(VIANEWS) – Xylem (XYL), FirstCash (FCFS), NBT Bancorp (NBTB) 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. Xylem (XYL)
37.6% sales growth and 8.9% return on equity
Xylem Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and servicing of engineered products and solutions for the water and wastewater applications in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Water Infrastructure, Applied Water, and Measurement & Control Solutions. The Water Infrastructure segment offers various products, including water, storm water, and wastewater pumps; controls and systems; filtration, disinfection, and biological treatment equipment; and mobile dewatering equipment and rental services under the Flygt, Godwin, Sanitaire, Leopold, Wedeco, and Xylem Vue brand names for the transportation and treatment of water. The Applied Water segment provides pumps, valves, heat exchangers, controls, and dispensing equipment systems under the Goulds Water Technology, Bell & Gossett, A-C Fire Pump, Standard Xchange, Lowara, Jabsco, Xylem Vue, and Flojet brand names for residential and commercial building services, and industrial water applications. The Measurement & Control Solutions segment offers smart meters, networked communication devices, data analytics, test equipment, controls, sensor devices, software and managed services, and critical infrastructure services; and software and services, including cloud-based analytics, remote monitoring and data management, leak detection, condition assessment, asset management, and pressure monitoring solutions, as well as testing equipment. This segment sells its products under the Pure Technologies, Sensus, Smith Blair, WTW, Xylem Vue, and YSI brand names. The company markets and sells its products through a network of direct sales force, resellers, distributors, and value-added solution providers. Xylem Inc. was formerly known as ITT WCO, Inc. and changed its name to Xylem Inc. in May 2011. Xylem Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Xylem has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.79.
PE Ratio
Xylem has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 45.15. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $45.15 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 8.9%.
Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 20, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.44 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.16%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Xylem’s stock is valued at $125.96 at 19:22 EST, higher than its 52-week high of $125.00.
2. FirstCash (FCFS)
12.4% sales growth and 11.31% return on equity
FirstCash Holdings, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates retail pawn stores in the United States, Mexico, and rest of Latin America. Its pawn stores lend money on the collateral of pledged personal property, including jewelry, electronics, tools, appliances, sporting goods, and musical instruments; and retails merchandise acquired through collateral forfeitures on forfeited pawn loans and over-the-counter purchases of merchandise directly from customers. The company is also involved in melting scrap jewelry, as well as sells gold, silver, and diamonds in commodity markets. As of December 31, 2021, it operated 1,081 stores in the United States and the District of Columbia; 1,656 stores in Mexico; 60 stores in Guatemala; 13 stores in El Salvador; and 15 stores in Colombia. The company was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, FirstCash has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.81.
PE Ratio
FirstCash has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 24.61. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $24.61 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 11.31%.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 13, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.4 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.18%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
FirstCash’s stock is valued at $118.37 at 19:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $122.87 and way higher than its 52-week low of $86.74.
3. NBT Bancorp (NBTB)
9.6% sales growth and 9.14% return on equity
NBT Bancorp Inc., a financial holding company, provides commercial banking, retail banking, and wealth management services. Its deposit products include demand deposit, savings, negotiable order of withdrawal, money market deposit, and certificate of deposit accounts. The company's loan portfolio comprises commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, agricultural, and commercial construction loans; indirect and direct consumer, home equity, mortgages, business banking loans, and commercial loans; and residential real estate loans. It also provides trust and investment services; financial planning and life insurance services; and retirement plan consulting and recordkeeping services. In addition, the company offers insurance products comprising personal property and casualty, business liability, and commercial insurance, as well as other products and services through 24-hour online, mobile, and telephone channels that enable customers to check balances, make deposits, transfer funds, pay bills, access statements, apply for loans, and access various other products and services. As of December 31, 2020, it had 141 branches and 176 ATMs in New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. NBT Bancorp Inc. was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Norwich, New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, NBT Bancorp has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.65.
PE Ratio
NBT Bancorp has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 13.25. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $13.25 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 9.14%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 1.3%, now sitting on 490.37M for the twelve trailing months.
