(VIANEWS) – Stellus Capital Investment Corporation (SCM), HBT Financial (HBT), Air Lease Corporation (AL) 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. Stellus Capital Investment Corporation (SCM)
45.9% sales growth and 4.95% return on equity
Stellus Capital Investment Corporation is a business development company specializing in investments in private middle-market companies. It invests through first lien, second lien, unitranche, and mezzanine debt financing, often with a corresponding equity investment. The fund prefers to invest in US and Canada. The fund seeks to invest in companies with an EBITDA between $5 million and $50 million.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Stellus Capital Investment Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.71.
PE Ratio
Stellus Capital Investment Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 20.38. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $20.38 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 4.95%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Stellus Capital Investment Corporation’s stock is valued at $14.47 at 11:23 EST, way under its 52-week high of $16.08 and way higher than its 52-week low of $11.74.
2. HBT Financial (HBT)
30.3% sales growth and 12.5% return on equity
HBT Financial, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Heartland Bank and Trust Company and State Bank of Lincoln that provides business, commercial, and retail banking products and services to individuals, businesses, and municipal entities. It offers money market, savings, checking, HSA, IRA, and interest-bearing transaction accounts; time, brokered, and noninterest-bearing demand deposits; and certificates of deposits. The company also offers commercial and industrial, agricultural and farmland, commercial real estate– owner and– non-owner occupied, multi-family, construction and land development, one-to-four family residential, and municipal, consumer, and other loans. In addition, it offers wealth management services, including financial planning to individuals, trusts, and estates; trustee and custodial, investment management, corporate retirement plan consulting and administration, and retail brokerage services; farmland management, farmland sale, and crop insurance services; and treasury management services, as well as originates and sells residential mortgage loans. Further, the company provides digital banking services, such as online and mobile banking, and digital payment services, as well as personal financial management tools. It operates through 60 full-service and three limited-service branch locations across 18 counties in Central and Northeastern Illinois. The company was formerly known as Heartland Bancorp, Inc. and changed its name to HBT Financial, Inc. in September 2019. HBT Financial, Inc. was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Bloomington, Illinois.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, HBT Financial has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.78.
PE Ratio
HBT Financial has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 11.21. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $11.21 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 12.5%.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on May 7, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.68 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 3.43%.
Moving Average
HBT Financial’s worth is higher than its 50-day moving average of $18.51 and higher than its 200-day moving average of $19.59.
3. Air Lease Corporation (AL)
20.3% sales growth and 7.64% return on equity
Air Lease Corporation, an aircraft leasing company, engages in the purchase and leasing of commercial jet transport aircraft to airlines worldwide. The company also sells aircraft from its operating lease portfolio to third parties, including other leasing companies, financial services companies, and airlines. In addition, it provides fleet management services to investors and owners of aircraft portfolios. As of December 31, 2019, the company owned a fleet of 275 aircraft, including 203 narrowbody jet aircraft and 89 widebody jet aircraft. Air Lease Corporation was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Air Lease Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.03.
PE Ratio
Air Lease Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.1. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $10.1 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 7.64%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 6.6%, now sitting on 2.36B for the twelve trailing months.
4. Mondelez International (MDLZ)
11.1% sales growth and 14% return on equity
Mondelez International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and sells snack food and beverage products in the Latin America, North America, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. It provides biscuits and baked snacks, including cookies, crackers, salted snacks, snack bars, and cakes and pastries; chocolates; and gums and candies, as well as various cheese and grocery, and powdered beverage products. The company's brand portfolio includes Oreo, Ritz, LU, CLIF Bar, and Tate's Bake Shop biscuits and baked snacks, as well as Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka, and Toblerone chocolate. It serves supermarket chains, wholesalers, supercenters, club stores, mass merchandisers, distributors, convenience stores, gasoline stations, drug stores, value stores, and other retail food outlets through direct store delivery, company-owned and satellite warehouses, third party distributors, and other facilities, as well as through independent sales offices and agents. The company was formerly known as Kraft Foods Inc. and changed its name to Mondelez International, Inc. in October 2012. Mondelez International, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Mondelez International has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.87.
PE Ratio
Mondelez International has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 26.25. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $26.25 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 14%.
Sales Growth
Mondelez International’s sales growth is 12.9% for the present quarter and 11.1% for the next.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 18.1%, now sitting on 32.9B for the twelve trailing months.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Mondelez International’s EBITDA is 44.42.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Mondelez International’s stock is valued at $75.34 at 11:23 EST, below its 52-week high of $78.59 and way higher than its 52-week low of $54.72.
Previous days news about Mondelez International(MDLZ)
- According to MarketWatch on Thursday, 27 July, "Shares of Mondelez International Inc. ran higher after hours on Thursday after the snack maker reported second-quarter results that beat estimates and raised its full-year profit and sales forecasts. "
5. K12 (LRN)
9% sales growth and 13.28% return on equity
K12 Inc., a technology-based education company, provides proprietary and third-party online curriculum, software systems, and educational services to facilitate individualized learning for students primarily in kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) in the United States and internationally. The company offers managed public school programs, which offer an integrated package of systems, services, products, and professional services that K12 administers to support an online or blended public school, including administrative support, information technology and provisioning, academic support, curriculum, learning systems, and instructional services. It also provides institutional–non-managed public school programs, which offers instruction, curriculum, supplemental courses, marketing, enrollment, and other educational services; and institutional software and services, such as educational software and services to school districts, public schools, and other educational institutions. In addition, the company offers private pay schools and other services; and talent development services for individuals and enterprises in information technology fields. Further, it provides curriculum portfolios, pre-K and K-8 courses, high school courses, learning applications, and learning management systems; and TotalView, a student information system, which include a suite of online applications that offers administrators, teachers, parents, and students a view of student attendance, truancy management, graduation planning, communications, and learning kit shipment tracking. Additionally, the company provides a suite of services, such as academic support, and administrative and technology to students and their families, as well as directly to virtual and blended public schools, traditional schools, and school districts. It sells individual K-8 online courses and supplemental educational products directly to families. K12 Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, K12 has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.64.
