(VIANEWS) – Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Trustmark Corporation (TRMK), AZZ Incorporated (AZZ) 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. Scorpio Tankers (STNG)
127.9% sales growth and 16.32% return on equity
Scorpio Tankers Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the seaborne transportation of refined petroleum products in the shipping markets worldwide. As of March 30, 2021, it owned, finance leased, or bareboat chartered 131 product tankers, which included 42 LR2, 12 LR1, 63 MR, and 14 Handymax tankers with a weighted average age of approximately 5.2 years. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Monaco.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Scorpio Tankers has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.25.
PE Ratio
Scorpio Tankers has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 9.76. Meaning,
the purchaser of the share is investing $9.76 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 16.32%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Scorpio Tankers’s stock is valued at $51.23 at 19:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $57.71 and way higher than its 52-week low of $11.02.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 310.8%, now sitting on 1.22B for the twelve trailing months.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 663.3% and 1037%, respectively.
2. Trustmark Corporation (TRMK)
25.5% sales growth and 8.06% return on equity
Trustmark Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Trustmark National Bank that provides banking and other financial solutions to individuals and corporate institutions in the United States. The company offers checking, savings, and money market accounts; individual retirement accounts; certificates of deposits; financing for commercial and industrial projects, income producing commercial real estate, owner-occupied real estate, and construction and land development; and installment and real estate loans, and lines of credit. It also provides mortgage banking services, including construction financing, production of conventional and government insured mortgages, and secondary marketing and mortgage servicing; and treasury management services. In addition, the company provides wealth management and trust services, such as administration of personal trusts and estates; management of investment accounts for individuals, employee benefit plans, and charitable foundations; and corporate trust and institutional custody, securities brokerage, financial and estate planning, retirement plan, and investment management. Further, it offers business insurance products and services for medical professionals, construction, manufacturing, hospitality, real estate, and group life and health plans; and life and health insurance, and personal line policies for individual customers, as well as provides an intermediary vehicle for the provision of loans or investments in low-income communities. As of December 31, 2020, the company operated 174 full-service branches and 12 limited service branches; and 230 automated teller machines and 34 interactive teller machines. Trustmark Corporation was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Trustmark Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.14.
PE Ratio
Trustmark Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 15.55. Meaning,
the purchaser of the share is investing $15.55 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 8.06%.
Sales Growth
Trustmark Corporation’s sales growth is 29.2% for the present quarter and 25.5% for the next.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Trustmark Corporation is 462121 which is 53.82% above its average volume of 300429.
3. AZZ Incorporated (AZZ)
21.8% sales growth and 13.85% return on equity
AZZ Inc. provides galvanizing and metal coating solutions, welding solutions, specialty electrical equipment, and engineered services to the power generation, transmission, distribution, refining, and industrial markets in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Infrastructure Solutions and Metal Coatings. The Metal Coatings segment offers hot dip galvanizing, powder coating, anodizing, plating, and other metal coating applications to the steel fabrication and other industries. It serves fabricators or manufacturers that provide services to the electrical and telecommunications, bridge and highway, petrochemical, and general industrial markets, as well as original equipment manufacturers. The Infrastructure Solutions segment provides products and services to support industrial and electrical applications. It offers custom switchgear, electrical enclosures, medium and high voltage bus ducts, explosion proof and hazardous duty lighting, nuclear safety-related equipment, and tubular products, as well as solutions and engineering resources to multi-national companies and small independent companies. This segment sells its products through internal sales force, manufacturers' representatives, distributors, and agents. The company was incorporated in 1956 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, AZZ Incorporated has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.97.
PE Ratio
AZZ Incorporated has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.52. Meaning,
the purchaser of the share is investing $10.52 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 13.85%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 176.3%, now sitting on 1.49B for the twelve trailing months.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
AZZ Incorporated’s stock is valued at $41.76 at 19:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $50.84 and way higher than its 52-week low of $30.21.
4. Middlesex Water Company (MSEX)
14.5% sales growth and 11.12% return on equity
Middlesex Water Company owns and operates regulated water utility and wastewater systems. It operates in two segments, Regulated and Non-Regulated. The Regulated segment collects, treats, and distributes water on a retail and wholesale basis to residential, commercial, industrial, and fire protection customers in parts of New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. This segment also includes regulated wastewater systems in New Jersey and Delaware. The Non-Regulated segment provides non-regulated contract services for the operation and maintenance of municipal and private water and wastewater systems in New Jersey and Delaware. The company was incorporated in 1896 and is headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Middlesex Water Company has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.4.
