(VIANEWS) – Stewart Information Services Corporation (STC), Perion Network Ltd (PERI), American Financial Group (AFG) 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. Stewart Information Services Corporation (STC)
15.6% sales growth and 3.32% return on equity
Stewart Information Services Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides title insurance and real estate transaction related services. The company operates through Title and Real Estate Solutions segments. The Title segment is involved in searching, examining, closing, and insuring the condition of the title to real property. This segment also offers home and personal insurance services; services for tax-deferred exchanges; and digital customer engagement platform services. The Real Estate Solutions segment provides appraisal management, online notarization and closing, credit and real estate information, and search and valuation services to the mortgage industry. It offers its products and services through its directly owned policy-issuing offices, network of independent agencies, and other businesses within the company. The company serves homebuyers and sellers, residential and commercial real estate professionals, title agencies, real estate attorneys and investors, and home builders, as well as mortgage lenders and servicers. It operates in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. The company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Stewart Information Services Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.11.
PE Ratio
Stewart Information Services Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 56.96. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $56.96 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 3.32%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 40% and 49.3%, respectively.
Moving Average
Stewart Information Services Corporation’s value is above its 50-day moving average of $60.17 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $48.83.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Stewart Information Services Corporation is 167597 which is 29.12% below its average volume of 236459.
2. Perion Network Ltd (PERI)
14.9% sales growth and 18.05% return on equity
Perion Network Ltd. provides digital advertising solutions to brands, agencies, and publishers in North America, Europe, and internationally. It provides Wildfire, a content monetization platform; search monetization solutions, including website monetization, search mediation, and app monetization; and cross-channel digital advertising software as a service platform. The company also offers supply management platform; demand management platform for campaign planning and design; analytics platform, which provides information and performance insights on the results of campaign investment and other campaign metrics; creative platform to create advertisements; and an AI platform that uses machine learning to bring intelligence to the various phases of campaigns. In addition, it provides an actionable performance monitoring platform to support the various phases of campaign management; an online video player and integrated ad server to upload, manage, and stream video content; content monetization system, which integrates ads within the content layouts at the page level. Further, the company offers a publisher management system that provides analytics and performance optimization tools, as well as reports; search-demand management systems; monetization products that integrate and onboards demand vendors; and AI Systems. Additionally, it provides Intelligent HUB (iHUB), a platform for pulling in signals across various advertising channels and optimizing traffic at scale, and yielding engagement metrics and KPIs; and strategic optimization of relevant traits (SORT), a provisional patent technology that eliminates the need for cookies. The company was formerly known as IncrediMail Ltd. and changed its name to Perion Network Ltd. in November 2011. Perion Network Ltd. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Holon, Israel.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Perion Network Ltd has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.34.
PE Ratio
Perion Network Ltd has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 9.91. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $9.91 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 18.05%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 11.7%, now sitting on 743.16M for the twelve trailing months.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Perion Network Ltd’s stock is valued at $23.20 at 05:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $42.75 and higher than its 52-week low of $22.28.
Moving Average
Perion Network Ltd’s value is way under its 50-day moving average of $28.68 and way under its 200-day moving average of $30.74.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Perion Network Ltd’s EBITDA is 25.26.
3. American Financial Group (AFG)
14.5% sales growth and 20.5% return on equity
American Financial Group, Inc., an insurance holding company, provides property and casualty insurance products in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Property and Casualty Insurance, Annuity, and Other. It offers property and transportation insurance products, such as physical damage and liability coverage for buses, trucks, inland and ocean marine, agricultural-related products, and other commercial property coverages; specialty casualty insurance, including primarily excess and surplus, general liability, executive and professional liability, umbrella and excess liability, and specialty coverage in targeted markets, as well as customized programs for small to mid-sized businesses and workers' compensation insurance; and specialty financial insurance products comprising risk management insurance programs for lending and leasing institutions, surety and fidelity products, and trade credit insurance. The company sells its property and casualty insurance products through independent insurance agents and brokers, as well as through employee agents. It also provides traditional fixed, fixed-indexed, and variable-indexed annuities to the retail, financial institutions, registered investment advisor, and education markets. In addition, the company engages in the commercial real estate operations in Cincinnati, Whitefield, New Hampshire, Chesapeake Bay, Charleston, and Palm Beach. American Financial Group, Inc. was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, American Financial Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $10.05.
PE Ratio
American Financial Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.61. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.61 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 20.5%.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 15, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 2.84 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 2.25%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
American Financial Group’s EBITDA is 1.4.
4. NAPCO Security Technologies (NSSC)
12.8% sales growth and 30.06% return on equity
Napco Security Technologies, Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells security products in the United States and internationally. The company offers access control systems, door-locking products, intrusion and fire alarm systems, and video surveillance systems for commercial, residential, institutional, industrial, and governmental applications. Its access control systems include various types of identification readers, control panels, PC-based computers, and electronically activated door-locking devices; and door locking devices comprise microprocessor-based electronic door locks with push button, card readers and bio-metric operation, door alarms, mechanical door locks, and simple dead bolt locks. The company's alarm systems include automatic communicators, cellular communication devices, control panels, combination control panels/digital communicators and digital keypad systems, fire alarm control panels, and area detectors; and video surveillance systems comprise video cameras, control panels, video monitors, or PCs. It also buys and resells various identification readers, video cameras, PC-based computers, and peripheral equipment for access control and video surveillance systems; offers school security products; and markets peripheral and related equipment manufactured by other companies. The company markets and sells its products primarily to independent distributors, dealers, and installers of security equipment. Napco Security Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Amityville, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, NAPCO Security Technologies has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.16.
