growth and 4.74% return on equity
LCNB Corp. operates as the financial holding company for LCNB National Bank that provides banking services in Ohio. Its deposit products include checking accounts, demand deposits, savings accounts, NOW and money market deposits, as well as individual retirement accounts and time certificates. The company's loan products comprise commercial and industrial, commercial and residential real estate, agricultural, construction, and small business administration loans; and residential mortgage loans that consists of loans for purchasing or refinancing personal residences, home equity lines of credit, and loans for commercial or consumer purposes secured by residential mortgages. It also offers consumer loans, such as automobile, recreational vehicles, boat, home improvement, and personal loans. In addition, the company provides trust administration, estate settlement, and fiduciary services; and investment management services for trusts, agency accounts, individual retirement accounts, and foundations/endowments. Further, it offers investment services and products, including financial needs analysis, mutual funds, securities trading, annuities, and life insurance; and security brokerage services. Additionally, the company provides safe deposit boxes, night depositories, cashier's checks, bank-by-mail, ATMs, cash and transaction services, debit cards, wire transfers, electronic funds transfer, utility bill collections, notary public service, cash management services, telephone banking, PC Internet banking, mobile banking, and other services for individuals and businesses. The company was founded in 1877 and is headquartered in Lebanon, Ohio.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, LCNB Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.88.
PE Ratio
LCNB Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 16.89. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $16.89 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 4.74%.
2. First Internet Bancorp (INBK)
30.5% sales growth and 4.6% return on equity
First Internet Bancorp operates as the bank holding company for First Internet Bank of Indiana that provides commercial, small business, consumer, and municipal products and services to individuals and commercial customers in the United States. The company accepts non-interest bearing and interest-bearing demand deposit, savings, money market, commercial and brokered deposit accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. It also offers commercial and industrial, owner-occupied and investor commercial real estate, construction, residential mortgage, home equity line of credit and home improvement, small installment, term, and other consumer loans, as well as single tenant lease financing, and public and healthcare finance; franchise finance; and small business lending. In addition, the company is involved in the purchase, manage, service, and safekeeping of municipal securities; and provision of municipal finance lending and leasing products to government entities In addition, it offers corporate credit card and treasury management services. First Internet Bancorp was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Fishers, Indiana.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, First Internet Bancorp has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.87.
PE Ratio
First Internet Bancorp has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 17.02. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $17.02 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 4.6%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 70.7%, now sitting on 95.4M for the twelve trailing months.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
First Internet Bancorp’s stock is valued at $31.82 at 06:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $35.72 and way above its 52-week low of $10.99.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for First Internet Bancorp is 36252 which is 27.96% below its average volume of 50325.
3. Esquire Financial Holdings (ESQ)
22.8% sales growth and 20.59% return on equity
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Esquire Bank, National Association that provides commercial banking products and services to legal industry and small businesses, and commercial and retail customers in the United States. The company offers checking, savings, money market, and time deposits, as well as certificates of deposit. It also provides commercial loans, including short-term financing for inventory, receivables, the purchase of supplies, or other operating needs arising during the normal course of business, as well as loans to its qualified merchant customers; commercial lines of credit; consumer loans consisting of post-settlement consumer and structured settlement loans to plaintiffs and claimants, as well as loans to individuals for debt consolidation, medical expenses, living expenses, payment of outstanding bills, or other consumer needs; and real estate loans, such as multifamily, 1-4 family residential, commercial real estate, and construction loans, as well as merchant services. As of December 31, 2020, the company operated a full-service branch in Jericho, New York; and an administrative office in Boca Raton, Florida. Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Jericho, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Esquire Financial Holdings has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.64.
PE Ratio
Esquire Financial Holdings has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.34. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $10.34 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 20.59%.
4. Safe Bulkers (SB)
17.6% sales growth and 10.69% return on equity
Safe Bulkers, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides marine drybulk transportation services. It owns and operates drybulk vessels for transporting bulk cargoes primarily coal, grain, and iron ore. As of March 18, 2022, the company had a fleet of 40 drybulk vessels having an average age of 10.4 years; and an aggregate carrying capacity of 3,925,500 deadweight tons. Its fleet consisted of 12 Panamax class vessels, 7 Kamsarmax class vessels, 15 post- Panamax class vessels, and 6 Capesize class vessels. Safe Bulkers, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Monaco.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Safe Bulkers has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.67.
PE Ratio
Safe Bulkers has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 8.12. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $8.12 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 10.69%.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on May 16, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.2 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 3.68%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Safe Bulkers’s stock is valued at $5.44 at 06:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $5.62 and way above its 52-week low of $2.97.