PE Ratio
Middlesex Water Company has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 33.6. Meaning,
the purchaser of the share is investing $33.6 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 11.12%.
5. Bridgeline Digital (BLIN)
11.6% sales growth and 6.53% return on equity
Bridgeline Digital, Inc. operates as a marketing technology company in the United States. The company offers HawkSearch, a site search, recommendation, and personalization application for marketers, merchandisers, and developers; Celebros Search, a commerce-oriented site search product that provides natural language processing with artificial intelligence; and Woorank, a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) audit tool that generates an instant performance audit of the site's technical, on-page, and off-page SEO. It also provides Bridgeline TruPresence, a web content management and eCommerce platform to support the needs of multi-unit organizations and franchises; Bridgeline Unbound, a technology suite that empower marketers to easily manage their digital experiences and create personalized customer journeys; and OrchestraCMS, a digital experience platform that enables development of custom solutions, third-party integrations, and delivery of digital transformation initiatives on the Salesforce platform. In addition, the company offers digital engagement services comprising digital strategy, web design and web development, usability engineering, information architecture, and SEO, as well as hosting services. It serves vertical markets, such as distributors and wholesalers, multi-unit franchises and enterprises, manufacturers, eCommerce retailers, industrial distributers, health services and life sciences, technology, credit unions and regional banks, and associations and foundations through its direct sales force. The company was formerly known as Bridgeline Software, Inc. Bridgeline Digital, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Bridgeline Digital has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-0.252.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 6.53%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter is 92.5% and a drop 150% for the next.
6. Allete (ALE)
9.4% sales growth and 4.6% return on equity
ALLETE, Inc. operates as an energy company. The company operates through Regulated Operations, ALLETE Clean Energy, and Corporate and Other segments. It generates electricity from coal-fired, hydroelectric, natural gas-fired, biomass co-fired, and solar. The company provides regulated utility electric service in northeastern Minnesota to approximately 145,000 retail customers, as well as 15 non-affiliated municipal customers; and regulated utility electric, natural gas, and water services in northwestern Wisconsin to approximately 15,000 electric customers, 13,000 natural gas customers, and 10,000 water customers. It also owns and maintains electric transmission assets in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, and Illinois. In addition, the company focuses on developing, acquiring, and operating clean and renewable energy projects; and owns and operates approximately 660 megawatt of wind energy generation. Further, it is involved in the coal mining operations in North Dakota; and real estate investment activities in Florida. The company owns and operates 158 substations with a total capacity of 8,875 megavoltamperes. The company was formerly known as Minnesota Power, Inc. and changed its name to ALLETE, Inc. in May 2001. ALLETE, Inc. was incorporated in 1906 and is headquartered in Duluth, Minnesota.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Allete has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.66.
PE Ratio
Allete has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 16.67. Meaning,
the purchaser of the share is investing $16.67 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 4.6%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Allete is 288134 which is 16.02% below its average volume of 343124.
Moving Average
Allete’s worth is below its 50-day moving average of $64.75 and above its 200-day moving average of $60.18.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Allete’s stock is valued at $61.01 at 19:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $68.46 and way higher than its 52-week low of $47.77.
7. First Financial Northwest (FFNW)
7% sales growth and 7.54% return on equity
First Financial Northwest, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for First Financial Northwest Bank that provides commercial banking services in Washington. The company offers a range of deposit products, including noninterest bearing accounts, interest-bearing demand accounts, money market accounts, statement savings accounts, and certificates of deposit. Its loan products comprise one-to-four family residential loans; multifamily and commercial real estate loans; construction/land loans for the construction of single-family residences, condominiums, townhouses, multifamily properties, and residential developments; business loans; and consumer loans, such as home equity loans and savings account loans. The company also provides wealth management services; and online banking platform, as well as debit cards and ATMs. As of December 31, 2021, it operated seven retail branches in King County, five retail branches in Snohomish County, and two retail branches in Pierce County, Washington. First Financial Northwest, Inc. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Renton, Washington.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, First Financial Northwest has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.88.
PE Ratio
First Financial Northwest has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 17.1. Meaning,
the purchaser of the share is investing $17.1 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 7.54%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 1.2%, now sitting on 49.83M for the twelve trailing months.
