(VIANEWS) – OSI Systems (OSIS), Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (BAH), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) 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. OSI Systems (OSIS)
13.5% sales growth and 16.02% return on equity
OSI Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells electronic systems and components worldwide. It operates through three segments: Security, Healthcare, and Optoelectronics and Manufacturing. The Security segment offers baggage and parcel inspection, cargo and vehicle inspection, radiation detection, hold baggage and people screening, and explosive and narcotics trace detection systems under the Rapiscan Systems and AS&E names. It also provides site design, installation, training, and technical support services; and security screening solutions under the S2 name. The Healthcare segment offers patient monitoring and diagnostic cardiology systems, and related supplies and accessories under the Spacelabs name for use in critical care, emergency, and perioperative areas within hospitals, physicians' offices, medical clinics, and ambulatory surgery centers. The Optoelectronics and Manufacturing segment provides optoelectronic devices under the OSI Optoelectronics, OSI LaserDiode, OSI Laserscan, Semicoa, and Advanced Photonix names for the aerospace and defense, avionics, medical imaging and diagnostics, biochemistry analysis, pharmaceutical, nanotechnology, telecommunications, construction, and homeland security markets. It also offers electronics manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers and end users for medical, automotive, defense, aerospace, industrial, and consumer applications under the OSI Electronics, APlus Products, Altaflex, and PFC names; and LCD displays for medical, industrial, and consumer electronics applications, as well as flex circuits for OEM customers. This segment offers laser-based remote sensing devices to detect and classify vehicles in toll and traffic management systems under the OSI Laserscan and Autosense names; and solid-state laser products for aerospace, defense, telecommunication, and medical applications under the OSI LaserDiode name. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Hawthorne, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, OSI Systems has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.6.
PE Ratio
OSI Systems has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 20.4. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $20.4 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 16.02%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 40.9% and 4.9%, respectively.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
OSI Systems’s EBITDA is 1.92.
Moving Average
OSI Systems’s worth is higher than its 50-day moving average of $128.63 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $121.44.
2. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (BAH)
13.2% sales growth and 35.73% return on equity
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation provides management and technology consulting, analytics, engineering, digital, mission operations, and cyber solutions to governments, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations in the United States and internationally. The company offers consulting solutions for various domains, business strategies, human capital, and operations. It also provides analytics services, which focuses on delivering transformational solutions in the areas of artificial intelligence, such as machine learning, deep learning; data science, such as data engineering and predictive modeling; automation and decision analytics; and quantum computing. In addition, the company designs, develops, and implements solutions built on contemporary methodologies and modern architectures; delivers engineering services and solutions to define, develop, implement, sustain, and modernize complex physical systems; and provides cyber risk management solutions, such as prevention, detection, and cost effectiveness. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.11.
PE Ratio
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 47.17. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $47.17 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 35.73%.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 9, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 2.04 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.41%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 12.9%, now sitting on 10.32B for the twelve trailing months.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation’s stock is valued at $146.69 at 10:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $147.52 and way above its 52-week low of $87.99.
3. Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
7.9% sales growth and 9.65% return on equity
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates a transcontinental freight railway in Canada and the United States. The company transports bulk commodities, including grain, coal, potash, fertilizers, and sulphur; and merchandise freight, such as energy, chemicals and plastics, metals, minerals and consumer, automotive, and forest products. It transports intermodal traffic comprising retail goods in overseas containers. The company offers rail and intermodal transportation services through a network of approximately 13,000 miles serving business centers in Quebec and British Columbia, Canada; and the United States Northeast and Midwest regions. Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Canadian Pacific Railway has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.11.
PE Ratio
Canadian Pacific Railway has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 27.45. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $27.45 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 9.65%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Canadian Pacific Railway’s EBITDA is 51.01.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 2.9% and 17.7%, respectively.
Sales Growth
Canadian Pacific Railway’s sales growth is 52.7% for the ongoing quarter and 7.9% for the next.
Moving Average
Canadian Pacific Railway’s worth is above its 50-day moving average of $79.23 and way above its 200-day moving average of $77.60.
4. Surgery Partners (SGRY)
7.4% sales growth and 3.88% return on equity
Surgery Partners, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates a network of surgical facilities and ancillary services in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Surgical Facility Services and Ancillary Services. Its surgical facilities comprise ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals that offer non-emergency surgical procedures in various specialties, including gastroenterology, general surgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, and pain management. The company's surgical hospitals also provide ancillary services, such as diagnostic imaging, pharmacy, laboratory, obstetrics, oncology, physical therapy, and wound care; and ancillary services, which consist of multi-specialty physician practices, urgent care facilities, and anesthesia services. As of December 31, 2021, it owned or operated a portfolio of 126 surgical facilities, including 108 ambulatory surgical centers and 18 surgical hospitals in 31 states. Surgery Partners, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Surgery Partners has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-0.33.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 3.88%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 40.7% and 50%, respectively.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Surgery Partners’s stock is valued at $32.81 at 10:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $45.79 and way higher than its 52-week low of $22.05.
5. Akamai Technologies (AKAM)
6.9% sales growth and 12.23% return on equity
Akamai Technologies, Inc. provides cloud services for securing, delivering, and computing content, applications, and software over the internet in the United States and internationally. The company offers cloud solutions to keep infrastructure, websites, applications, application programming interfaces, and users safe from various cyberattacks and online threats while enhancing performance. It also provides web and mobile performance solutions to enable dynamic websites and applications; media delivery solutions, including video streaming and video player services, game and software delivery, broadcast operations, authoritative domain name system, resolution, and data and analytics; and cloud computing services, such as compute, storage, networking, database, and container management services to build, deploy, and secure applications and workloads. In addition, the company offers carrier offerings, including cybersecurity protection, parental controls, DNS infrastructure and content delivery solutions; and an array of service and support to assist customers with integrating, configuring, optimizing, and managing its offerings. It sells its solutions through direct sales and service organizations, as well as through various channel partners. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Akamai Technologies has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.52.
PE Ratio
Akamai Technologies has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 30.86. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $30.86 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 12.23%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 14.3% and 9.4%, respectively.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 7.2%, now sitting on 3.81B for the twelve trailing months.
Sales Growth
Akamai Technologies’s sales growth is 8.6% for the present quarter and 6.9% for the next.
