(VIANEWS) – Trip.com (TCOM), Brookfield (BAM), Sterling Construction Company (STRL) 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. Trip.com (TCOM)
72.9% sales growth and 5.07% return on equity
Trip.com Group Limited operates as a travel service provider for accommodation reservation, transportation ticketing, packaged tours and in-destination, corporate travel management, and other travel-related services in China and internationally. The company acts as an agent for hotel-related transactions and selling air tickets, as well as provides train, long-distance bus, and ferry tickets; travel insurance products, such as flight delay, air accident, and baggage loss coverage; and air-ticket delivery, online check-in and seat selection, express security screening, real-time flight status tracker, and airport VIP lounge services. It also provides independent leisure travelers bundled packaged-tour products comprising group, semi-group, and customized and packaged tours with various transportation arrangements, including air, cruise, bus, and car rental services. In addition, the company offers integrated transportation and accommodation services; destination transportation and ticket, activity, insurance, visa, and tour guide services; user support, supplier management, and customer relationship management services; and in-destination products and services. Further, it provides its corporate clients with business visit, incentive trip, meeting and conference, travel data collection and analysis, industry benchmark, cost saving analysis, and travel management solutions; and Corporate Travel Management System, an online platform that integrates information management, online booking and authorization, online inquiry, and travel reporting systems. Additionally, the company offers online advertising and financial services. It operates under the Ctrip, Qunar, Trip.com, and Skyscanner brands. The company was formerly known as Ctrip.com International, Ltd. and changed its name to Trip.com Group Limited in October 2019. Trip.com Group Limited was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Trip.com has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.2.
PE Ratio
Trip.com has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 33.39. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $33.39 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 5.07%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Trip.com’s stock is valued at $40.06 at 11:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $43.59 and way above its 52-week low of $19.25.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Trip.com’s EBITDA is 5.72.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Trip.com is 1740810 which is 63.54% below its average volume of 4775210.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 123.8%, now sitting on 25.13B for the twelve trailing months.
Previous days news about Trip.com(TCOM)
- According to Zacks on Wednesday, 23 August, "The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Trip.com Group’s 2023 sales and EPS suggests jumps of 104.9% and 537.9%, respectively, from the year-ago period’s levels."
- According to Zacks on Tuesday, 22 August, "The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Trip.com Group’s 2023 sales and EPS suggests increases of 104.9% and 537.9%, respectively, from the year-ago period’s levels."
- According to Zacks on Wednesday, 23 August, "The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Trip.com Group’s 2023 sales and EPS suggests increases of 104.9% and 537.9%, respectively, from the year-ago period’s levels."
2. Brookfield (BAM)
23.8% sales growth and 19.76% return on equity
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. provides alternative asset management services. Its renewable power and transition business includes the ownership, operation, and development of hydroelectric, wind, solar, and energy transition power generating assets. The company's infrastructure business engages in the ownership, operation, and development of utilities, transport, midstream, data and sustainable resource assets. In addition, its private equity business offers business, infrastructure, and industrials services; and real estate business, which includes core investments, and transitional and development investments. Further, the company engages in the residential development business including homebuilding, and condominium and land development. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Brookfield has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.31.
PE Ratio
Brookfield has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 6.61. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $6.61 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 19.76%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 6.6%, now sitting on 3.99B for the twelve trailing months.
Previous days news about Brookfield(BAM)
- According to Zacks on Tuesday, 22 August, "Investors with an interest in Financial – Miscellaneous Services stocks have likely encountered both Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV (GBOOY Quick QuoteGBOOY – Free Report) and Brookfield Asset Management (BAM Quick QuoteBAM – Free Report) . ", "Right now, Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV is sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy), while Brookfield Asset Management has a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold). "
3. Sterling Construction Company (STRL)
12.7% sales growth and 22.96% return on equity
Sterling Construction Company, Inc., a construction company, engages in the heavy civil, specialty services, and residential construction activities primarily in the southern United States, the Rocky Mountain states, California, and Hawaii. The company undertakes various heavy civil construction projects, including highways, roads, bridges, airfields, ports, light rail, water, wastewater and storm drainage systems for the departments of transportation in various states, regional transit authorities, airport authorities, port authorities, water authorities, and railroads. It offers specialty services such as foundations for multi-family homes, parking structures, and other commercial concrete projects for blue-chip end users in the e-commerce, data center, distribution center and warehousing, energy, mixed use, and multi-family sectors. The company also undertakes concrete foundations for single-family homes. In addition, it provides surveying, clearing and grubbing, erosion control, grading, grassing, site excavation, storm drainage, sanitary sewer and water main installation, drilling and blasting, curb and gutter, paving, concrete work, and landfill services. The company was formerly known as Oakhurst Company, Inc. and changed its name to Sterling Construction Company, Inc. in November 2001. Sterling Construction Company, Inc. was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Sterling Construction Company has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.26.
