(VIANEWS) – New Residential Investment (NRZ), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), Gladstone Investment Corporation (GAIN) 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. New Residential Investment (NRZ)
31.5% sales growth and 13.32% return on equity
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 13.32%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter is 19.4% and a drop 15.9% for the next.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
New Residential Investment’s stock is valued at $0.00 at 11:22 EST, below its 52-week low of $8.18.
2. Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC)
20.6% sales growth and 9.65% return on equity
Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Southern Bank that provides banking and financial services to individuals and corporate customers in the United States. It offers various deposit instruments, including interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing transaction accounts, money market deposit accounts, saving accounts, certificates of deposit, and retirement savings plans. The company also provides loans for the acquisition or refinance of one-to four-family residences and multi-family residential properties; loans secured by commercial real estate, such as farmland, single- and multi-tenant retail properties, restaurants, hotels, land, nursing homes and other healthcare-related facilities, warehouses and distribution centers, convenience stores, automobile dealerships and other automotive-related services, and other businesses; construction loans; and various secured consumer loans comprising home equity, direct and indirect automobile loans, second mortgages, mobile home loans, and loans secured by deposits. In addition, it offers commercial business loans, such as loans to finance accounts receivable, inventory, equipment, and operating lines of credit, which include agricultural production and equipment loans. As of June 30, 2020, the company operated 45 full-service branch offices, and two limited-service branch offices located in Poplar Bluff, Van Buren, Dexter, Kennett, Doniphan, Sikeston, Qulin, Matthews, Springfield, Thayer, West Plains, Alton, Clever, Forsyth, Fremont Hills, Kimberling City, Ozark, Nixa, Rogersville, Marshfield, Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Gideon, Chaffee, Benton, Advance, Bloomfield, Essex, and Rolla Missouri; Jonesboro, Paragould, Batesville, Searcy, Bald Knob, Bradford, and Cabot, Arkansas; and Anna, Cairo, and Tamms, Illinois. Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Southern Missouri Bancorp has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.81.
PE Ratio
Southern Missouri Bancorp has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.19. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $10.19 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%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Southern Missouri Bancorp’s stock is valued at $38.82 at 11:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $56.04 and way above its 52-week low of $30.28.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Southern Missouri Bancorp is 1582 which is 94.39% below its average volume of 28224.
3. Gladstone Investment Corporation (GAIN)
16.6% sales growth and 8.03% return on equity
Gladstone Investment Corporation is business development company, specializes in lower middle market, mature stage, buyouts; refinancing existing debt; senior debt securities such as senior loans, senior term loans, lines of credit, and senior notes; senior subordinated debt securities such as senior subordinated loans and senior subordinated notes; junior subordinated debt securities such as subordinated notes and mezzanine loans; limited liability company interests, and warrants or options. The fund does not invest in start-ups. The fund seeks to invest in manufacturing, consumer products and business/consumer services sector. It seeks to invest in small and mid-sized companies based in the United States. The fund prefers to make debt investments between $5 million and $30 million and equity investments between $10 million and $40 million in companies. The fund seeks to invest in companies with revenue between $20 million and $100 million. The fund invests in companies with EBITDA from $3 million to $20 million. It seeks minority equity ownership and prefers to hold a board seat in its portfolio companies. It also prefers to take majority stake in its portfolio companies. The fund typically holds the investments for seven years and exits via sale or recapitalization, initial public offering, or sale to third party.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Gladstone Investment Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.07.
PE Ratio
Gladstone Investment Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.19. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.19 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 8.03%.
4. Laureate Education (LAUR)
13.5% sales growth and 8.5% return on equity
Laureate Education, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides higher education programs and services to students through a network of universities and higher education institutions. It offers a range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs primarily in the areas of business and management, medicine and health sciences, and engineering and information technology through campus-based, online, and hybrid programs. The company provides its services in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, 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. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Laureate Education has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.46.
PE Ratio
Laureate Education has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 26.13. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $26.13 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 8.5%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Laureate Education’s EBITDA is 395.28.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 108% and 36.8%, respectively.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 19.9%, now sitting on 1.28B for the twelve trailing months.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Laureate Education’s stock is valued at $12.02 at 11:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $13.07 and way higher than its 52-week low of $9.24.
5. Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT)
9.8% sales growth and 26.92% return on equity
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. distributes industrial products in North America, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. The company offers its products for maintenance, repair, and operational, as well as original equipment manufacturing customers. It operates in two segments, Service Center Based Distribution, and Fluid Power & Flow Control. The company distributes bearings, power transmission products, engineered fluid power components and systems, specialty flow control solutions, machinery and robotics automation products, industrial rubber products, linear motion components, tools, safety products, oilfield supplies, and other industrial and maintenance supplies; and offers motors, belting, drives, couplings, pumps, hydraulic and pneumatic components, filtration supplies, valves, fittings, process instrumentation, actuators, and hoses, as well as other related supplies for general operational needs of customers' machinery and equipment. It also operates fabricated rubber shops and service field crews that install, modify, and repair conveyor belts and rubber linings, as well as offer hose assemblies. In addition, the company offers equipment repair and technical support services. It offers industrial products through a network of service centers. The company serves various industries, including agriculture and food processing, cement, chemicals and petrochemicals, fabricated metals, forest products, industrial machinery and equipment, mining, oil and gas, primary metals, transportation, and utilities, as well as to government entities. Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Applied Industrial Technologies has a trailing twelve months EPS of $8.51.
PE Ratio
Applied Industrial Technologies has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 17.08. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $17.08 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 26.92%.