PE Ratio
NAPCO Security Technologies has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 37.91. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $37.91 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 30.06%.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 29, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.4 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 0.91%.
Moving Average
NAPCO Security Technologies’s value is way higher than its 50-day moving average of $35.97 and way above its 200-day moving average of $31.36.
Sales Growth
NAPCO Security Technologies’s sales growth for the next quarter is 12.8%.
5. Terreno Realty Corporation (TRNO)
12.2% sales growth and 5.89% return on equity
Terreno Realty Corporation (“Terreno”, and together with its subsidiaries, “the Company”) acquires, owns and operates industrial real estate in six major coastal U.S. markets: Los Angeles, Northern New Jersey/New York City, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Miami, and Washington, D.C. We invest in several types of industrial real estate, including warehouse/distribution (approximately 79.5% of our total annualized base rent as of December 31, 2021), flex (including light industrial and research and development, or R&D) (approximately 4.8%), transshipment (approximately 6.4%) and improved land (approximately 9.3%). We target functional properties in infill locations that may be shared by multiple tenants and that cater to customer demand within the various submarkets in which we operate. Infill locations are geographic locations surrounded by high concentrations of already developed land and existing buildings. As of December 31, 2021, we owned a total of 253 buildings aggregating approximately 15.1 million square feet, 36 improved land parcels consisting of approximately 127.1 acres and four properties under redevelopment that, upon completion, will consist of two properties aggregating approximately 0.2 million square feet and two improved land parcels aggregating approximately 12.1 acres. As of December 31, 2021, the buildings and improved land parcels were approximately 95.5% and 94.8% leased (including 0.4 million square feet of vacancy acquired during the fourth quarter of 2021), respectively, to 554 customers, the largest of which accounted for approximately 4.9% of our total annualized base rent.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Terreno Realty Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.81.
PE Ratio
Terreno Realty Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 36.19. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $36.19 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 5.89%.
6. Watts Water Technologies (WTS)
11.2% sales growth and 18.63% return on equity
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. supplies products and solutions that manage and conserve the flow of fluids and energy into, through, and out of buildings in the commercial, industrial, and residential markets in the Americas, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers residential and commercial flow control and protection products, including backflow preventers, water pressure regulators, temperature and pressure relief valves, thermostatic mixing valves, and leak detection and protection products for plumbing and hot water applications. It also provides heating, ventilation, and air conditioning and gas products comprising commercial boilers, and water heaters and heating solutions; hydronic and electric heating systems for under-floor radiant applications; custom heat and hot water solutions; hydronic pump groups for boiler manufacturers and alternative energy control packages; and flexible stainless steel connectors for natural and liquid propane gas in commercial food service and residential applications. In addition, the company offers drainage and water re-use products, such as drainage products and engineered rain water harvesting solutions for commercial, industrial, marine, and residential applications; and water quality products that include point-of-use and point-of-entry water filtration, conditioning, and scale prevention systems for commercial, marine, and residential applications. The company sells its products to plumbing, heating, and mechanical wholesale distributors and dealers, as well as original equipment manufacturers, specialty product distributors, and do-it-yourself and retail chains; and wholesalers and private label accounts. Watts Water Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in North Andover, Massachusetts.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Watts Water Technologies has a trailing twelve months EPS of $7.83.
PE Ratio
Watts Water Technologies has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 26.31. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $26.31 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 18.63%.
7. Option Care Health (OPCH)
9% sales growth and 19.02% return on equity
Option Care Health, Inc. offers home and alternate site infusion services in the United States. The company provides anti-infective therapies; home infusion services to treat heart failures; home parenteral nutrition and enteral nutrition support services for numerous acute and chronic conditions, such as stroke, cancer, and gastrointestinal diseases; immunoglobulin infusion therapies for the treatment of immune deficiencies; and treatments for chronic inflammatory disorders, including Crohn's disease, plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, and other chronic inflammatory disorders. It also offers treatments to manage the progression of neurological disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, duchenne muscular dystrophy, and others; infusion therapies for bleeding disorders; therapies that women need to survive and thrive through high-risk pregnancies; and other infusion therapies to treat various conditions, including pain management, chemotherapy, and respiratory medications, as well as nursing services. Option Care Health, Inc. is headquartered in Bannockburn, Illinois.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Option Care Health has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.48.
PE Ratio
Option Care Health has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 21.78. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $21.78 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 19.02%.
8. Middlesex Water Company (MSEX)
7.5% sales growth and 8.01% 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 $1.84.
PE Ratio
Middlesex Water Company has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 30.48. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $30.48 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 8.01%.
Moving Average
Middlesex Water Company’s worth is under its 50-day moving average of $61.84 and way below its 200-day moving average of $70.77.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Middlesex Water Company is 92424 which is 15.35% below its average volume of 109191.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Middlesex Water Company’s EBITDA is 73.56.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 14, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.3 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 2.32%.
