(VIANEWS) – Pinduoduo (PDD), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), BanColombia S.A. (CIB) 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. Pinduoduo (PDD)
112.7% sales growth and 34.92% return on equity
PDD Holdings Inc., a multinational commerce group, owns and operates a portfolio of businesses. It operates Pinduoduo, an e-commerce platform that offers products in various categories, including agricultural produce, apparel, shoes, bags, mother and childcare products, food and beverage, electronic appliances, furniture and household goods, cosmetics and other personal care, sports and fitness items and auto accessories; and Temu, an online marketplace. It focuses on bringing businesses and people into the digital economy. The company was formerly known as Pinduoduo Inc. and changed its name to PDD Holdings Inc. in February 2023. PDD Holdings Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Pinduoduo has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.87.
PE Ratio
Pinduoduo has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 37.15. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $37.15 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 34.92%.
2. Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
57.8% sales growth and 10.43% 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 $3.36.
PE Ratio
Canadian Pacific Railway has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 23.71. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $23.71 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 10.43%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Canadian Pacific Railway is 465960 which is 80.81% below its average volume of 2429390.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 4.9% and 14.7%, respectively.
Moving Average
Canadian Pacific Railway’s value is above its 50-day moving average of $72.75 and above its 200-day moving average of $77.01.
3. BanColombia S.A. (CIB)
52.9% sales growth and 16.94% return on equity
Bancolombia S. A. provides various banking products and services to individual and corporate customers in Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Guatemala. The company operates through nine segments: Banking Colombia, Banking Panama, Banking El Salvador, Banking Guatemala, Trust, Investment Banking, Brokerage, International Banking, and All Other. It offers checking and savings accounts, fixed term deposits, and investment products; trade financing, loans funded by domestic development banks, working capital loans, credit cards, personal and vehicle loans, payroll loans, and overdrafts; financial support to real estate developers and mortgages for individuals and companies; and financial and operating leasing services. The company also provides hedging instruments, including futures, forwards, options, and swaps; and brokerage, investment advisory, and private banking services, including selling and distributing equities, futures, foreign currencies, fixed income securities, mutual funds, and structured products. In addition, it offers cash management services; foreign currency transaction services; life, auto, commercial, and homeowner's insurance products; and online and computer banking services. Further, the company provides investment banking services comprising project and acquisition finance, debt and equity capital markets, principal investments, M&A, restructurings, and structured financing; money market accounts, mutual and pension funds, private equity funds, payment trust, custody, and corporate trust; and digital banking platform, transportation, securities brokerage, maintenance and remodeling, advertising and marketing, and outsourcing services, as well as credit cards. As of December 31, 2020, it operated 1,057 branches; 18,631 banking correspondents; 535 PAMs; 215 kiosks in El Salvador and 137 in Colombia; and 6,124 automatic teller machines. Bancolombia S.A. was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in MedellÃn, Colombia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, BanColombia S.A. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.55.
PE Ratio
BanColombia S.A. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 4.43. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $4.43 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 16.94%.
Moving Average
BanColombia S.A.’s worth is above its 50-day moving average of $26.88 and higher than its 200-day moving average of $26.61.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is a negative 20.7% and a negative 12.3%, respectively.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for BanColombia S.A. is 231280 which is 1.75% below its average volume of 235412.
4. Xylem (XYL)
37.9% sales growth and 7.47% return on equity
Xylem Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and servicing of engineered products and solutions for the water and wastewater applications in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Water Infrastructure, Applied Water, and Measurement & Control Solutions. The Water Infrastructure segment offers various products, including water, storm water, and wastewater pumps; controls and systems; filtration, disinfection, and biological treatment equipment; and mobile dewatering equipment and rental services under the Flygt, Godwin, Sanitaire, Leopold, Wedeco, and Xylem Vue brand names for the transportation and treatment of water. The Applied Water segment provides pumps, valves, heat exchangers, controls, and dispensing equipment systems under the Goulds Water Technology, Bell & Gossett, A-C Fire Pump, Standard Xchange, Lowara, Jabsco, Xylem Vue, and Flojet brand names for residential and commercial building services, and industrial water applications. The Measurement & Control Solutions segment offers smart meters, networked communication devices, data analytics, test equipment, controls, sensor devices, software and managed services, and critical infrastructure services; and software and services, including cloud-based analytics, remote monitoring and data management, leak detection, condition assessment, asset management, and pressure monitoring solutions, as well as testing equipment. This segment sells its products under the Pure Technologies, Sensus, Smith Blair, WTW, Xylem Vue, and YSI brand names. The company markets and sells its products through a network of direct sales force, resellers, distributors, and value-added solution providers. Xylem Inc. was formerly known as ITT WCO, Inc. and changed its name to Xylem Inc. in May 2011. Xylem Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Xylem has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.45.
PE Ratio
Xylem has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 46.62. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $46.62 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 7.47%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Xylem is 376733 which is 73.97% below its average volume of 1447400.
Sales Growth
Xylem’s sales growth is 36.3% for the present quarter and 37.9% for the next.