PE Ratio
Sterling Construction Company has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 23.18. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $23.18 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 22.96%.
Moving Average
Sterling Construction Company’s worth is way higher than its 50-day moving average of $55.30 and way above its 200-day moving average of $40.30.
4. NICE Ltd (NICE)
8.1% sales growth and 10.11% return on equity
NICE Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud platforms for AI-driven digital business solutions worldwide. It offers CXone, a cloud native open platform; Enlighten, an AI engine for CX that discovers automation opportunities for self-service; digital-entry points solutions that enable organizations to address consumers' needs; and journey orchestration solutions that empower organizations to connect and route customers to deal with the customer's request, and connects them using real time AI-based routing. The company also provides smart self service solutions that empower organizations to build intelligent automated conversations based on data; and prepared agent solutions and tools enable contact center agents to guide and alert them in real time; complete performance solutions that help organizations to record structured and unstructured customer interaction and transaction data; and NICE Evidencentral, an digital evidence management platform for public safety emergency communications, law enforcement, and criminal justice helps agencies. In addition, it offers X-Sight, is an open and flexible AI-cloud platform for financial crime and compliance; Xceed, a cloud platform for comprehensive AML and fraud prevention for small and mid-sized organizations; data intelligence solutions that enable organizations to turn raw data into comprehensive actionable intelligence to prevent and detect financial crimes; AI and analytics technologies to detect and prevent financial crimes in real-time; money laundering and fraud prevention solutions that help organizations adhere to capital markets compliance and anti-money laundering compliance regulations; intelligent investigations solutions; and self-service solutions that provide organizations with customization and self-development capabilities. The company was formerly known as NICE-Systems Ltd. and changed its name to NICE Ltd. in June 2016. NICE Ltd. was founded in 1986 and is based in Ra'anana, Israel.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, NICE Ltd has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.39.
PE Ratio
NICE Ltd has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 50.1. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $50.1 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 10.11%.
Sales Growth
NICE Ltd’s sales growth is 7.1% for the current quarter and 8.1% for the next.
Moving Average
NICE Ltd’s worth is above its 50-day moving average of $212.37 and above its 200-day moving average of $205.52.
5. Cooper Companies (COO)
8% sales growth and 4.01% return on equity
The Cooper Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets contact lens wearers. The company operates in two segments, CooperVision and CooperSurgical. The CooperVision segment provides spherical lense, including lenses that correct near and farsightedness; and toric and multifocal lenses comprising lenses correcting vision challenges, such as astigmatism, presbyopia, myopia, ocular dryness and eye fatigues in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. The CooperSurgical segment focuses on family and women's health care, which provides medical devices, fertility, genomics, diagnostics, and contraception to health care professionals and patients worldwide. It offers surgical and office products, including PARAGARD, uterine manipulators, retractors, closure products, point of care products, LEEP products, endosee, and illuminate and fetal pillows; fertility products and services, such as fertility consumables and equipment, and embryo options and preimplantation genetic testing. The Cooper Companies, Inc. was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in San Ramon, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Cooper Companies has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.79.
PE Ratio
Cooper Companies has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 64.28. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $64.28 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 4.01%.
Sales Growth
Cooper Companies’s sales growth is 6.6% for the present quarter and 8% for the next.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 5.7%, now sitting on 3.43B for the twelve trailing months.
6. PACCAR (PCAR)
5.5% sales growth and 26.42% return on equity
PACCAR Inc designs, manufactures, and distributes light, medium, and heavy-duty commercial trucks in the United States, Europe, Mexico, South America, Australia, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Truck, Parts, and Financial Services. The Truck segment designs, manufactures, and distributes trucks for the over-the-road and off-highway hauling of commercial and consumer goods. It sells its trucks through a network of independent dealers under the Kenworth, Peterbilt, and DAF nameplates. The Parts segment distributes aftermarket parts for trucks and related commercial vehicles. The Financial Services segment conducts full-service leasing operations under the PacLease trade name, as well as provides finance and leasing products and services to customers and dealers. This segment also offers equipment financing and administrative support services for its franchisees; retail loan and leasing services for small, medium, and large commercial trucking companies, as well as independent owners/operators and other businesses; and truck inventory financing services to independent dealers. In addition, this segment offers loans and leases directly to customers for the acquisition of trucks and related equipment. The company also manufactures and markets industrial winches under the Braden, Carco, and Gearmatic nameplates. PACCAR Inc was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, PACCAR has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.95.
PE Ratio
PACCAR has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 12.32. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $12.32 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 26.42%.
