(VIANEWS) – Virco Manufacturing Corporation (VIRC), BanColombia S.A. (CIB), FormFactor (FORM) 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. Virco Manufacturing Corporation (VIRC)
41.1% sales growth and 28.18% return on equity
Virco Mfg. Corporation engages in the design, production, and distribution of furniture for the commercial and education markets in the United States. It offers seating products, including 4-leg chairs, cantilever chairs, tablet arm chairs with work surfaces and compact footprints, steel-frame rockers, stools, series chairs, stack and folding chairs, hard plastic seating, upholstered stack and ergonomic chairs, and plastic stack chairs. The company also provides folding, activity, office, computer, and mobile tables; and computer furniture, such as keyboard mouse trays, CPU holders, support columns, desks and workstations, specialty tables, instructor media stations and towers, and other products. In addition, it offers chair desks, combo units, and tablet arm and caster units, as well as a returns and credenzas. Additionally, the company provides administrative office furniture, including desks, returns, bookcases, storage cabinets, and other items, as well as wardrobe tower cabinets, file credenzas, and mobile pedestals; laboratory furniture comprising steel-based science tables, table bases, lab stools, and wood-frame science tables; mobile furniture, including mobile tables for cafeterias, mobile cabinets, and mobile chairs for school settings and offices; and handling and storage equipment, as well as manufactures stackable storage trucks. It serves educational institutions, convention centers and arenas, hospitality providers, government facilities, and places of worship through its sales and support teams, and dealer network. Virco Mfg. Corporation was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Torrance, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Virco Manufacturing Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.63.
PE Ratio
Virco Manufacturing Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 8.52. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $8.52 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 28.18%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 40.3% and 21.4%, respectively.
2. BanColombia S.A. (CIB)
27.4% sales growth and 15.74% return on equity
Bancolombia S. A. provides various banking products and services to individual and corporate customers in Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Guatemala. The company operates through nine segments: Banking Colombia, Banking Panama, Banking El Salvador, Banking Guatemala, Trust, Investment Banking, Brokerage, International Banking, and All Other. It offers checking and savings accounts, fixed term deposits, and investment products; trade financing, loans funded by domestic development banks, working capital loans, credit cards, personal and vehicle loans, payroll loans, and overdrafts; financial support to real estate developers and mortgages for individuals and companies; and financial and operating leasing services. The company also provides hedging instruments, including futures, forwards, options, and swaps; and brokerage, investment advisory, and private banking services, including selling and distributing equities, futures, foreign currencies, fixed income securities, mutual funds, and structured products. In addition, it offers cash management services; foreign currency transaction services; life, auto, commercial, and homeowner's insurance products; and online and computer banking services. Further, the company provides investment banking services comprising project and acquisition finance, debt and equity capital markets, principal investments, M&A, restructurings, and structured financing; money market accounts, mutual and pension funds, private equity funds, payment trust, custody, and corporate trust; and digital banking platform, transportation, securities brokerage, maintenance and remodeling, advertising and marketing, and outsourcing services, as well as credit cards. As of December 31, 2020, it operated 1,057 branches; 18,631 banking correspondents; 535 PAMs; 215 kiosks in El Salvador and 137 in Colombia; and 6,124 automatic teller machines. Bancolombia S.A. was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in MedellÃn, Colombia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, BanColombia S.A. has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.01.
PE Ratio
BanColombia S.A. has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 5.32. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $5.32 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 15.74%.
Sales Growth
BanColombia S.A.’s sales growth is 34.5% for the present quarter and 27.4% for the next.
Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Sep 27, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 3.38 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 10.58%.
3. FormFactor (FORM)
18.7% sales growth and 13.62% return on equity
FormFactor, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells probe cards, analytical probes, probe stations, metrology systems, thermal systems, and cryogenic systems to semiconductor companies and scientific institutions. It operates in two segments, Probe Cards and Systems. The company offers probe cards to test various semiconductor device types, including systems on a chip products, mobile application processors, microprocessors, microcontrollers, and graphic processors, as well as radio frequency, analog, mixed signal, image sensor, electro-optical, dynamic random access memory, NAND flash memory, and NOR flash memory devices, as well as computer processor devices; and analytical probes, which are used for a range of applications, including device characterization, electrical simulation model development, failure analysis, and prototype design debugging for universities, research institutions, semiconductor integrated device manufacturers, semiconductor foundries, and fabless semiconductor companies. It also provides probe systems for semiconductor design engineers to capture and analyze accurate data; surface metrology systems for the development, production, and quality control of semiconductor products; thermal subsystems, such as thermal chucks and other test systems used in probe stations and other applications; and precision cryogenic instruments, semiconductor tests, and measurement systems. In addition, the company offers on-site probe card maintenance and service training, seminars, and telephone support services. It markets and sells its products through direct sales force, manufacturers' representatives, and distributors in the United States, Taiwan, South Korea, China, Europe, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Livermore, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, FormFactor has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.54.
