(VIANEWS) – Meta Platforms (META), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Schlumberger (SLB) 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. Meta Platforms (META)
25.6% sales growth and 28.04% 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. The company 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 $14.87.
PE Ratio
Meta Platforms has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 33.45. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $33.45 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 28.04%.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 21, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 2 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 0.4%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Meta Platforms’s stock is valued at $497.37 at 01:22 EST, below its 52-week high of $523.57 and way above its 52-week low of $174.82.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 24.7%, now sitting on 134.9B for the twelve trailing months.
Previous days news about Meta Platforms(META)
- According to Zacks on Monday, 1 April, "In rampant bull markets (like the one we are witnessing now), investors often leave profits on the table (or worse, go short) because the market seems "too high" or "overvalued." However, the action in QQQ and tech stocks like Nvidia ((NVDA Quick QuoteNVDA – Free Report) ), Meta Platforms ((META Quick QuoteMETA – Free Report) ), or Microsoft ((MSFT Quick QuoteMSFT – Free Report) ) illustrate why opinions mean little on Wall Street."
- Meta platforms (meta) rises as market takes a dip: key facts. According to Zacks on Monday, 1 April, "In the latest trading session, Meta Platforms (META Quick QuoteMETA – Free Report) closed at $491.35, marking a +1.19% move from the previous day. ", "The investment community will be closely monitoring the performance of Meta Platforms in its forthcoming earnings report. "
- The zacks analyst blog highlights NVIDIA, meta platforms, micron, Microsoft and Amazon.com. According to Zacks on Tuesday, 2 April, "Stocks recently featured in the blog include: NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA Quick QuoteNVDA – Free Report) , Meta Platforms Inc. (META Quick QuoteMETA – Free Report) , Micron Technology Inc. (MU Quick QuoteMU – Free Report) , Microsoft Corp. (MSFT Quick QuoteMSFT – Free Report) and Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN Quick QuoteAMZN – Free Report) .", "Zacks Rank #1 Meta Platforms has an expected revenue and earnings growth rate of 17.7% and 34.1%, respectively, for the current year. "
- According to Zacks on Monday, 1 April, "Zacks Rank #1 Meta Platforms has an expected revenue and earnings growth rate of 17.7% and 34.1%, respectively, for the current year. "
- According to Zacks on Monday, 1 April, "Some other top-ranked stocks worth considering in the broader technology sector include Meta Platforms (META Quick QuoteMETA – Free Report) , Zscaler (ZS Quick QuoteZS – Free Report) and Twilio (TWLO Quick QuoteTWLO – Free Report) ."
2. Cadence Design Systems (CDNS)
13.3% sales growth and 33.86% return on equity
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. provides software, hardware, services, and reusable integrated circuit (IC) design blocks worldwide. The company offers functional verification services, including emulation and prototyping hardware. Its functional verification offering consists of JasperGold, a formal verification platform; Xcelium, a parallel logic simulation platform; Palladium, an enterprise emulation platform; and Protium, a prototyping platform for chip verification. The company also provides digital IC design and sign off products, including Genus synthesis and Joules RTL power solutions, as well as Modus DFT software solution to reduce systems-on-chip design-for-test time; physical implementation tools, such as place and route, optimization, and multiple patterning preparation; and Innovus implementation system, a physical implementation system. In addition, it offers custom IC design and simulation products to create schematic and physical representations of circuits down to the transistor level for analog, mixed-signal, custom digital, memory, and radio frequency designs; and system design and analysis products to develop printed circuit boards and IC packages, as well as to analyze electromagnetic, electro-thermal, and other multi-physics effects. Further, the company provides intellectual property (IP) products comprising pre-verified and customizable functional blocks to integrate into customer's ICs; and verification IP with memory models to emulate and model the expected behavior and interaction of standard industry system interface protocols. Additionally, it offers services related to methodology, education, and hosted design solutions, as well as technical support and maintenance services. The company serves consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications, mobile, automotive, aerospace and defense, industrial, and life science industries. Cadence Design Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Cadence Design Systems has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.81.
PE Ratio
Cadence Design Systems has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 80.41. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $80.41 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 33.86%.
