(VIANEWS) - Capital Southwest Corporation (CSWC), Gentherm (THRM), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF) 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. Capital Southwest Corporation (CSWC)
50% sales growth and 10.31% return on equity
Capital Southwest Corporation, a business development firm, specializes in venture capital and credit. Capital Southwest Corporation does not invest or deal in publicly traded companies, venture capital opportunities, real estate development, projects, oil and natural gas exploration companies, companies that are in trouble, turnarounds, or companies with significant senior management. The firm invests mostly in the lower middle market. This includes growth financing, bolt on acquisitions and new platform acquisitions. Refinancing, dividend recapitalizations. Sponsor-led buyouts. Management buyouts are also possible. There are four types of investment: subordinated, senior, Unitranche, common, preferred, and second-lien debt. It makes equity coinvestments in addition to debt investments up to 20%. The company also makes non-control investment. The firm prefers to invest into industrial manufacturing and services as well as value-added distribution and healthcare products and services. It also offers business services, specialty chemicals and food, and tech-enabled and SaaS model investments. It is interested in investing in industrial technologies and energy products as well as specialty chemicals and products. The firm is interested in investing in all segments of energy services and products. This excludes exploration and production. It also seeks investment in equipment rental and consumable products. It is interested in industrial technology, including automation, process control, packaging, fluid handling, measuring, monitoring, testing, professional instruments, sensors, and instrumentation. The firm is interested in investing in specialty chemicals and products that create and produce highly differentiated chemicals. This includes adhesives, coatings sealants and catalysts as well as absorbents and catalysts. It also invests in performance lubricants and polymers. Chemical dispensing equipment and tools for professional and industrial use. The firm may invest in outstanding opportunities in building products. It seeks investment in the United States. It seeks investments in securities ranging between $5 million and $25 millions. The firm is looking to invest in equity up to $5million and to borrow between $5 million to $20 million. It also co-invests up to $40 million. It will invest only in businesses with annual revenues of more than $10 million and profitable operations. . It invests in companies that have less than $15,000,000 in EBITDA. However, the firm also invests opportunistically in the upper market. This is generally defined as those with EBITDA greater than $50 million. The firm makes direct investments and also allocates capital for syndicated second and first lien term loans. EBITDA size greater than $30M, Closing Leverage higher than 4x, investment holding size greater than $5 million to $7 million, and an investment yield of 6.5% or more are the criteria for Upper Middle Market Syndicated 1st Len. EBITDA size greater than $50,000,000, Closing Leverage greater that 6 times, investment holding size of $5m to $7m, and investment yield greater then 9% are the criteria for Upper Middle Market Syndicated 2nd Lien. The firm prefers to own both a majority or a minority share. It can hold its investments in portfolio companies for a very long time. The firm may also purchase warrants. It prefers Board participation in portfolio companies. Capital Southwest Corporation was established in Dallas on April 19, 1961.
Earnings per Share
Capital Southwest Corporation's trailing twelve-month EPS is $1.84.
PE Ratio
Capital Southwest Corporation's trailing 12-month price-earnings ratio is 10.62. The purchaser of the shares is investing $10.62 per dollar in annual earnings.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is a measure of the business' profitability relative to shareholders' equity, was 10.31%.Annual Top and Bottom Value
Capital Southwest Corporation stock was valued at $19.55 as of 10:22 EST. This is way lower than its 52 week high of $28.17, and much higher than its 52-week low at $16.28.
Volume
Today's last reported volume for Capital Southwest Corporation is 104970 which is 47.1% below its average volume of 198440.
Growth Estimates Quarters
For the current quarter, the company expects to grow by 9.8% and 18.% respectively.2. Gentherm (THRM)
31.7% sales growth and 7.61% return on equity
Gentherm Incorporated develops, produces, markets, and sells thermal management technology. It operates in two main segments: Automotive and Medical. Automotive offers climate comfort systems solutions. These include heaters, blowers and thermoelectric devices to control temperature and seat heating. The Automotive segment also offers battery performance solutions. These include cell connecting devices to various automotive batteries as well thermal management products for heating or cooling 12V, 48V and high voltage batteries. It also includes automotive electronic and software systems that contain electronic control units for climate systems. This section serves first-tier suppliers of automotive OEMs (light vehicle OEMs), as well as commercial vehicle OEMs. The Medical segment provides temperature control systems for patients. It offers its services and products in Vietnam, Germany, Canada and China. The former name of the company was Amerigon Incorporated. In September 2012, Gentherm Incorporated took over its business. Gentherm Incorporated is located in Northville in Michigan. It was founded in 1991.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Gentherm has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.48.
