(VIANEWS) – Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE), Agree Realty Corporation (ADC), Churchill Downs (CHDN) 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. Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE)
42.5% sales growth and 3.79% return on equity
Live Ventures Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the flooring manufacturing, steel manufacturing, and retail businesses in the United States. The company's Flooring Manufacturing segment manufactures and sells carpets and rugs, and yarn products focusing on the residential, niche commercial, and hospitality end-markets; and resells hard surface flooring products. This segment serves flooring dealers, home centers, and other flooring manufacturers, as well as directly to end users. Its Steel Manufacturing segment manufactures and sells pre-finished de-carb free tool and die steel products, such as deluxe alloy plates, deluxe tool steel plates, precision ground flat stock products, and drill rods. This segment serves steel distributors and steel service centers. The company's Retail segment operates 62 specialty entertainment retail storefronts that offer entertainment products, including new and pre-owned movies, video games, and music products, as well as ancillary products, such as books, comics, toys, and collectibles. It buys, sells, and trades in new and pre-owned movies, music, video games, electronics, and collectibles through 35 Vintage Stock, 3 V-Stock, 13 Movie Trading company, and 11 EntertainMart retail locations in Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Utah, Colorado, Illinois, Idaho, and New Mexico, as well as sells new and used movies, video games, music, and toys through Website, vintagestock.com. This segment also offers services to customers, such as rentals, special orders, disc and video game hardware repair services, and other services. Its Corporate and Other segment provides directory listing services. The company was formerly known as LiveDeal, Inc. and changed its name to Live Ventures Incorporated in October 2015. Live Ventures Incorporated was founded in 1968 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Live Ventures Incorporated has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.26.
PE Ratio
Live Ventures Incorporated has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 22.18. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $22.18 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 3.79%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 781% and 140%, respectively.
2. Agree Realty Corporation (ADC)
17.7% sales growth and 3.65% return on equity
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Agree Realty Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.76.
PE Ratio
Agree Realty Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 31.05. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $31.05 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 3.65%.
3. Churchill Downs (CHDN)
15.8% sales growth and 48.97% return on equity
Churchill Downs Incorporated operates as a racing, online wagering, and gaming entertainment company in the United States. It operates through three segments: Live and Historical Racing, TwinSpires, and Gaming. As of December 31, 2021, the company owned and operated three pari-mutuel gaming entertainment venues with approximately 3,050 historical racing machines (HRMs) in Kentucky; TwinSpires, an online wagering platform for horse racing, sports, and iGaming; nine retail sportsbooks; and casino gaming in eight states with approximately 11,000 slot machines and video lottery terminals, and 200 table games. It also offers streaming video of live horse races, replays, and an assortment of racing and handicapping information; and provides the Bloodstock Research Information Services platform for horse racing statistical data. In addition, the company manufactures and operates pari-mutuel wagering systems for racetracks, off-track betting facilities, and other pari-mutuel wagering businesses. Churchill Downs Incorporated was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Churchill Downs has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.69.
PE Ratio
Churchill Downs has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 23.46. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $23.46 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 48.97%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 31.9%, now sitting on 2.19B for the twelve trailing months.
4. Lakeland Industries (LAKE)
7.9% sales growth and 4.45% 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 limited use/disposable protective clothing, such as coveralls, laboratory coats, shirts, pants, hoods, aprons, sleeves, arm guards, caps, and smocks; high-end chemical protective suits to provide protection from highly concentrated, toxic and/or lethal chemicals, and biological toxins; and firefighting and heat protective apparel to protect against fire. 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 Decatur, Alabama.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Lakeland Industries has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.71.
PE Ratio
Lakeland Industries has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 20.85. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $20.85 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 4.45%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Lakeland Industries’s stock is valued at $14.80 at 20:22 EST, below its 52-week high of $16.07 and way higher than its 52-week low of $10.60.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 17.3%, now sitting on 119.16M for the twelve trailing months.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Lakeland Industries’s EBITDA is 0.78.
5. Alaska Air Group (ALK)
7.3% sales growth and 4.13% return on equity
Alaska Air Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides passenger and cargo air transportation services. The company operates through three segments: Mainline, Regional, and Horizon. It has a network of approximately 1,300 daily flights to 115 destinations across the United States, Mexico, Canada, and Costa Rica. The company was founded in 1932 and is based in Seattle, Washington.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Alaska Air Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.22.
PE Ratio
Alaska Air Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 28.75. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $28.75 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 4.13%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Alaska Air Group is 2638540 which is 37.3% above its average volume of 1921680.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter is a negative 24.1% and positive 5.4% for the next.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Alaska Air Group’s EBITDA is 23.34.
Sales Growth
Alaska Air Group’s sales growth is 1.9% for the current quarter and 7.3% for the next.