Previous days news about Xylem(XYL)
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5. FTI Consulting (FCN)
10.1% sales growth and 13.72% return on equity
FTI Consulting, Inc. provides business advisory services to manage change, mitigate risk, and resolve disputes worldwide. The company operates through five segments: Corporate Finance & Restructuring, Forensic and Litigation Consulting, Economic Consulting, Technology, and Strategic Communications. Its Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment provides business transformation, transactions, and turnaround and restructuring services. The company's Forensic and Litigation Consulting segment offers. construction and environmental solution, data and analytics, dispute, health solution, and risk and investigation services. Its Economic Consulting segment provides. antitrust and competition economic, financial economic, and international arbitration services. The company's Technology segment offers corporate legal operation; e-discovery and expertise; and information governance, privacy, and security services. Its Strategic Communications segment provides corporate reputation, financial communication, and public affairs services. The company serves aerospace and defense, agriculture, airlines and aviation, automotive and industrial, construction, energy, power and products, environmental solutions, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, hospitality, gaming and leisure, insurance, mining, private equity, public sector, real estate, retail and consumer products, telecom, media and technology, and transportation and logistics industries. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, FTI Consulting has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.75.
PE Ratio
FTI Consulting has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 29.76. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $29.76 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 13.72%.
6. Allegion plc Ordinary Shares (ALLE)
6.7% sales growth and 55.05% return on equity
Allegion plc manufactures and sells mechanical and electronic security products and solutions worldwide. The company offers door closers and controls; doors and door systems; electronic security products; electronic, biometric and mobile access control systems; exit devices; locks, locksets, portable locks, and key systems; time, attendance, and workforce productivity systems; and other accessories. The company sells its products and solutions to end-users in commercial, institutional, and residential facilities, including education, healthcare, government, hospitality, commercial office, and single and multi-family residential markets under the CISA, Interflex, LCN, Schlage, SimonsVoss, and Von Duprin brands. It sells its products and solutions through distribution and retail channels, such as specialty distribution, e-commerce, and wholesalers, as well as through various retail channels comprising do-it-yourself home improvement centers, on-line and e-commerce platforms, and small specialty showroom outlets. Allegion plc was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Allegion plc Ordinary Shares has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.32.
PE Ratio
Allegion plc Ordinary Shares has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 18.65. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $18.65 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 55.05%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Allegion plc Ordinary Shares is 510780 which is 30.89% below its average volume of 739134.
Moving Average
Allegion plc Ordinary Shares’s worth is way above its 50-day moving average of $104.00 and above its 200-day moving average of $108.60.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Dec 14, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.8 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.53%.
7. Caterpillar (CAT)
6.4% sales growth and 50.45% return on equity
Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives in the United States and internationally. Its Construction Industries segment offers asphalt pavers, compactors, road reclaimers, forestry machines, cold planers, material handlers, tractors, excavators, telehandlers, motor graders, and pipelayers; compact track and multi-terrain, wheel, track-type, backhoe, and skid steer loaders; and related parts and tools. The company's Resource Industries segment provides electric rope and hydraulic shovels, draglines, rotary drills, hard rock vehicles, tractors, mining trucks, longwall miners, wheel loaders, off-highway and articulated trucks, wheel tractor scrapers and dozers, fleet management products, landfill and soil compactors, machinery components, autonomous ready vehicles and solutions, work tools, and safety services and mining performance solutions, as well as related parts and services. Its Energy & Transportation segment offers reciprocating engine powered generator sets; reciprocating engines, drivetrain, and integrated systems and solutions; turbines, centrifugal gas compressors, and related services; and diesel-electric locomotives and components, and other rail-related products. The company's Financial Products segment provides operating and finance leases, installment sale contracts, repair/rebuild financing services, working capital loans, and wholesale financing; and insurance and risk management products and services. Its All Other operating segment offers filters and fluids, undercarriage, ground engaging tools, fluid transfer products, precision seals, and rubber sealing and connecting components; parts distribution; integrated logistics solutions and distribution services; brand management and marketing strategy services; and digital investments services. Caterpillar Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Caterpillar has a trailing twelve months EPS of $17.65.
PE Ratio
Caterpillar has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 16.9. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $16.9 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 50.45%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Caterpillar’s EBITDA is 2.68.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 11.5% and 0.4%, respectively.
Sales Growth
Caterpillar’s sales growth is 3.3% for the ongoing quarter and 6.4% for the next.
Previous days news about Caterpillar(CAT)
- According to Zacks on Tuesday, 26 December, "The world’s largest construction and mining equipment manufacturer, Caterpillar is a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). "
- Zacks investment ideas feature highlights: Alphabet, NVIDIA and caterpillar. According to Zacks on Wednesday, 27 December, "Chicago, IL - December 27, 2023 - Today, Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights Alphabet (GOOGL Quick QuoteGOOGL – Free Report) , Nvidia (NVDA Quick QuoteNVDA – Free Report) and Caterpillar (CAT Quick QuoteCAT – Free Report) .", "The world’s largest construction and mining equipment manufacturer, Caterpillar is a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). "
8. Cadence Design Systems (CDNS)
6.1% sales growth and 32.9% 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 logic synthesis and Joules RTL power solutions, as well as Modus 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 5G communications, aerospace and defense, automotive, industrial and healthcare, mobile, consumer, and hyperscale computing markets. 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 $3.52.
PE Ratio
Cadence Design Systems has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 77.92. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $77.92 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 32.9%.
Previous days news about Cadence Design Systems(CDNS)
- Cadence design systems (cdns) stock drops despite market gains: important facts to note. According to Zacks on Wednesday, 27 December, "The upcoming earnings release of Cadence Design Systems will be of great interest to investors. "
