(VIANEWS) – Pyxis Tankers (PXS), MasTec (MTZ), California BanCorp (CALB) 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. Pyxis Tankers (PXS)
115.2% sales growth and 24.3% return on equity
Pyxis Tankers Inc. operates as a maritime transportation company with a focus on the tanker sector in the United States. Its fleet transports refined petroleum products, such as naphtha, gasoline, jet fuel, kerosene, diesel, and fuel oil, as well as other liquid bulk items, including vegetable oils and organic chemicals. As of March 31, 2022, the company operated a fleet of five tankers. Pyxis Tankers Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Maroussi, Greece.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Pyxis Tankers has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.1.
PE Ratio
Pyxis Tankers has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 5.05. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $5.05 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 24.3%.
Sales Growth
Pyxis Tankers’s sales growth is 126.8% for the ongoing quarter and 115.2% for the next.
Moving Average
Pyxis Tankers’s value is above its 50-day moving average of $5.29 and way above its 200-day moving average of $4.42.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Pyxis Tankers is 78037 which is 12.61% below its average volume of 89306.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Pyxis Tankers’s stock is valued at $5.55 at 20:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $6.26 and way above its 52-week low of $2.04.
2. MasTec (MTZ)
32.6% sales growth and 4.43% return on equity
MasTec, Inc., an infrastructure construction company, provides engineering, building, installation, maintenance, and upgrade services for communications, energy, utility, and other infrastructure primarily in the United States and Canada. It operates through five segments: Communications, Oil and Gas, Electrical Transmission, Power Generation and Industrial, and Other. The company builds underground and overhead distribution systems, including trenches, conduits, cell towers, cable, and power lines, which provide wireless and wireline/fiber communications; natural gas, crude oil, and refined product transport pipelines; electrical power generation, transmission, and distribution systems; power generation infrastructure, such as renewable energy; heavy industrial plants; compressor and pump stations, and treatment plants; water and sewer infrastructure, including water pipelines; and other civil construction infrastructure. It also installs electrical and other energy distribution and transmission systems, power generation facilities, buried and aerial fiber optic and other cables, and satellite dishes, as well as home automation and energy management solutions. In addition, the company offers maintenance and upgrade support services comprising maintenance of customers' distribution facilities, networks, and infrastructure, including natural gas and petroleum pipeline, communications, electrical distribution and transmission, power generation, and heavy civil infrastructure; emergency services for accidents or storm damage; and routine replacements and upgrades to overhauls. Its customers include public and private energy providers, pipeline operators, wireless and wireline/fiber service providers, broadband operators, install-to-the-home service providers, and government entities. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, MasTec has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.38.
PE Ratio
MasTec has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 21.44. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $21.44 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 4.43%.
Moving Average
MasTec’s value is under its 50-day moving average of $95.54 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $83.88.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for MasTec is 445026 which is 29.9% below its average volume of 634870.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is a negative 27.4% and a negative 500%, respectively.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 4.5%, now sitting on 8.58B for the twelve trailing months.
3. California BanCorp (CALB)
21.5% sales growth and 13.07% return on equity
California BanCorp operates as the bank holding company for California Bank of Commerce that provides commercial banking services to small to medium-sized businesses and professional firms in California. It accepts various deposit products, including commercial checking, savings, and money market accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. The company also offers asset-based lending loans; standby letters of credit; construction and development loans; real estate loans, such as commercial real estate loans and other loans; small business administration (SBA) loans, including SBA 7(a) and SBA 504 loans; consumer loans, such as secured and unsecured installment loans, and revolving lines of credit; and commercial and industrial loans, including term loans, working capital, accounts receivable and inventory financing, and other business loans to the dental and veterinary industries, contractors, and emerging companies. In addition, it provides foreign exchange, treasury and cash management, and online and mobile banking services. The company operates through a network of 2 full-service branches in Contra Costa County and Santa Clara County, California, as well as 4 loan production offices in Oakland, Walnut Creek, San Jose, and Sacramento, California. California BanCorp was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Oakland, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, California BanCorp has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.43.
PE Ratio
California BanCorp has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 7.58. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $7.58 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 13.07%.
4. EVO Payments (EVOP)
17% sales growth and 4.42% return on equity
EVO Payments, Inc. operates as an integrated merchant acquirer and payment processor in the Americas and Europe. Its payment and commerce solutions consist of gateway solutions, online fraud prevention and management reporting, online hosted payments page capabilities, cellphone-based SMS integrated payment collection services, security tokenization and encryption solutions at the point-of-sale, dynamic currency conversion, ACH, loyalty offers, and other ancillary solutions. The company also offers processing capabilities for specific industries and provides merchants with recurring billing, multi-currency authorization and settlement, and cross-border processing. In addition, it provides other services that enable through technical integrations with third-party providers. The company offers its services to approximately 550,000 merchants. EVO Payments, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, EVO Payments has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-0.11.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 4.42%.
