(VIANEWS) - Bank of America (BAC), The Hershey Company (HSY), Juniper Networks (JNPR) 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. Bank of America (BAC)
12.6% sales growth and 10.11% return on equity
Through its subsidiaries, Bank of America Corporation provides financial services and banking products for individuals, small- and medium-sized businesses, institutions investors, governments, and large corporations worldwide. The bank's Consumer Banking segment provides traditional and money-market savings accounts as well as certificates of deposit, IRAs and noninterest-and-interest bearing checking accounts. It also offers investment accounts and products, credit and debit cards and residential mortgages. Global Wealth & Investment Management offers investment management and brokerage services, trust, retirement and banking products, wealth management and solutions as well as custom solutions including special asset management. The company's Global Banking segment offers lending products and services including loans and leases as well as commitment and trade facilities for commercial and real estate. It also provides treasury services such short-term investment options, merchant services and treasury management. Working capital management solutions and debt and equity distribution. Global Markets offers services such as market-making and settlement. It served approximately 67,000,000 consumer and small-business clients, with nearly 4,200 retail financial centres; 16,000 ATMs; as well as digital banking platforms that have approximately 41 million users. It was established in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1784.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Bank of America has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.33.
PE Ratio
Bank of America has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 13.92. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $13.92 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 10.11%.Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Bank of America's stock is valued at $32.44 at 19:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $50.11 and way higher than its 52-week low of $29.31.
Growth Estimates Quarters
For the current quarter, the company expects to grow by 3.7% and 12.5% respectively.2. The Hershey Company (HSY)
11.2% sales growth and 63.26% return on equity
The Hershey Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of confectionery products and pantry items in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America Confectionery, North America Salty Snacks, and International. It offers chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery products; gum and mint refreshment products, including mints, chewing gums, and bubble gums; pantry items, such as baking ingredients, toppings, beverages, and sundae syrups; and snack items comprising spreads, meat snacks, bars and snack bites, mixes, popcorn, and protein bars. The company provides its products primarily under the Hershey's, Reese's, Kisses, Jolly Rancher, Almond Joy, Brookside, barkTHINS, Cadbury, Good & Plenty, Heath, Kit Kat, Payday, Rolo, Twizzlers, Whoppers, York, Ice Breakers, Breath Savers, Bubble Yum, Lily's, SkinnyPop, Pirates Booty, Paqui, Dot's Homestyle Pretzels, and ONE Bar brands, as well as under the Pelon Pelo Rico, IO-IO, and Sofit brands. It markets and sells its products to wholesale distributors, chain grocery stores, mass merchandisers, chain drug stores, vending companies, wholesale clubs, convenience stores, dollar stores, concessionaires, and department stores. The company was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, The Hershey Company has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.72.
PE Ratio
The Hershey Company has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 35.05. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $35.05 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 63.26%.Volume
The Hershey Company's current reported volume is 223534. This is 77.07% less than its 975065 average volume.
Dividend Yield
Morningstar, Inc. estimates that the next dividend payment will be on August 17, 2022. The forward annual dividend rate for the year is estimated at 4.14, and the forward annual dividend yield to be 1.78%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 19.3%, now sitting on 9.72B for the twelve trailing months.
3. Juniper Networks (JNPR)
10.7% sales growth and 9.71% return on equity
Juniper Networks, Inc. designs, develops, and sells network products and services worldwide. The company offers routing products, such as ACX series universal access routers to deploy high-bandwidth services; MX series Ethernet routers that function as a universal edge platform; PTX series packet transport routers; cloud customer premises equipment; and NorthStar controllers. It also provides switching products, including EX series Ethernet switches to address the access, aggregation, and core layer switching requirements of micro branch, branch office, and campus environments; QFX series of core, spine, and top-of-rack data center switches; and mist access points, which provide wireless access and performance. In addition, the company offers security products comprising SRX series services gateways for the data center; Branch SRX family provides an integrated firewall and next-generation firewall; virtual firewall that delivers various features of physical firewalls; and advanced malware protection, a cloud-based service and Juniper ATP. Further, it offers Junos OS, a network operating system; Contrail networking and cloud platform, which provides an open-source and standards-based platform for SDN and NFV; Contrail Insights, an optimization and management software platform for public, private, and hybrid clouds; and Marvis Actions and AI-driven Virtual Network Assistant, which identifies the root cause of issues across the information technology, domains and automatically resolves issues. Additionally, the company provides technical support, maintenance, and professional services, as well as education and training programs. It sells its products through direct sales, distributors, value-added resellers, and original equipment manufacturer partners to end-users in the cloud, service provider, and enterprise markets. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Juniper Networks has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.28.
PE Ratio
Juniper Networks has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 25.3. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $25.3 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 9.71%.4. Ingredion Incorporated (INGR)
6.5% sales growth and 14.43% return on equity
Ingredion Incorporated and its affiliates produce and sell sweeteners and starches for many industries. The company operates in four regions: North America, South America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. It offers sweeteners such as glucose syrups and high-maltose syrups as well as caramel colors and maltodextrins. The company also offers animal feed products, edible corn oil, refined corn oil for packers of cooking oils and producers of shortenings, mayonnaise and margarine; as well as corn gluten feed that is used to provide protein feed to chickens and pet food. Products of the company are made primarily by processing corn and starch-based material, like tapioca and potato. The company serves the food, beverage and paper, corrugating, and pharmaceutical industries as well as animal feed markets. Ingredion Incorporated was founded in June 2012 as Corn Products International, Inc. Ingredion Incorporated is an Illinois-based company that was established in 1906.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Ingredion Incorporated has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.62.
PE Ratio
Ingredion Incorporated has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 14.83. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $14.83 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 14.43%.Growth Estimates Quarters
The company's growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 27.5% and 3.6%, respectively.Earnings before Interest, Taxes and Depreciation
Ingredion Incorporated has an EBITDA of 1.12.
5. Kilroy Realty Corporation (KRC)
5.3% sales growth and 4.49% return on equity
Kilroy Realty Corporation, NYSE: KRC is the "companyA" and A"KRCA" leading West Coast developer and landlord with major operations in San Diego and Greater Los Angeles. Global recognition has been given to the company for its sustainability, innovative design, and building operations. The company is a pioneer and innovator in creating a sustainable real estate sector. Its modern approach to business environment helps foster creativity, productivity, and employee retention at some of the most prominent technology, entertainment and life sciences companies around the globe. KRC, which is publicly traded as a real estate investment trust ("A"REITA"), has more than seventy years of combined experience in developing and managing mixed-use office projects. KRC had approximately 13.5 million square feet in its stabilized portfolio, which included primarily office space and life sciences. It was 96% leased and 92.3% of it occupied. There were 200 residential units at KRC in Hollywood, with an average quarterly occupancy of 85.0%. Additionally, there was another 462 units in San Diego which were being leased out. KRC also had eight ongoing development projects totaling $2.0 billion. These included approximately 2.3 Million square feet of office space and life sciences space and 339 residential units. 95% of the office and 90% of life science space were leased.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Kilroy Realty Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.93.
PE Ratio
Kilroy Realty Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 20.8. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $20.8 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 4.49%.Sales Growth
Kilroy Realty Corporation's sales growth is 6.1% for the present quarter and 5.3% for the next.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 18.8%, now sitting on 1.07B for the twelve trailing months.