(VIANEWS) - Duke Realty Corporation (DRE), ONEOK (OKE), Resolute Forest Products (RFP) 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. Duke Realty Corporation (DRE)
23.6% sales growth and 16.09% return on equity
Duke Realty Corporation owns and operates approximately 159 million rentable square feet of industrial assets in 20 major logistics markets. Duke Realty Corporation is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol DRE and is a member of the S&P 500 Index.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Duke Realty Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.96.
PE Ratio
Duke Realty Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 50.05. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $50.05 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 16.09%.Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Duke Realty Corporation's stock is valued at $48.20 at 05:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $66.22 and higher than its 52-week low of $47.12.
Sales Growth
Duke Realty Corporation is forecasting a 23.6% increase in sales for its next quarter.
2. ONEOK (OKE)
18.7% sales growth and 26.23% return on equity
ONEOK, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in gathering, processing, storage, and transportation of natural gas in the United States. It operates through Natural Gas Gathering and Processing, Natural Gas Liquids, and Natural Gas Pipelines segments. The company owns natural gas gathering pipelines and processing plants in the Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain regions. It also gathers, treats, fractionates, and transports natural gas liquids (NGL), as well as stores, markets, and distributes NGL products. The company owns NGL gathering and distribution pipelines in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado; terminal and storage facilities in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, and Illinois; and NGL distribution and refined petroleum products pipelines in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana, as well as owns and operates truck- and rail-loading, and -unloading facilities connected to NGL fractionation, storage, and pipeline assets. In addition, it operates regulated interstate and intrastate natural gas transmission pipelines and natural gas storage facilities. Further, the company owns and operates a parking garage in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma; and leases excess office space. It operates 17,500 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines; 1,500 miles of FERC-regulated interstate natural gas pipelines; 5,100 miles of state-regulated intrastate transmission pipeline; six NGL storage facilities; and eight NGL product terminals. It serves integrated and independent exploration and production companies; NGL and natural gas gathering and processing companies; crude oil and natural gas production companies; propane distributors; municipalities; ethanol producers; and petrochemical, refining, and NGL marketing companies, as well as natural gas distribution and electric generation companies, producers, processors, and marketing companies. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Earnings per Share
ONEOK's trailing 12 month EPS is $2.59.
PE Ratio
ONEOK's trailing 12 months earnings to price ratio is 24.61. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $24.61 per dollar in annual earnings.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is a measure of the profitability of a company relative to shareholders' equity, was 26.23%.Volume
Today's last reported volume for ONEOK is 1370230 which is 48.43% below its average volume of 2657220.
3. Resolute Forest Products (RFP)
14.4% sales growth and 24.58% return on equity
Resolute Forest Products Inc. and its affiliates operate in the United States of America, Canada, Mexico, as well as internationally in the wood products sector. It operates in five different segments, including Market Pulp and Tissue as well as Wood Products, Newsprint, Specialty Papers, Wood Products, Wood Products, Newsprint and Wood Products. Market Pulp offers virgin and bleached kraft pulp. The Tissue segment offers a variety of tissue products such as virgin and recycled bleached kraft pulp for both at-home and away-from home markets. It also sells parent rolls. Wood Products produces wood products such as construction grade and spruce pine-fir lumber, components for bed frames, finger joints and furring strips. It also makes I-joists and other construction materials. Newsprint is available to both newspaper publishers and commercial printers. It can be used for flyers, inserts, or other purposes. Specialty Papers offers a variety of uncoated mechanical paper options, such as supercalendered, white, and uncoated freesheet. The specialty papers can be used in magazines, books, inserts, direct mail and coupons. The specialty paper segment is sold to direct mailers and commercial printers. Six cogeneration plants and seven hydroelectric dams are used to produce electricity. Resolute Forest Products Inc. has its headquarters in Montreal, Canada.
Earnings per Share
Resolute Forest Products' trailing 12 month EPS is $1.16.