PE Ratio
Gentherm has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 49.03. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $49.03 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 7.61%.Moving Average
Gentherm's worth is way higher than its 50-day moving average of $58.09 and higher than its 200-day moving average of $66.61.3. WhiteHorse Finance (WHF)
23% sales growth and 7.34% return on equity
WhiteHorse Finance, LLC is a business development company.
Earnings per Share
WhiteHorse Finance's trailing 12 months profit per share is $1.07.
PE Ratio
WhiteHorse Finance's trailing 12-month price-to-earnings ratio is 11.68. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $11.68 per dollar in annual earnings.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is an indicator of the business' profitability relative to shareholders' equity, was 7.34%.Volume
Today's last reported volume for WhiteHorse Finance is 57744 which is 0.83% below its average volume of 58232.
Growth Estimates Quarters
For the current quarter, the company expects a decline of 2.7% in growth and a rise of 18.8% the following.4. Carter Bank & Trust (CARE)
18.2% sales growth and 10.06% return on equity
Carter Bankshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Carter Bank & Trust that provides various banking products and services. It accepts various deposit products, including checking, savings, retirement, and money market accounts, as well as longer-term certificates of deposits. The company also offers commercial loans comprising secured and unsecured loans; consumer loans, such as secured and unsecured loans for financing automobiles, home improvements, education, overdraft protection, and personal investments, as well as residential mortgages; real estate construction and acquisition loans; home equity lines of credit; and credit cards, as well as originates and holds fixed and variable rate mortgage loans. In addition, it provides other banking services that include safe deposit boxes, direct deposit of payroll and social security checks, online banking, bill pay, online account opening, mobile deposit, mobile banking, debit cards, e-statements, and ATM services; title insurance and other financial institution-related products and services; and treasury and corporate cash management services. The company operates through 92 branches in Virginia and North Carolina. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Martinsville, Virginia.
Earnings per Share
Carter Bank & Trust's trailing 12 months EPS is $-1.55.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is a measure of the profitability and shareholder equity for a company, was 10.06%.Growth Estimates Quarters
The company's growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 4.8% and 128.6%, respectively.Sales Growth
Carter Bank & Trust's sales growth for the next quarter is 18.2%.
5. Microchip Technology (MCHP)
18% sales growth and 26.79% return on equity
Microchip Technology Incorporated develops, manufactures, and sells smart, connected, and secure embedded control solutions in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The company offers general purpose 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcontrollers; 32-bit embedded microprocessors markets; and specialized microcontrollers for automotive, industrial, computing, communications, lighting, power supplies, motor control, human machine interface, security, wired connectivity, and wireless connectivity applications. It also provides development tools that enable system designers to program microcontroller and microprocessor products for specific applications; field-programmable gate array (FPGA) products; and analog, interface, mixed signal, and timing products comprising power management, linear, mixed-signal, high-voltage, thermal management, discrete diodes and metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETS), radio frequency (RF), drivers, safety, security, timing, USB, Ethernet, wireless, and other interface products. In addition, the company offers memory products consisting of serial electrically erasable programmable read-only memory, serial flash memories, parallel flash memories, serial static random access memories, and serial electrically erasable random access memories for the production of very small footprint devices; and licenses its SuperFlash embedded flash and NVM technologies to foundries, integrated device manufacturers, and design partners for use in the manufacture of microcontroller products, gate array, RF, analog, and neuromorphic compute products that require embedded non-volatile memory, as well as provides engineering services. Further, it offers wafer foundry and assembly, and test subcontracting manufacturing services; and timing systems products, application specific integrated circuits, and aerospace products. Microchip Technology Incorporated was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Microchip Technology has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.26.