5. J & J Snack Foods Corp. (JJSF)
15.4% sales growth and 5.02% return on equity
J & J Snack Foods Corp. manufactures, markets, and distributes various nutritional snack foods and beverages to the food service and retail supermarket industries in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. It operates in three segments: Food Service, Retail Supermarkets, and Frozen Beverages. The company offers soft pretzels under the SUPERPRETZEL, PRETZEL FILLERS, PRETZELFILS, GOURMET TWISTS, MR. TWISTER, SOFT PRETZEL BITES, SOFTSTIX, SOFT PRETZEL BUNS, TEXAS TWIST, BAVARIAN BAKERY, SUPERPRETZEL BAVARIAN, NEW YORK PRETZEL, KIM & SCOTT'S GOURMET PRETZELS, SERIOUSLY TWISTED!, BRAUHAUS, AUNTIE ANNE'S, and LABRIOLA, as well as under the private labels. It also provides frozen juice treats and desserts under the LUIGI'S, WHOLE FRUIT, PHILLY SWIRL, SOUR PATCH, ICEE, and MINUTE MAID brands; churros under the TIO PEPE'S and CALIFORNIA CHURROS brands; and dough enrobed handheld products under the SUPREME STUFFERS and SWEET STUFFERS brands. In addition, the company offers bakery products, including biscuits, fig and fruit bars, cookies, breads, rolls, crumb, muffins, and donuts under the MRS. GOODCOOKIE, READI-BAKE, COUNTRY HOME, MARY B'S, DADDY RAY'S, and HILL & VALLEY brands, as well as under private labels; and frozen beverages under the ICEE, SLUSH PUPPIE, and PARROT ICE brands. J & J Snack Foods Corp. sells its products through a network of food brokers, independent sales distributors, and direct sales force. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Pennsauken, New Jersey.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, J & J Snack Foods Corp. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.21.
PE Ratio
J & J Snack Foods Corp. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 69.07. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $69.07 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 5.02%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
J & J Snack Foods Corp.’s stock is valued at $152.65 at 20:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $165.90 and way higher than its 52-week low of $117.45.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Mar 19, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 2.8 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.83%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 10.3%, now sitting on 1.41B for the twelve trailing months.
6. Waste Connections (WCN)
13.2% sales growth and 11.69% return on equity
Waste Connections, Inc. provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer, disposal, and resource recovery services in the United States and Canada. It offers collection services to residential, commercial, municipal, industrial, and exploration and production (E&P) customers; landfill disposal services; and recycling services for various recyclable materials, including compost, cardboard, mixed paper, plastic containers, glass bottles, and ferrous and aluminum metals. The company also owns and operates transfer stations that receive compact and/or load waste to be transported to landfills or treatment facilities through truck, rail, or barge; and intermodal services for the rail haul movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest through a network of intermodal facilities. In addition, it provides E&P waste treatment, recovery, and disposal services for waste resulting from oil and natural gas exploration and production activity, such as drilling fluids, drill cuttings, completion fluids, and flowback water; production wastes and produced water during a well's operating life; contaminated soils that require treatment during site reclamation; and substances, which require clean-up after a spill, reserve pit clean-up, or pipeline rupture. Further, the company offers leasing services to its customers. As of December 31, 2021, it owned 334 solid waste collection operations; 142 transfer stations; 61 municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills; 12 E&P waste landfills; 14 non-MSW landfills; 71 recycling operations; 4 intermodal operations; 23 E&P liquid waste injection wells; and 19 E&P waste treatment and oil recovery facilities. The company also operates an additional 53 transfer stations, 10 MSW landfills, and 2 intermodal operations. Waste Connections, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Woodbridge, Canada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Waste Connections has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.27.
PE Ratio
Waste Connections has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 43.83. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $43.83 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 11.69%.
Sales Growth
Waste Connections’s sales growth is 13.8% for the current quarter and 13.2% for the next.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Waste Connections is 421059 which is 52.7% below its average volume of 890250.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 17.7%, now sitting on 6.97B for the twelve trailing months.
Moving Average
Waste Connections’s value is above its 50-day moving average of $132.61 and above its 200-day moving average of $133.71.
7. South State Corporation (SSB)
11% sales growth and 10.04% return on equity
South State Corporation operates as the bank holding company for South State Bank that provides a range of banking services and products. The company accepts checking accounts, savings deposits, interest-bearing transaction accounts, certificates of deposits, and other time deposits. It also offers commercial real estate loans, residential real estate loans, commercial, and industrial loans, as well as consumer loans, including auto, boat, and personal installment loans. In addition, the company provides treasury management services, merchant services, debit card products, automated clearing house services, lock-box services, remote deposit capture services, and other treasury services. As of December 31, 2020, it served customers through 285 branches in Florida, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia. The company was formerly known as First Financial Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to South State Corporation in July 2013. South State Corporation was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Winter Haven, Florida.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, South State Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.6.
PE Ratio
South State Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.64. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $10.64 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 10.04%.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 8, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 2 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 2.81%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 14.8%, now sitting on 1.56B for the twelve trailing months.
8. REX American Resources Corporation (REX)
5.6% sales growth and 10.9% return on equity
REX American Resources Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells ethanol in the United States. The company also offers corn, distillers grains, non-food grade corn oil, gasoline, and natural gas. In addition, the company provides dry distillers grains with solubles, which is used as a protein in animal feed. The company was formerly known as REX Stores Corporation and changed its name to REX American Resources Corporation in 2010. REX American Resources Corporation was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Dayton, Ohio.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, REX American Resources Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.49.
PE Ratio
REX American Resources Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 59.03. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $59.03 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 10.9%.
Sales Growth
REX American Resources Corporation’s sales growth is 1.5% for the present quarter and 5.6% for the next.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is a negative 73.9% and a negative 13.8%, respectively.