Moving Average
Cadence Design Systems’s value is above its 50-day moving average of $290.10 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $254.17.
3. Schlumberger (SLB)
12.4% sales growth and 21.73% return on equity
Schlumberger Limited engages in the provision of technology for the energy industry worldwide. The company operates through four divisions: Digital & Integration, Reservoir Performance, Well Construction, and Production Systems. The company provides field development and hydrocarbon production, carbon management, and integration of adjacent energy systems; reservoir interpretation and data processing services for exploration data; and well construction and production improvement services and products. It also offers subsurface geology and fluids evaluation information; open and cased hole services; exploration and production pressure, and flow-rate measurement services; and pressure pumping, well stimulation, and coiled tubing equipment solutions. In addition, the company offers mud logging, directional drilling, measurement-while-drilling, and logging-while-drilling services, as well as engineering support services; supplies drilling fluid systems; designs, manufactures, and markets roller cone and fixed cutter drill bits; bottom-hole-assembly and borehole enlargement technologies; well cementing products and services; well planning, well drilling, engineering, supervision, logistics, procurement, and contracting of third parties, as well as drilling rig management solutions; and drilling equipment and services, as well as land drilling rigs and related services. Further, it provides artificial lift production equipment and optimization services; supplies packers, safety valves, sand control technology, and various intelligent well completions technology and equipment; designs and manufactures valves, chokes, actuators, and surface trees; and OneSubsea, an integrated solutions, products, systems, and services, including wellheads, subsea trees, manifolds and flowline connectors, control systems, connectors, and services. The company was formerly known as Socie´te´ de Prospection E´lectrique. Schlumberger Limited was founded in 1926 and is based in Houston, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Schlumberger has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.91.
PE Ratio
Schlumberger has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 18.79. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $18.79 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 21.73%.
Moving Average
Schlumberger’s value is above its 50-day moving average of $49.93 and higher than its 200-day moving average of $53.20.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Schlumberger’s EBITDA is 2.37.
Sales Growth
Schlumberger’s sales growth is 12.4% for the ongoing quarter and 12.4% for the next.
Previous days news about Schlumberger(SLB)
- Schlumberger (slb) increases despite market slip: here's what you need to know. According to Zacks on Monday, 1 April, "In terms of valuation, Schlumberger is currently trading at a Forward P/E ratio of 15.48. ", "Analysts and investors alike will be keeping a close eye on the performance of Schlumberger in its upcoming earnings disclosure. "
- According to Business Insider on Tuesday, 2 April, "Shares of ChampionX Corporation (NASDAQ:CHX) rose sharply during Tuesday’s session after Schlumberger Limited(NYSE:SLB) announced it will acquire the company."
4. Sterling Construction Company (STRL)
9.5% sales growth and 25.93% return on equity
Sterling Construction Company, Inc., a construction company, engages in the heavy civil, specialty services, and residential construction activities primarily in the southern United States, the Rocky Mountain states, California, and Hawaii. The company undertakes various heavy civil construction projects, including highways, roads, bridges, airfields, ports, light rail, water, wastewater and storm drainage systems for the departments of transportation in various states, regional transit authorities, airport authorities, port authorities, water authorities, and railroads. It offers specialty services such as foundations for multi-family homes, parking structures, and other commercial concrete projects for blue-chip end users in the e-commerce, data center, distribution center and warehousing, energy, mixed use, and multi-family sectors. The company also undertakes concrete foundations for single-family homes. In addition, it provides surveying, clearing and grubbing, erosion control, grading, grassing, site excavation, storm drainage, sanitary sewer and water main installation, drilling and blasting, curb and gutter, paving, concrete work, and landfill services. The company was formerly known as Oakhurst Company, Inc. and changed its name to Sterling Construction Company, Inc. in November 2001. Sterling Construction Company, Inc. was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Sterling Construction Company has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.44.
PE Ratio
Sterling Construction Company has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 25.41. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $25.41 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 25.93%.