5. Lakeland Industries (LAKE)
13% sales growth and 4.46% return on equity
Lakeland Industries, Inc. manufactures and sells industrial protective clothing and accessories for the industrial and public protective clothing market worldwide. It offers firefighting and heat protective apparel to protect against fire; high-end chemical protective suits to provide protection from highly concentrated, toxic and/or lethal chemicals, and biological toxins; and limited use/disposable protective clothing, such as coveralls, laboratory coats, shirts, pants, hoods, aprons, sleeves, arm guards, caps, and smocks. The company also provides durable woven garments, including electrostatic dissipative apparel used in electronics clean rooms; flame resistant meta aramid, para aramid, and FR cotton coveralls/pants/jackets used in petrochemical, refining operations, and electrical utilities; FR fabrics; and cotton and polycotton coveralls, lab coats, pants, and shirts. In addition, it provides high visibility clothing comprising reflective apparel, including vests, T-shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, coats, raingear, jumpsuits, hats, and gloves; and gloves and sleeves that are used in the automotive, glass, and metal fabrication industries. The company sells its products to a network of approximately 1,600 safety and industrial supply distributors through in-house sales teams, customer service group, and independent sales representatives. It serves end users, such as integrated oil, chemical/petrochemical, automobile, steel, glass, construction, smelting, cleanroom, janitorial, pharmaceutical, and high technology electronics manufacturers, as well as scientific, medical laboratories, and the utilities industry; and federal, state, and local governmental agencies and departments. The company was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Lakeland Industries has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.72.
PE Ratio
Lakeland Industries has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 23.44. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $23.44 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 4.46%.
6. Manhattan Associates (MANH)
10.4% sales growth and 91.08% return on equity
Manhattan Associates, Inc. develops, sells, deploys, services, and maintains software solutions to manage supply chains, inventory, and omni-channel operations. It 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 omnichannel solution, which include enterprise solutions and omnichannel solutions for store. The company also provides inventory optimization, planning, and allocation solutions; technology platform including Manhattan Active Platform solutions, a cloud-native product designed to provide version-less product access; maintenance services, which offers comprehensive program that provides on-premises software licensees with software upgrades for additional or improved functionality and technological advances incorporating emerging supply chain and industry advances; and professional services, such as solutions planning and implementation, and related consulting services. In addition, it provides training and change management services; resells computer hardware, radio frequency terminal networks, radio frequency identification chip readers, bar code printers and scanners, and other peripherals. Further, the company offers products through direct sales personnel, as well as through partnership agreements with various organizations. It serves retail, consumer goods, food and grocery, logistics service providers, industrial and wholesale, high technology and electronics, life sciences, and government industries. 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 $3.07.
PE Ratio
Manhattan Associates has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 74.52. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $74.52 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 91.08%.
7. PulteGroup (PHM)
9.8% sales growth and 27.3% return on equity
PulteGroup, Inc., through its subsidiaries, primarily engages in the homebuilding business in the United States. It acquires and develops land primarily for residential purposes; and constructs housing on such land. The company also offers various home designs, including single-family detached, townhomes, condominiums, and duplexes under the Centex, Pulte Homes, Del Webb, DiVosta Homes, American West, and John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods brand names. As of December 31, 2022, it controlled 211,112 lots, of which 108,848 were owned and 102,264 were under land option agreements. In addition, the company arranges financing through the origination of mortgage loans primarily for homebuyers; sells the servicing rights for the originated loans; and provides title insurance policies, and examination and closing services to homebuyers. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, PulteGroup has a trailing twelve months EPS of $12.47.
PE Ratio
PulteGroup has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 9.44. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $9.44 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 27.3%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 10.4%, now sitting on 16.44B for the twelve trailing months.
Previous days news about PulteGroup(PHM)
- Pultegroup (phm) surges 75% in a year: more upside in 2024?. According to Zacks on Wednesday, 22 May, "Focus on Affordability: PulteGroup is strategically focused on meeting the growing demand for entry-level homes, addressing affordability concerns in the U.S. housing market. ", "Precisely, in times of higher interest rates, having spec homes allows PulteGroup to offer powerful incentives, such as forward mortgage rate commitments. "
8. Henry Schein (HSIC)
6.7% sales growth and 8.34% return on equity
Henry Schein, Inc. provides health care products and services to dental practitioners and laboratories, physician practices, ambulatory surgery centers, government, institutional health care clinics, and other alternate care clinics worldwide. It operates through two segments, Health Care Distribution, and Technology and Value-Added Services. The Health Care Distribution segment offers dental products, including infection-control products, handpieces, preventatives, impression materials, composites, anesthetics, teeth, dental implants, gypsum, acrylics, articulators, abrasives, dental chairs, delivery units and lights, X-ray supplies and equipment, personal protective equipment, and high-tech and digital restoration equipment, as well as equipment repair services. This segment also provides medical products comprising branded and generic pharmaceuticals, vaccines, surgical products, diagnostic tests, infection-control products, X-ray products, equipment, and vitamins. The Technology and Value-Added Services segment offers software, technology, and other value-added services that include practice management software systems for dental and medical practitioners. This segment also provides value-added practice solutions, which comprise financial services on a non-recourse basis, e-services, practice technology, network, and hardware services, as well as continuing education services for practitioners, and consulting and other services. Henry Schein, Inc. was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Melville, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Henry Schein has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.97.
PE Ratio
Henry Schein has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 25.03. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $25.03 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 8.34%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Henry Schein is 634538 which is 45.46% below its average volume of 1163480.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Henry Schein’s stock is valued at $74.33 at 06:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $82.63 and way higher than its 52-week low of $60.01.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 3.7%, now sitting on 12.45B for the twelve trailing months.
Sales Growth
Henry Schein’s sales growth is 5.6% for the ongoing quarter and 6.7% for the next.