Moving Average
NBT Bancorp’s value is under its 50-day moving average of $38.68 and below its 200-day moving average of $35.27.
4. Carpenter Technology Corporation (CRS)
8.6% sales growth and 10.28% return on equity
Carpenter Technology Corporation manufactures, fabricates, and distributes specialty metals worldwide. It operates in two segments, Specialty Alloys Operations and Performance Engineered Products. The company offers specialty alloys, including titanium alloys, powder metals, stainless steels, alloy steels, and tool steels, as well as drilling tools, and metal powders and parts. It serves aerospace, defense, medical, transportation, energy, industrial, and consumer markets. The company was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Carpenter Technology Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.89.
PE Ratio
Carpenter Technology Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 21.92. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $21.92 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 10.28%.
Dividend Yield
As maintained by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Jan 29, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.8 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.26%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Carpenter Technology Corporation is 303871 which is 43.63% below its average volume of 539119.
Previous days news about Carpenter Technology Corporation(CRS)
- According to Zacks on Monday, 26 February, "Better-ranked stocks in the basic materials space include United States Steel Corporation (X Quick QuoteX – Free Report) , Carpenter Technology Corporation (CRS Quick QuoteCRS – Free Report) and Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc. (AMR Quick QuoteAMR – Free Report) ."
- According to Zacks on Monday, 26 February, "Some better-ranked stocks in the Basic Materials space are Carpenter Technology Corporation (CRS Quick QuoteCRS – Free Report) , sporting a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), Eldorado Gold Corporation (EGO Quick QuoteEGO – Free Report) and Hawkins, Inc. (HWKN Quick QuoteHWKN – Free Report) , both carrying a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). "
- According to Zacks on Monday, 26 February, "A better-ranked stock from the basic materials space is Carpenter Technology Corporation (CRS Quick QuoteCRS – Free Report) , which currently sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). "
- According to Zacks on Monday, 26 February, "Some better-ranked stocks from the basic materials space are Carpenter Technology Corporation (CRS Quick QuoteCRS – Free Report) , Ecolab Inc. (ECL Quick QuoteECL – Free Report) and Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. (AMR Quick QuoteAMR – Free Report) . "
- According to Zacks on Monday, 26 February, "Some better-ranked stocks from the basic materials space are Carpenter Technology Corporation (CRS Quick QuoteCRS – Free Report) , Ecolab Inc. (ECL Quick QuoteECL – Free Report) and Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. (AMR Quick QuoteAMR – Free Report) . "
5. Verisk Analytics (VRSK)
6.8% sales growth and 73.54% return on equity
Verisk Analytics, Inc. provides data analytics and technology solutions to the insurance markets in the United States and internationally. It offers policy language, prospective loss costs, policy writing and rating rules, and various underwriting solutions for risk selection and segmentation, pricing, and workflow optimization; property- and auto- specific rating and underwriting information solutions that allows clients to understand, quantify, underwrite, mitigate, and avoid potential loss for risks; catastrophe modeling solutions, which enables companies to identify, quantify, and plan for the financial consequences of catastrophes for use by insurers, reinsurers, intermediaries, financial institutions, and governments. The company also provides life insurance solutions for transforming current workflows in life insurance underwriting, claim insights, policy administration, unclaimed property/equity, compliance and fraud detection, and actuarial and portfolio modeling; Marketing Solutions, such as compliant, real-time decisioning, profitability, and risk assessment for inbound consumer interactions; and international underwriting and claims solutions. In addition, it offers claims insurance solutions, which provides analytics in fraud detection, compliance reporting, subrogation liability assessment, litigation, and repair cost estimation and valuation solutions; and casualty solutions, such as compliance, casualty claims decision support, and workflow automation solutions. Further, the company supplies software to the specialty insurance market. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Verisk Analytics has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.21.
PE Ratio
Verisk Analytics has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 46.73. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $46.73 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 73.54%.
Moving Average
Verisk Analytics’s value is higher than its 50-day moving average of $241.01 and above its 200-day moving average of $234.37.
Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Mar 14, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.56 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 0.64%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Verisk Analytics’s EBITDA is 14.13.
