(VIANEWS) – Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE), Summit Financial Group (SMMF), Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (CWCO) 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)
38.2% sales growth and 6.3% 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 $2.05.
PE Ratio
Live Ventures Incorporated has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.21. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.21 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 6.3%.
2. Summit Financial Group (SMMF)
35.2% sales growth and 15.89% return on equity
Summit Financial Group, Inc. operates as a financial holding company for Summit Community Bank, Inc. that provides community banking and other financial services to individuals and businesses primarily in the Eastern Panhandle, Southern and North Central regions of West Virginia and the Northern, and Shenandoah Valley and Southwestern regions of Virginia, and the Central region of Kentucky. The company's community banking services include demand, savings, and time deposits; commercial, commercial real estate, construction and land development, residential real estate, and consumer loans; and mortgage warehouse lines of credit, as well as trust and wealth management, cash management, and insurance brokerage services. As of December 31, 2020, it operated through 43 banking offices. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Moorefield, West Virginia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Summit Financial Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.26.
PE Ratio
Summit Financial Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 4.57. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $4.57 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 15.89%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Summit Financial Group’s stock is valued at $19.47 at 11:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $30.83 and way higher than its 52-week low of $17.06.
3. Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (CWCO)
32.8% sales growth and 6.57% return on equity
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, designs, constructs, manages, and operates water production and water treatment plants primarily in the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, and the United States. The company operates through four segments: Retail, Bulk, Services, and Manufacturing. It uses reverse osmosis technology to produce potable water from seawater. The company produces and supplies water to end-users, including residential, commercial, and government customers, as well as government-owned distributors. It also provides design, engineering, construction, procurement, and management services for desalination projects and water treatment plants, as well as management and engineering services relating to municipal water distribution and treatment. In addition, the company manufactures and services a range of water-related products, including reverse osmosis desalination equipment, membrane separation equipment, filtration equipment, piping systems, vessels, and custom fabricated components; and provides design, engineering, consulting, management, inspection, training, and equipment maintenance services for commercial, municipal, and industrial water production, supply, and treatment, as well as desalination and wastewater treatment. Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. was incorporated in 1973 and is headquartered in Grand Cayman, the Cayman Islands.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.65.
PE Ratio
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 29.78. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $29.78 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 6.57%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.’s EBITDA is 2.37.
Moving Average
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.’s value is way above its 50-day moving average of $16.87 and way above its 200-day moving average of $16.06.
4. Middlefield Banc Corp. (MBCN)
28% sales growth and 10.06% return on equity
Middlefield Banc Corp., headquartered in Middlefield, Ohio, is the bank holding company of The Middlefield Banking Company with total assets of $1.39 billion at March 31, 2021. The bank operates 16 full-service banking centers and an LPL Financial® brokerage office serving Beachwood, Chardon, Cortland, Dublin, Garrettsville, Mantua, Middlefield, Newbury, Orwell, Plain City, Powell, Solon, Sunbury, Twinsburg, and Westerville. The Bank also operates a Loan Production Office in Mentor, Ohio. Additional information is available at www.middlefieldbank.bank.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Middlefield Banc Corp. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.54.
PE Ratio
Middlefield Banc Corp. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 9.57. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $9.57 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 10.06%.
5. Mettler (MTD)
6.5% sales growth and 2951.46% return on equity
Mettler-Toledo International Inc. manufactures and supplies precision instruments and services in the United States and internationally. It operates through five segments: U.S. Operations, Swiss Operations, Western European Operations, Chinese Operations, and Other. The company's laboratory instruments include laboratory balances, liquid pipetting solutions, automated laboratory reactors, titrators, pH meters, process analytics sensors and analyzer technologies, physical value analyzers, density and refractometry, thermal analysis systems, and other analytical instruments; and LabX, a laboratory software platform to manage and analyze data generated from its instruments. Its industrial instruments comprise industrial weighing instruments and related terminals, automatic dimensional measurement and data capture solutions, vehicle scale systems, industrial software, metal detection equipment, x-ray systems, check weighing equipment, camera-based imaging equipment, track-and-trace solutions, and product inspection systems. The company's retail weighing solutions consist of networked scales and software, stand-alone scales, and automated packaging and labelling solutions for handling fresh goods. It serves the life science industry, independent research organizations, and testing labs; food and beverage manufacturers; food retailers; chemical, specialty chemical, and cosmetics companies; food retailers; transportation and logistics, metals, and electronics industries; and the academic community through its direct sales force and indirect distribution channels. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is based in Columbus, Ohio.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Mettler has a trailing twelve months EPS of $39.61.
PE Ratio
Mettler has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 33.86. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $33.86 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 2951.46%.
6. Extra Space Storage (EXR)
6.3% sales growth and 23.07% return on equity
Extra Space Storage Inc., headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, is a self-administered and self-managed REIT and a member of the S&P 500. As of December 31, 2022, the Company owned and/or operated 2,338 self-storage stores in 41 states and Washington, D.C. The Company's stores comprise approximately 1.6 million units and approximately 176.1 million square feet of rentable space. The Company offers customers a wide selection of conveniently located and secure storage units across the country, including boat storage, RV storage and business storage. The Company is the second largest owner and/or operator of self-storage stores in the United States and is the largest self-storage management company in the United States.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Extra Space Storage has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.47.
PE Ratio
Extra Space Storage has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 22.41. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $22.41 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 23.07%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Extra Space Storage’s stock is valued at $144.99 at 11:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $216.52 and higher than its 52-week low of $139.97.
Moving Average
Extra Space Storage’s value is below its 50-day moving average of $156.44 and way below its 200-day moving average of $166.49.
Sales Growth
Extra Space Storage’s sales growth is 10.5% for the present quarter and 6.3% for the next.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Extra Space Storage is 175749 which is 86.9% below its average volume of 1342270.