PE Ratio
FormFactor has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 27.82. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $27.82 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 13.62%.
Moving Average
FormFactor’s worth is way under its 50-day moving average of $49.65 and under its 200-day moving average of $47.21.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
FormFactor’s stock is valued at $42.84 at 01:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $63.63 and way above its 52-week low of $31.51.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for FormFactor is 539172 which is 22.88% below its average volume of 699188.
Sales Growth
FormFactor’s sales growth for the next quarter is 18.7%.
Previous days news about FormFactor(FORM)
- Formfactor (form) upgraded to buy: what does it mean for the stock?. According to Zacks on Tuesday, 1 October, "The upgrade of FormFactor to a Zacks Rank #2 positions it in the top 20% of the Zacks-covered stocks in terms of estimate revisions, implying that the stock might move higher in the near term.", "Therefore, the Zacks rating upgrade for FormFactor basically reflects positivity about its earnings outlook that could translate into buying pressure and an increase in its stock price."
4. Iron Mountain Incorporated (IRM)
10.5% sales growth and 81.13% return on equity
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), founded in 1951, is the global leader for storage and information management services. Trusted by more than 225,000 organizations around the world, and with a real estate network of more than 90 million square feet across more than 1,480 facilities in approximately 50 countries, Iron Mountain stores and protects billions of valued assets, including critical business information, highly sensitive data, and cultural and historical artifacts. Providing solutions that include secure records storage, information management, digital transformation, secure destruction, as well as data centers, cloud services and art storage and logistics, Iron Mountain helps customers lower cost and risk, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and enable a more digital way of working.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Iron Mountain Incorporated has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.78.
PE Ratio
Iron Mountain Incorporated has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 152.35. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $152.35 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 81.13%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Iron Mountain Incorporated is 2079620 which is 19.55% above its average volume of 1739470.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Iron Mountain Incorporated’s stock is valued at $118.83 at 01:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $120.54 and way above its 52-week low of $56.51.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 6.7% and 7.7%, respectively.
5. Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
10.5% sales growth and 18.71% return on equity
Main Street Capital Corporation is a principal investment firm that primarily provides equity capital to lower middle market companies and debt capital to middle market companies. Main Street's portfolio investments are typically made to support management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, refinancings and acquisitions of companies that operate in diverse industry sectors. Main Street seeks to partner with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams and generally provides "one stop" financing alternatives within its lower middle market portfolio. Main Street's lower middle market companies generally have annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million. Main Street's middle market debt investments are made in businesses that are generally larger in size than its lower middle market portfolio companies.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Main Street Capital Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.36.
PE Ratio
Main Street Capital Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 9.34. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $9.34 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 18.71%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 3.6%, now sitting on 516.31M for the twelve trailing months.
6. Huron Consulting Group (HURN)
10.2% sales growth and 15.17% return on equity
Huron Consulting Group Inc., a professional services firm, provides consultancy services in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Healthcare, Education, and Commercial. The Healthcare segment provides advisory services in the areas of financial and operational improvement, care transformation, and revenue cycle managed services; organizational transformation; financial advisory; software products; and digital solutions, spanning technology and analytic-related services to national and regional health systems, academic and community health systems, public, children's and critical access hospitals, physician practices and medical groups, payors, and long-term care or post-acute providers. The Education segment provides research enterprise, and student and alumni lifecycle; digital solutions, spanning technology, and analytic-related services; Huron Research Suite, a software suite designed to facilitate and enhance research administration service delivery and compliance; and organizational transformation services to public and private colleges and universities, research institutes, and other education-related organizations. The Commercial segment delivers digital services and software products, and financial advisory services to financial, energy and utilities, professional and business services, life science, consumer products, and industrials and manufacturing industries, as well as public sector and nonprofit organizations. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Huron Consulting Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.2.
PE Ratio
Huron Consulting Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 25.45. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $25.45 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 15.17%.
Sales Growth
Huron Consulting Group’s sales growth is 18.2% for the ongoing quarter and 10.2% for the next.
Moving Average
Huron Consulting Group’s worth is higher than its 50-day moving average of $106.54 and above its 200-day moving average of $99.70.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 15.8% and 15.5%, respectively.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 7.2%, now sitting on 1.43B for the twelve trailing months.
