(VIANEWS) – Paylocity Holding Corporation (PCTY), ServiceNow (NOW), Terreno Realty Corporation (TRNO) 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. Paylocity Holding Corporation (PCTY)
31.1% sales growth and 16.2% return on equity
Paylocity Holding Corporation provides cloud-based payroll and human capital management software solutions for medium-sized organizations in the United States. The company offers Payroll and Tax Services solution to simplify payroll, automate processes and manage compliance requirements within one system; expense management, on demand payment, and garnishment solutions; human capital management and employee self-service solutions, document library, compliance dashboard, and HR edge; time and attendance solution, which tracks time and attendance data, eliminating the need for manual tracking of accruals and reducing administrative tasks; schedule tracking services; and time collection devices, including kiosks, time clocks, and mobile and web applications. In addition, the company offers talent management solutions comprising recruiting and onboarding, as well as learning, performance, and compensation management; employee benefits management and third-party administrative solutions; modern workforce solutions consisting of community, premium video, survey, and peer recognition; and analytics and insights solutions covering modern workforce index, data insights, and reporting. Further, it provides implementation and training, client, and tax and regulatory services. The company's clients include for-profit and non-profit organizations across industries, including business services, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, restaurants, retail, technology, and others. It sells its products through sales representatives. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Paylocity Holding Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.67.
PE Ratio
Paylocity Holding Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 114.45. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $114.45 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 16.2%.
Sales Growth
Paylocity Holding Corporation’s sales growth is 35.4% for the present quarter and 31.1% for the next.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 39.3%, now sitting on 1B for the twelve trailing months.
2. ServiceNow (NOW)
21.5% sales growth and 7.45% return on equity
ServiceNow, Inc. provides enterprise cloud computing solutions that defines, structures, consolidates, manages, and automates services for enterprises worldwide. The company operates the Now platform for workflow automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotic process automation, process mining, performance analytics, electronic service catalogs and portals, configuration management systems, data benchmarking, encryption, and collaboration and development tools. It also provides information technology (IT) service management applications; IT service management product suite for enterprise's employees, customers, and partners; strategic portfolio management product suite; IT operations management product that connects a customer's physical and cloud-based IT infrastructure; IT asset management; and security operations that connects with internal and third party. In addition, the company offers integrated risk management product to manage risk and resilience; environmental, social and governance management product; human resources, legal, and workplace service delivery products; safe workplace suite products; customer service management product; and field service management applications. Further, it provides App Engine product; Automation Engine enables application to extend workflows; platform privacy and security product; procurement operations management suite; and professional and customer support services. The company serves government, financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, manufacturing, IT services, technology, oil and gas, education, and consumer products through direct sales team and resale partners. It has a strategic partnership with Celonis to help customers identify and prioritize processes that are suitable for automation. The company was formerly known as Service-now.com and changed its name to ServiceNow, Inc. in May 2012. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, ServiceNow has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.76.
PE Ratio
ServiceNow has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 622.54. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $622.54 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 7.45%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for ServiceNow is 1691550 which is 3.75% above its average volume of 1630350.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 20.2%, now sitting on 7.25B for the twelve trailing months.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
ServiceNow’s stock is valued at $473.13 at 06:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $575.81 and way higher than its 52-week low of $337.00.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 17.3% and 24.1%, respectively.
3. Terreno Realty Corporation (TRNO)
17.5% sales growth and 9.24% return on equity
Terreno Realty Corporation and together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) acquires, owns and operates industrial real estate in six major coastal U.S. markets: Los Angeles, Northern New Jersey/New York City, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Miami, and Washington, D.C. All square feet, acres, occupancy and number of properties disclosed in these condensed notes to the consolidated financial statements are unaudited. As of September 30, 2020, the Company owned 219 buildings aggregating approximately 13.1 million square feet, 22 improved land parcels consisting of approximately 85.0 acres and one property under redevelopment expected to contain approximately 0.2 million square feet upon completion. The Company is an internally managed Maryland corporation and elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2010.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Terreno Realty Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.61.
PE Ratio
Terreno Realty Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 24.55. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $24.55 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 9.24%.
4. TriNet Group (TNET)
9.3% sales growth and 45.17% return on equity
TriNet Group, Inc. provides human resources (HR) solutions, payroll services, employee benefits, and employment risk mitigation services for small and midsize businesses in the United States. The company offers multi-state payroll processing and tax administration; employee benefits programs, including health insurance and retirement plans; workers compensation insurance and claims management; employment and benefits law compliance; and other HR related services. It serves clients in various industries, including technology, professional services, financial services, life sciences, not-for-profit, property management, retail, manufacturing, and hospitality. The company sells its solutions through its direct sales organization. TriNet Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Dublin, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, TriNet Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.18.
