(VIANEWS) – Provident Financial Services (PFS), Exelixis (EXEL), Booking Holdings (BKNG) 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. Provident Financial Services (PFS)
40.1% sales growth and 10.22% return on equity
Provident Financial Services, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Provident Bank that provides various banking products and services to individuals, families, and businesses in the United States. Its deposit products include savings, checking, interest-bearing checking, money market deposit, and certificate of deposit accounts, as well as IRA products. The company's loan portfolio comprises commercial real estate loans that are secured by properties, such as multi-family apartment buildings, office buildings, and retail and industrial properties; commercial business loans; fixed-rate and adjustable-rate mortgage loans collateralized by one- to four-family residential real estate properties; commercial construction loans; and consumer loans consisting of home equity loans, home equity lines of credit, marine loans, personal loans and unsecured lines of credit, and auto and recreational vehicle loans. It also offers cash management, remote deposit capture, payroll origination, escrow account management, and online and mobile banking services; and business credit cards. In addition, the company provides wealth management services comprising investment management, trust and estate administration, financial planning, tax compliance and planning, and private banking. Further, it sells insurance and investment products, including annuities; operates as a real estate investment trust for acquiring mortgage loans and other real estate related assets; and manages and sells real estate properties acquired through foreclosure. The company was founded in 1839 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Provident Financial Services has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.31.
PE Ratio
Provident Financial Services has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 7.33. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $7.33 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 10.22%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Provident Financial Services’s stock is valued at $16.94 at 20:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $24.70 and way higher than its 52-week low of $14.54.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is a negative 32.8% and a negative 22.7%, respectively.
2. Exelixis (EXEL)
16.2% sales growth and 6.68% return on equity
Exelixis, Inc., an oncology-focused biotechnology company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of new medicines to treat cancers in the United States. The company's products include CABOMETYX tablets for the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma who received prior anti-angiogenic therapy; and COMETRIQ capsules for the treatment of patients with progressive and metastatic medullary thyroid cancer. Its CABOMETYX and COMETRIQ are derived from cabozantinib, an inhibitor of multiple tyrosine kinases, including MET, AXL, RET, and VEGF receptors. The company also offers COTELLIC, an inhibitor of MEK as a combination regimen to treat advanced melanoma; and MINNEBRO, an oral non-steroidal selective blocker of the mineralocorticoid receptor for the treatment of hypertension in Japan. In addition, it is developing XL092, an oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor that targets VEGF receptors, MET, AXL, MER, and other kinases implicated in growth and spread of cancer; XB002, an antibody-drug conjugate composed of human mAb against tissue factor (TF) for the treatment of advanced solid tumors; XL102, an orally bioavailable cyclin-dependent kinase 7 (CDK7) inhibitor for the treatment of advanced or metastatic solid tumors; and XB002 for the treatment of non-hodgkin's lymphoma. Exelixis, Inc. has research collaborations and license agreements with Ipsen Pharma SAS; Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.; F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.; Redwood Bioscience, Inc.; R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC; Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.; NBE Therapeutics AG; Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited; Iconic Therapeutics, Inc.; Invenra, Inc.; StemSynergy Therapeutics, Inc.; Genentech, Inc.; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; and Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited. The company was formerly known as Exelixis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and changed its name to Exelixis, Inc. in February 2000. Exelixis, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Alameda, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Exelixis has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.5.
PE Ratio
Exelixis has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 42.96. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $42.96 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 6.68%.
Moving Average
Exelixis’s worth is higher than its 50-day moving average of $19.85 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $18.28.
Previous days news about Exelixis(EXEL)
- Exelixis (exel) late-stage study in pancreatic tumors positive. According to Zacks on Friday, 25 August, "Earlier in the week, Exelixis and partner Ipsen announced that the late-stage CONTACT-02 study achieved one of the two primary endpoints in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who have measurable visceral disease or measurable extrapelvic adenopathy and who have been previously treated with one novel hormonal therapy."
3. Booking Holdings (BKNG)
14.5% sales growth and 267.13% return on equity
Booking Holdings Inc. provides travel and restaurant online reservation and related services worldwide. The company operates Booking.com, which offers online accommodation reservations; Rentalcars.com that provides online rental car reservation services; and Priceline, which offer online travel reservation services, and consumers hotel, flight, and rental car reservation services, as well as vacation packages, cruises, and hotel distribution services. It also operates Agoda that provides online accommodation reservation services, as well as flight, ground transportation and activities reservation services. In addition, the company operates KAYAK, an online meta-search service that allows consumers to search and compare travel itineraries and prices, comprising airline ticket, accommodation reservation, and rental car reservation information; and OpenTable for booking online restaurant reservations. Further, it offers travel-related insurance products, and restaurant management services to consumers, travel service providers, and restaurants; and advertising services. The company was formerly known as The Priceline Group Inc. and changed its name to Booking Holdings Inc. in February 2018. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Booking Holdings has a trailing twelve months EPS of $111.37.