PE Ratio
K12 has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 14.02. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $14.02 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 13.28%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 31.8% and 35.2%, respectively.
Sales Growth
K12’s sales growth is 1.2% for the current quarter and 9% for the next.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
K12’s EBITDA is 18.66.
6. Eaton Corporation (ETN)
8.4% sales growth and 15.07% return on equity
Eaton Corporation plc operates as a power management company worldwide. The company's Electrical Americas and Electrical Global segment provides electrical components, industrial components, power distribution and assemblies, residential products, single and three phase power quality and connectivity products, wiring devices, circuit protection products, utility power distribution products, power reliability equipment, and services, as well as hazardous duty electrical equipment, emergency lighting, fire detection, explosion-proof instrumentation, and structural support systems. Its Aerospace segment offers pumps, motors, hydraulic power units, hoses and fittings, and electro-hydraulic pumps; valves, cylinders, electronic controls, electromechanical actuators, sensors, aircraft flap and slat systems, and nose wheel steering systems; hose, thermoplastic tubing products, fittings, adapters, couplings, and sealing and ducting products; air-to-air refueling systems, fuel pumps, fuel inerting products, sensors, and adapters and regulators; oxygen generation system, payload carriages, and thermal management products; and wiring connectors and cables, as well as hydraulic and bag filters, strainers and cartridges, and golf grips for manufacturers of commercial and military aircraft, and related after-market customers, as well as industrial applications. The company's Vehicle segment offers transmissions, clutches, hybrid power systems, superchargers, engine valves and valve actuation systems, locking and limited slip differentials, transmission controls, and fuel vapor components for the vehicle industry. Its eMobility segment provides voltage inverters, converters, fuses, onboard chargers, circuit protection units, vehicle controls, power distribution systems, fuel tank isolation valves, and commercial vehicle hybrid systems. Eaton Corporation plc was founded in 1911 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Eaton Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.39.
PE Ratio
Eaton Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 31.87. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $31.87 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 15.07%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Eaton Corporation’s stock is valued at $203.65 at 11:23 EST, under its 52-week high of $211.83 and way higher than its 52-week low of $129.85.
Sales Growth
Eaton Corporation’s sales growth is 10.3% for the current quarter and 8.4% for the next.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on May 4, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 3.44 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.63%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Eaton Corporation’s EBITDA is 94.65.
7. Mistras Group (MG)
6.4% sales growth and 3.53% return on equity
Mistras Group, Inc. provides technology-enabled asset protection solutions worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Services, International, and Products and Systems. It offers non-destructive testing services, as well as predictive maintenance assessments of fixed and rotating assets and inline inspection for pipelines; and engineering consulting services primarily for process equipment, technologies, and facilities. The company also provides maintenance and light mechanical services, such as corrosion removal, mitigation and prevention, insulation installation and removal, electrical, heat tracing, industrial cleaning, pipefitting, and welding; develops enterprise inspection database management software and plant condition management software for process industries and equipment; and utilizes scaffolding and rope access to access at-height and confined assets. In addition, it offers certified divers for subsea inspection and maintenance; unmanned aerial, land-based, and subsea systems for a range of inspection applications; online condition-monitoring solutions; various Web-based solutions; and custom-developed software for an automated data analysis. Further, the company provides quality assurance and quality control solutions for new and existing metal and alloy components, materials, and composites. The company also designs, manufactures, sells acoustic emission sensors, instruments, and turnkey systems for monitoring and testing materials, pressure components, processes, and structures, as well as automated ultrasonic systems and scanners. It serves oil and gas, commercial aerospace and defense, fossil and nuclear power, alternative and renewable energy, public infrastructure, chemicals, transportation, primary metals and metalworking, pharmaceutical/biotechnology, and food processing industries, as well as research and engineering institutions. Mistras Group, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Princeton Junction, New Jersey.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Mistras Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.22.
PE Ratio
Mistras Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 35.23. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $35.23 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 3.53%.
8. Fulton Financial Corporation (FULT)
5.5% sales growth and 11.22% return on equity
Fulton Financial Corporation operates as a financial holding company that provides consumer and commercial banking products and services. It accepts various checking accounts and savings deposit products, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts. The company also offers secured consumer loans, including home equity loans and lines of credit, automobile loans, personal lines of credit, and checking account overdraft protection; construction and jumbo residential mortgage loans; and commercial lending products comprising commercial real estate, commercial and industrial, and construction loans, as well as equipment lease financing loans. In addition, it provides letters of credit, cash management services, and traditional deposit products; and wealth management services, including investment management, trust, brokerage, insurance, and investment advisory services. Further, the company owns passive investments, as well as trust preferred securities; and sells various life insurance products. It provides its products and services through traditional financial center banking, as well as through a network of automated teller machines, telephone banking, mobile banking, and online banking. The company operated branches in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and Virginia. Fulton Financial Corporation was incorporated in 1882 and is headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Fulton Financial Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.68.
PE Ratio
Fulton Financial Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 7.4. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $7.4 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 11.22%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 2.4% and 2.5%, respectively.
