(VIANEWS) – Ormat Technologies (ORA), Burlington Stores (BURL), Flowers Foods (FLO) 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. Ormat Technologies (ORA)
18.1% sales growth and 4.45% return on equity
Ormat Technologies, Inc. engages in the geothermal and recovered energy power business in the United States, Indonesia, Kenya, Turkey, Chile, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Ethiopia, New Zealand, Honduras, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Electricity, Product, and Energy Storage. The Electricity segment develops, builds, owns, and operates geothermal, solar photovoltaic, and recovered energy-based power plants; and sells electricity. The Product segment designs, manufactures, and sells equipment for geothermal, recovered energy-based electricity generation; and provides services relating to the engineering, procurement, construction, operation, and maintenance of geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants. The Product segment serves contractors; developers, owners, and operators of geothermal power plants; and owners and operators of interstate natural gas pipelines, gas processing plants, and cement plants, as well as companies in other energy-intensive industrial processes. The Energy Storage segment offers energy storage and related services, as well as services relating to the engineering, procurement, construction, operation, and maintenance of energy storage units. Ormat Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is based in Reno, Nevada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Ormat Technologies has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.35.
PE Ratio
Ormat Technologies has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 56.08. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $56.08 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 4.45%.
2. Burlington Stores (BURL)
11.8% sales growth and 36.39% return on equity
Burlington Stores, Inc. operates as a retailer of branded apparel products in the United States. The company provides fashion-focused merchandise, including women's ready-to-wear apparel, menswear, youth apparel, footwear, accessories, toys, gifts, and coats, as well as baby, home, and beauty products. It operates stores under the Burlington Stores, and Cohoes Fashions brand names in Puerto Rico. Burlington Stores, Inc. was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Burlington, New Jersey.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Burlington Stores has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.74.
PE Ratio
Burlington Stores has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 41.11. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $41.11 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 36.39%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Burlington Stores’s EBITDA is 1.54.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Burlington Stores is 1001880 which is 24.25% below its average volume of 1322720.
Previous days news about Burlington Stores(BURL)
- : burlington stores stock dips despite beating profit forecasts. According to MarketWatch on Thursday, 24 August, " For the third quarter, Burlington Stores is projecting adjusted earnings of 97 cents to $1.12 a share, ahead of the analyst expectation of 84 cents a share. ", "For full-year 2023, Burlington Stores now expects adjusted earnings of $5.60 to $5.90 a share, compared to the analyst projection of $5.80 a share."
- Burlington stores (burl) Q2 earnings and revenues surpass estimates. According to Zacks on Thursday, 24 August, "While Burlington Stores has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors’ minds is: what’s next for the stock?"
- Burlington stores (burl) Q2 earnings: how key metrics compare to wall street estimates. According to Zacks on Thursday, 24 August, "Here is how Burlington Stores performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:"
3. Flowers Foods (FLO)
6.1% sales growth and 14.62% return on equity
Flowers Foods, Inc. produces and markets packaged bakery products in the United States. It offers fresh breads, buns, rolls, snack cakes, and tortillas, as well as frozen breads and rolls under the Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread, Wonder, Canyon Bakehouse, Mrs. Freshley's, and Tastykake brand names. The company distributes its products through a direct-store-delivery distribution and a warehouse delivery system, as well as operates 46 bakeries comprising 44 owned and two leased. Its customers include mass merchandisers, supermarkets and other retailers, convenience stores, national and regional restaurants, quick-serve chains, retail in-store bakeries, foodservice distributors, food wholesalers, institutions, dollar stores, and vending companies. The company was formerly known as Flowers Industries and changed its name to Flowers Foods, Inc. in 2001. Flowers Foods, Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Flowers Foods has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.07.
PE Ratio
Flowers Foods has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 22.53. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $22.53 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 14.62%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Flowers Foods’s EBITDA is 1.31.