PE Ratio
Microchip Technology has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 60.3. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $60.3 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 26.79%.Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 25.1%, now sitting on 7.22B for the twelve trailing months.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company's growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 29.2% and 17%, respectively.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 1.2, and the forward annual dividend yield to be 1.92%.
Sales Growth
Microchip Technology is expecting 18% sales growth in the third quarter.
6. MEDIFAST (MED)
16% sales growth and 84.29% return on equity
Medifast, Inc., via its subsidiaries, produces and distributes healthy eating products and weight loss products. You can find bars, snacks, muffins and pretzels as well as oatmeal, cereal crunch, breakfast and dessert options. It markets products via direct ecommerce platforms and through franchise weight control centers channels. Medifast, Inc., was established in 1980 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Earnings per Share
For profitability, the trailing twelve-month EPS for MEDIFAST is $8.68.
PE Ratio
The trailing 12-month price-earnings ratio for MEDIFAST is 12.4. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $12.4 per dollar in annual earnings.
8.29% is the company's return-on-equity, which measures profitability relative to shareholders equity for twelve months.Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 22.6%, now sitting on 1.6B for the twelve trailing months.
Volume
Today's last reported volume for MEDIFAST is 380386 which is 115.71% above its average volume of 176340.
7. FleetCor Technologies (FLT)
14.4% sales growth and 28.16% return on equity
FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. provides digital payment solutions for businesses to control purchases and make payments. It offers corporate payments solutions, such as accounts payable automation; Virtual Card, which provides a single-use card number for a specific amount usable within a defined timeframe; Cross-Border that is used by its customers to pay international vendors, foreign office and personnel expenses, capital expenditures, and profit repatriation and dividends; and purchasing cards and travel and entertainment cards for its customers to analyze and manage their corporate spending. The company also provides employee expense management solutions, including fuel solutions to businesses and government entities that operate vehicle fleets, as well as to oil and leasing companies, and fuel marketers; lodging solutions to businesses that have employees who travel overnight for work purposes, as well as to airlines and cruise lines to accommodate traveling crews and stranded passengers; and electronic toll payments solutions to businesses and consumers in the form of radio frequency identification tags affixed to vehicles' windshields. In addition, it offers gift card program management and processing services in plastic and digital forms that include card design, production and packaging, delivery and fulfillment, card and account management, transaction processing, promotion development and management, website design and hosting, program analytics, and card distribution channel management. Further, it provides other products consisting of payroll cards, vehicle maintenance service solution, long-haul transportation solution, prepaid food vouchers or cards, and prepaid transportation cards and vouchers. The company serves business, merchant, consumer, and payment network customers in North America, Brazil, and Internationally. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, FleetCor Technologies has a trailing twelve months EPS of $8.12.
PE Ratio
FleetCor Technologies has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 24.67. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $24.67 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 28.16%.8. First Financial Bankshares (FFIN)
5.1% sales growth and 16.13% return on equity
First Financial Bankshares, Inc., and its subsidiaries, offer commercial banking services in Texas. Checking, savings, money market, time deposits, commercial, industrial, commercial, agricultural, development, farmer, non-owner-occupied, owner-occupied residential real estate, residential and auto loans for businesses and professionals, as well as non-auto loans for farmers and ranch operators. You can also use the company's remote banking and internet banking to make a drive-in or night deposit. The company also offers trust management services such as administration of estates. testamentary trusts. revocable or irrevocable trusts. agency accounts. Securities brokerage services are available. They can also administer retirements as well as employee benefits accounts like 401(k), profit-sharing plans, and IRAs. The company also offers technology and asset management services. It had 78 Texas financial centers as of December 31, 2021. First Financial Bankshares, Inc. is an American bank headquartered in Abilene, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, First Financial Bankshares has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.62.
PE Ratio
First Financial Bankshares has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 22.8. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $22.8 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 16.13%.Sales Growth
First Financial Bankshares has a 5.4% and 5.1% sales growth for the current quarter.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth declined by 2%, now sitting on 514.81M for the twelve trailing months.