(VIANEWS) – Vaalco Energy (EGY), Coca Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V. (KOF), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 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. Vaalco Energy (EGY)
43.2% sales growth and 11.25% return on equity
VAALCO Energy, Inc., an independent energy company, acquires, explores for, develops, and produces crude oil and natural gas. The company holds Etame production sharing contract related to the Etame Marin block located offshore in the Republic of Gabon, West Africa. It also owns interests in an undeveloped block offshore Equatorial Guinea, West Africa. VAALCO Energy, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Vaalco Energy has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.37.
PE Ratio
Vaalco Energy has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 11.54. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $11.54 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 11.25%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Vaalco Energy’s stock is valued at $4.27 at 01:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $5.87 and way higher than its 52-week low of $3.51.
2. Coca Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V. (KOF)
23% sales growth and 16.97% return on equity
Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V., a franchise bottler, produces, markets, sells, and distributes Coca-Cola trademark beverages. The company offers sparkling beverages, including colas and flavored sparkling beverages; and waters and still beverages, such as juice drinks, coffee, teas, milk, value-added dairy products, sports drinks, energy drinks, and plant-based drinks. It provides a portfolio of products through retail outlets, such as wholesale supermarkets, discount stores, and convenience stores; retailers, such as restaurants and bars, as well as stadiums, auditoriums, and theaters; points-of-sale outlets; and home delivery and other locations. The company also distributes and sells Heineken beer products in its Brazilian territories. It operates in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. was founded in 1979 and is based in Mexico City, Mexico. Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. is a subsidiary of Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Coca Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.02.
PE Ratio
Coca Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 77.47. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $77.47 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 16.97%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Coca Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V. is 75654 which is 50.27% below its average volume of 152141.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 7.2%, now sitting on 236.75B for the twelve trailing months.
Sales Growth
Coca Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V. ‘s sales growth is 25.5% for the current quarter and 23% for the next.
Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Apr 30, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 3.25 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 4.11%.
3. Martin Marietta Materials (MLM)
19.1% sales growth and 13.54% return on equity
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., a natural resource-based building materials company, supplies aggregates and heavy-side building materials to the construction industry in the United States and internationally. It offers crushed stone, sand, and gravel products; ready mixed concrete and asphalt; paving products and services; and Portland and specialty cement for use in the infrastructure projects, and nonresidential and residential construction markets, as well as in the railroad, agricultural, utility, and environmental industries. The company also produces magnesia-based chemicals products; dolomitic lime primarily to customers for steel production and soil stabilization; and cement treated materials. Its chemical products are used in flame retardants, wastewater treatment, pulp and paper production, and other environmental applications. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Martin Marietta Materials has a trailing twelve months EPS of $15.43.
PE Ratio
Martin Marietta Materials has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 28.17. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $28.17 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 13.54%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Martin Marietta Materials is 321389 which is 20.56% below its average volume of 404596.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Aug 30, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 2.96 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 0.72%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Martin Marietta Materials’s EBITDA is 55.17.
4. Stellus Capital Investment Corporation (SCM)
18.8% sales growth and 5.57% 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 $0.81.
PE Ratio
Stellus Capital Investment Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 17.35. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $17.35 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 5.57%.
Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Sep 27, 2023, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.6 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 11.45%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Stellus Capital Investment Corporation’s stock is valued at $14.05 at 01:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $16.08 and way above its 52-week low of $11.74.
Sales Growth
Stellus Capital Investment Corporation’s sales growth is 54.3% for the ongoing quarter and 18.8% for the next.
5. NICE Ltd (NICE)
8% 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 $4.53.
PE Ratio
NICE Ltd has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 37.2. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $37.2 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%.
Moving Average
NICE Ltd’s worth is way under its 50-day moving average of $196.82 and way under its 200-day moving average of $204.51.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the present quarter and the next is 12% and 7.8%, respectively.
6. The Pennant Group (PNTG)
7% sales growth and 10.81% return on equity
The Pennant Group, Inc. provides healthcare services in the United States. It operates in two segments, Home Health and Hospice Services, and Senior Living Services. The company offers home health services, including clinical services, such as nursing, speech, occupational and physical therapy, medical social work, and home health aide services; and hospice services comprising clinical care, education, and counseling services for the physical, spiritual, and psychosocial needs of terminally ill patients and their families. It also provides senior living services, such as residential accommodations, activities, meals, housekeeping, and assistance in the activities of daily living to seniors, who are independent or who require some support. As of December 31, 2021, the company operated 88 home health and hospice agencies, and 54 senior living communities with 4127 Senior Living units in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. The Pennant Group, Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Eagle, Idaho.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, The Pennant Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.43.
PE Ratio
The Pennant Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 26.4. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $26.4 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 10.81%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 35.7% and 16.7%, respectively.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for The Pennant Group is 113310 which is 3.03% below its average volume of 116853.
Moving Average
The Pennant Group’s value is under its 50-day moving average of $11.56 and under its 200-day moving average of $12.17.
7. DXP Enterprises (DXPE)
5.1% sales growth and 15.49% return on equity
DXP Enterprises, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in distributing maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) products, equipment, and services to the energy and industrial customers primarily in the United States and Canada. It operates through three segments: Service Centers (SC), Supply Chain Services (SCS), and Innovative Pumping Solutions (IPS). The SC segment offers MRO products, equipment, and integrated services, including technical expertise and logistics services. It offers a range of MRO products in the rotating equipment, bearing, power transmission, hose, fluid power, metal working, fastener, industrial supply, safety products, and safety services categories. This segment serves customers in the oil and gas, food and beverage, petrochemical, transportation, other general industrial, mining, construction, chemical, municipal, agriculture, and pulp and paper industries. The SCS segment manages procurement and inventory management solutions; and offers outsourced MRO solutions for sourcing MRO products, including inventory optimization and management, store room management, transaction consolidation and control, vendor oversight and procurement cost optimization, productivity improvement, and customized reporting services. Its programs include SmartAgreement, a procurement solution for various MRO categories; SmartBuy, an on-site or centralized MRO procurement solution; SmartSource, an on-site procurement and storeroom management solution; SmartStore, an e-Catalog solution; SmartVend, an industrial dispensing solution; and SmartServ, an integrated service pump solution. The IPS segment fabricates and assembles custom-made pump packages, remanufactures pumps, and manufactures branded private label pumps. The company was founded in 1908 and is based in Houston, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, DXP Enterprises has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.02.
PE Ratio
DXP Enterprises has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 11.6. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $11.6 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 15.49%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
DXP Enterprises’s EBITDA is 0.62.