PE Ratio
Booking Holdings has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 27.23. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $27.23 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 267.13%.
4. CoStar Group (CSGP)
12.3% sales growth and 5.92% return on equity
CoStar Group, Inc. provides information, analytics, and online marketplace services to the commercial real estate, hospitality, residential, and related professionals industries in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company offers CoStar Property that provides inventory of office, industrial, retail, multifamily, hospitality, and student housing properties and land; CoStar Sales, a robust database of comparable commercial real estate sales transactions; CoStar Market Analytics to view and report on aggregated market and submarket trends; and CoStar Tenant, an online business-to-business prospecting and analytical tool that provides tenant information. It also provides Leasing, a tool to capture, manage, and maintain lease data; CoStar Lease Analysis; Public Record, a searchable database of commercially zoned parcels; CoStar Real Estate Manager, a real estate lease administration, portfolio management, and lease accounting compliance software solution; and CoStar Risk Analytics and CoStar Investment. In addition, it offers apartment marketing sites, such as ApartmentFinder.com, ForRent.com, ApartmentHomeLiving.com, WestsideRentals.com, AFTER55.com, CorporateHousing.com, ForRentUniversity.com, Apartamentos.com, and Off Campus Partners; LoopNet Premium Lister; LoopNet Diamond, Platinum, and Gold Ads; LandsofAmerica.com, LandAndFarm.com, and LandWatch.com for rural land for-sale; BizBuySell.com, BizQuest.com, and FindaFranchise.com for operating businesses and franchises for-sale; Ten-X, an online auction platform for commercial real estate; and HomeSnap, an online and mobile software platform, as well as Homes.com, a homes for sale listings site. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Washington, the District of Columbia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, CoStar Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.96.
PE Ratio
CoStar Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 83.21. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $83.21 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 5.92%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 13%, now sitting on 2.32B for the twelve trailing months.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
CoStar Group’s stock is valued at $79.88 at 20:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $92.36 and way higher than its 52-week low of $65.12.
5. Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
12.1% sales growth and 16.88% return on equity
Main Street Capital Corporation is a principal investment firm that primarily provides equity capital to lower middle market companies and debt capital to middle market companies. Main Street's portfolio investments are typically made to support management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, refinancings and acquisitions of companies that operate in diverse industry sectors. Main Street seeks to partner with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams and generally provides "one stop" financing alternatives within its lower middle market portfolio. Main Street's lower middle market companies generally have annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million. Main Street's middle market debt investments are made in businesses that are generally larger in size than its lower middle market portfolio companies.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Main Street Capital Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.33.
PE Ratio
Main Street Capital Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.16. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.16 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 16.88%.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Sep 6, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 2.82 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 7.08%.
6. United Rentals (URI)
11.3% sales growth and 33.98% return on equity
United Rentals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an equipment rental company. It operates in two segments, General Rentals and Specialty. The General Rentals segment rents general construction and industrial equipment includes backhoes, skid-steer loaders, forklifts, earthmoving equipment, and material handling equipment; aerial work platforms, such as boom and scissor lifts; and general tools and light equipment comprising pressure washers, water pumps, and power tools for construction and industrial companies, manufacturers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners, and government entities. The specialty segment rents specialty construction products, including trench safety equipment consists of trench shields, aluminum hydraulic shoring systems, slide rails, crossing plates, construction lasers, and line testing equipment for underground work; power and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning equipment, such as portable diesel generators, electrical distribution equipment, and temperature control equipment; fluid solutions equipment for fluid containment, transfer, and treatment; and mobile storage equipment and modular office space. This segment serves construction companies involved in infrastructure projects, and municipalities and industrial companies. It also sells aerial lifts, reach forklifts, telehandlers, compressors, and generators; construction consumables, tools, small equipment, and safety supplies; and parts for equipment that is owned by its customers, as well as provides repair and maintenance services. The company sells used equipment through its sales force, brokers, website, at auctions, and directly to manufacturers. The company operates a network of 1,521 rental locations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. United Rentals, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, United Rentals has a trailing twelve months EPS of $33.3.
PE Ratio
United Rentals has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 13.42. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $13.42 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 33.98%.
7. Profire Energy (PFIE)
10.2% sales growth and 17.51% return on equity
Profire Energy, Inc., a technology company, provides burner, and combustion management systems and solutions for natural and forced draft applications in the United States and Canada. It primarily focuses on the upstream, midstream, and downstream transmission segments of the oil and gas industry. It also sells and installs its systems in Europe, South America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Lindon, Utah.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Profire Energy has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.22.
PE Ratio
Profire Energy has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.73. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $10.73 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 17.51%.