PE Ratio
TriNet Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 19.2. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $19.2 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 45.17%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 8.1%, now sitting on 4.89B for the twelve trailing months.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
TriNet Group’s stock is valued at $80.22 at 06:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $100.06 and way higher than its 52-week low of $60.61.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for TriNet Group is 57918 which is 84.11% below its average volume of 364550.
5. NICE Ltd (NICE)
9% sales growth and 8.63% return on equity
NICE Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud platforms for AI-driven digital business solutions worldwide. It offers CXone, a cloud native open platform; Enlighten, an AI engine for CX that discovers automation opportunities for self-service; digital-entry points solutions that enable organizations to address consumers' needs; and journey orchestration solutions that empower organizations to connect and route customers to deal with the customer's request, and connects them using real time AI-based routing. The company also provides smart self service solutions that empower organizations to build intelligent automated conversations based on data; and prepared agent solutions and tools enable contact center agents to guide and alert them in real time; complete performance solutions that help organizations to record structured and unstructured customer interaction and transaction data; and NICE Evidencentral, an digital evidence management platform for public safety emergency communications, law enforcement, and criminal justice helps agencies. In addition, it offers X-Sight, is an open and flexible AI-cloud platform for financial crime and compliance; Xceed, a cloud platform for comprehensive AML and fraud prevention for small and mid-sized organizations; data intelligence solutions that enable organizations to turn raw data into comprehensive actionable intelligence to prevent and detect financial crimes; AI and analytics technologies to detect and prevent financial crimes in real-time; money laundering and fraud prevention solutions that help organizations adhere to capital markets compliance and anti-money laundering compliance regulations; intelligent investigations solutions; and self-service solutions that provide organizations with customization and self-development capabilities. The company was formerly known as NICE-Systems Ltd. and changed its name to NICE Ltd. in June 2016. NICE Ltd. was founded in 1986 and is based in Ra'anana, Israel.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, NICE Ltd has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.06.
PE Ratio
NICE Ltd has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 75.64. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $75.64 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 8.63%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 11.6% and 9.4%, respectively.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 13.1%, now sitting on 2.13B for the twelve trailing months.
Moving Average
NICE Ltd’s worth is higher than its 50-day moving average of $213.46 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $203.43.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for NICE Ltd is 127893 which is 51.74% below its average volume of 265040.
6. Orion Engineered Carbons S.A (OEC)
5.8% sales growth and 27.26% return on equity
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A., together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells carbon black products in Germany, the United States, South Korea, Brazil, China, South Africa, the rest of Europe, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Specialty Carbon Black and Rubber Carbon Black. The company offers post-treated specialty carbon black grades for coatings and printing applications; high purity carbon black grades for the fiber industry; and various conductive carbon black grades for use in polymer and printing applications, as well as in silicon, non-woven textile, building material, battery electrodes metallurgical, agrochemical, and carbon brush applications. It also provides rubber carbon black products for applications in mechanical rubber goods under the PUREX brand, as well as in tires under the ECORAX brand name. The company was formerly known as Orion Engineered Carbons S.Ã r.l. and changed its name to Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. in July 2014. Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Orion Engineered Carbons S.A has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.74.
PE Ratio
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 14.89. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $14.89 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 27.26%.
Moving Average
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A’s value is way higher than its 50-day moving average of $23.24 and way above its 200-day moving average of $18.26.
Sales Growth
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A’s sales growth is 6.4% for the ongoing quarter and 5.8% for the next.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Mar 19, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.08 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 0.32%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A’s stock is valued at $25.91 at 06:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $26.91 and way higher than its 52-week low of $12.87.
7. Nokia (NOK)
5.2% sales growth and 21.65% return on equity
Nokia Oyj provides mobile, fixed, and cloud network solutions worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Mobile Networks, Network Infrastructure, Cloud and Network Services, and Nokia Technologies. It offers products and services for radio access networks covering technologies from 2G to 5G, and microwave radio links for transport networks. The company provides fixed networking solutions, such as fiber and copper-based access infrastructure, and cloud and virtualization services, as well as wi-fi portfolio, including mesh solutions and cloud-based controllers; IP routing solutions for IP aggregation, and edge and core applications for residential, business, mobile, and industrial services; a portfolio of optical networks comprising portfolio coherent optical transponders, optical transport network switchers, wavelength-division multiplexers, reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer solutions, and optical line systems for metro access and aggregation, data center interconnect, regional, and long-haul/ultra-long-haul applications; and submarine networks. In addition, it offers business applications software, cloud and cognitive services, core networks software, and enterprise solutions. Further, the company provides hardware, software, and services, as well as licensing of intellectual property, including patents, technologies, and the Nokia brand. It serves communications service providers, webscales, hyperscalers, digital industries, and government. Nokia Oyj was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Nokia has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-0.46.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 21.65%.