5. ACI Worldwide (ACIW)
8.1% sales growth and 9.65% return on equity
ACI Worldwide, Inc., a software company, develops, markets, installs, and supports a range of software products and solutions for facilitating digital payments in the United States and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Banks, Merchants, and Billers. The company offers ACI Acquiring, a merchant management system to deliver digital innovation, handle new payment methods, and maximize margins; ACI Issuing, a digital payment issuing solution for new payment offering and enable channels, services, endpoints, and integrations from a single cloud-based or on-premises solution; and ACI Enterprise Payments Platform that provides payment processing and orchestration capabilities for digital payments. It also provides ACI Low Value Real-Time Payments, a platform for processing real-time payments; and ACI High Value Real-Time Payments, a payments engine that offers multi-bank, multi-currency, 24×7 payment processing, and SWIFT messaging. In addition, the company offers ACI Omni Commerce, a scalable, omni-channel payment processing platform; ACI Secure eCommerce solution; ACI Fraud Management, a real-time approach to fraud management; and ACI Speedpay, an integrated suite of digital billing, payment, disbursement, and communication services. The company offers electronic bill presentment and payment services to consumer finance, insurance, healthcare, higher education, utility, government, and mortgage sectors; implementation services, include product installations and configurations, and custom software modifications; and business and technical consultancy, on-site support, product education, and testing services, as well as distributes or acts as a sales agent for software developed by third parties. It markets its products under the ACI Worldwide brand. The company was formerly known as Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. and changed its name to ACI Worldwide, Inc. in July 2007. The company was founded in 1975 and is based in Coral Gables, Florida.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, ACI Worldwide has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.12.
PE Ratio
ACI Worldwide has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 29.13. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $29.13 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 9.65%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 5.5%, now sitting on 1.45B for the twelve trailing months.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for ACI Worldwide is 62153 which is 89.58% below its average volume of 597025.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 40% and 200%, respectively.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
ACI Worldwide’s stock is valued at $32.63 at 01:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $33.43 and way higher than its 52-week low of $19.56.
6. Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST)
7.9% sales growth and 20.11% return on equity
Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a restaurant company in the United States. The company operates as a Burger King franchisee. As of January 3, 2021, it operated 1,009 Burger King restaurants located in 23 Northeastern, Midwestern, Southcentral, and Southeastern states; and 65 Popeyes restaurants in seven Southeastern states. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Syracuse, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Carrols Restaurant Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.53.
PE Ratio
Carrols Restaurant Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 17.92. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $17.92 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 20.11%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Carrols Restaurant Group’s EBITDA is 0.93.
7. Laureate Education (LAUR)
7.2% sales growth and 13.57% return on equity
Laureate Education, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, offers higher education programs and services to students through a network of universities and higher education institutions. The company provides a range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the areas of business and management, medicine and health sciences, and engineering and information technology through campus-based, online, and hybrid programs. It also offers specialized courses for technical and vocational training; and senior high school. Its services are provides in Mexico, Peru, and the United States. The company was formerly known as Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Laureate Education, Inc. in May 2004. Laureate Education, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Laureate Education has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.74.
PE Ratio
Laureate Education has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 19.69. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $19.69 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 13.57%.
Moving Average
Laureate Education’s value is above its 50-day moving average of $13.31 and higher than its 200-day moving average of $13.36.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 82.4% and 85.7%, respectively.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 18.2%, now sitting on 1.48B for the twelve trailing months.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Laureate Education’s EBITDA is 22.34.
8. Sierra Bancorp (BSRR)
5.2% sales growth and 10.86% return on equity
Sierra Bancorp operates as the bank holding company for Bank of the Sierra that provides retail and commercial banking services to individuals and businesses in California. The company accepts various deposit products, such as checking accounts, savings accounts, money market demand accounts, time deposits, retirement accounts, and sweep accounts. Its loan products include agricultural, commercial, consumer, real estate, construction, and mortgage loans. The company also offers automated teller machines; electronic point-of-sale payment alternatives; online and automated telephone banking services; and remote deposit capture and automated payroll services for business customers. As of December 31, 2021, it operated 35 full-service branches, an online branch, a loan production office, an agricultural credit center, and an SBA center. Sierra Bancorp was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Porterville, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Sierra Bancorp has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.36.
PE Ratio
Sierra Bancorp has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 8.09. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $8.09 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 10.86%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is a negative 3.4% and a negative 13.4%, respectively.