PE Ratio
Resolute Forest Products' trailing 12-month price-to-earnings ratio is 18.28. The purchaser of the shares is investing $18.28 per dollar in annual earnings.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is a measure of the profitability and shareholder equity for a business, was 24.58%.4. Gentex Corporation (GNTX)
11.7% sales growth and 16.16% return on equity
Gentex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and supplies digital vision, connected car, dimmable glass, and fire protection products in the United States, Germany, Japan, Mexico, and internationally. It operates through Automotive Products and Other segments. The company offers automotive products, including interior and exterior electrochromic automatic-dimming rearview mirrors, automotive electronics, and non-automatic-dimming rearview mirrors for automotive passenger cars, light trucks, pick-up trucks, sport utility vehicles, and vans for original equipment manufacturers, automotive suppliers, and various aftermarket and accessory customers. It also provides variable dimmable windows to aircraft manufacturers and airline operators. In addition, the company offers photoelectric smoke detectors and alarms, electrochemical carbon monoxide alarms and detectors, audible and visual signaling alarms, and bells and speakers used in fire detection systems in office buildings, hotels, and other commercial and residential buildings, as well as researches and develops nanofiber chemical sensing products. The company sells its fire protection products directly, as well as through sales managers and manufacturer representative organizations to fire protection and security product distributors, electrical wholesale houses, and original equipment manufacturers of fire protection systems. Gentex Corporation was incorporated in 1974 and is headquartered in Zeeland, Michigan.
Earnings per Share
Gentex Corporation's trailing twelve-month EPS is $1.34.
PE Ratio
Gentex Corporation's trailing 12 months earnings to price ratio is 21.46. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $21.46 per dollar in annual earnings.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is a measure of the profitability and shareholder equity for a business, was 16.16%.Sales Growth
Gentex Corporation's sales growth is 19.9% for the current quarter and 11.7% for the next.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 23.5%, now sitting on 1.85B for the twelve trailing months.
Volume
Gentex Corporation's current reported volume is 201584, which is 79% lower than its 1007050 average volume.
5. Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY)
9.9% sales growth and 14.18% return on equity
Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Guaranty Bank & Trust, N.A. that provides a range of commercial and consumer banking products and services for small- and medium-sized businesses, professionals, and individuals. The company offers various deposit products, such as checking and savings, money market, and business accounts, as well as certificates of deposit; and loan products comprising commercial and industrial, construction and development, 1-4 family residential, commercial real estate, farmland and agricultural, multi-family residential, and consumer loans. It also provides trust, wealth management, and retirement plan services; online, mobile, and telephone banking, as well as automated teller machine services; debit cards; night depository and direct deposit services; cashier's checks and letters of credit; and treasury management services, including wire transfer, positive pay, remote deposit capture, and automated clearinghouse services. The company operates approximately 31 full service banking locations in East Texas, Central Texas, the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan statistical area (MSA), and the Houston MSA. Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Addison, Texas.
Earnings per Share
Guaranty Bancshares' trailing 12-month EPS is $3.43.
PE Ratio
Guaranty Bancshares' trailing 12-month price-to-earnings ratio is 10.18. The purchaser of the shares is investing $10.18 per dollar in annual earnings.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is a measure of the profitability and shareholder equity for a business, was 14.18%.Dividend Yield
According to Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Sep 28, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.88 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 2.52%.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company's growth estimates for the current quarter is 16% and a drop 9.1% for the next.Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 9.1%, now sitting on 128.08M for the twelve trailing months.
Moving Average
Guaranty Bancshares's worth is below its 50-day moving average of $35.58 and under its 200-day moving average of $35.66.6. American Financial Group (AFG)
6.7% sales growth and 21.33% return on equity
American Financial Group, Inc., an insurance holding company, provides property and casualty insurance products in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Property and Casualty Insurance, Annuity, and Other. It offers property and transportation insurance products, such as physical damage and liability coverage for buses, trucks, inland and ocean marine, agricultural-related products, and other commercial property coverages; specialty casualty insurance, including primarily excess and surplus, general liability, executive and professional liability, umbrella and excess liability, and specialty coverage in targeted markets, as well as customized programs for small to mid-sized businesses and workers' compensation insurance; and specialty financial insurance products comprising risk management insurance programs for lending and leasing institutions, surety and fidelity products, and trade credit insurance. The company sells its property and casualty insurance products through independent insurance agents and brokers, as well as through employee agents. It also provides traditional fixed, fixed-indexed, and variable-indexed annuities to the retail, financial institutions, registered investment advisor, and education markets. In addition, the company engages in the commercial real estate operations in Cincinnati, Whitefield, New Hampshire, Chesapeake Bay, Charleston, and Palm Beach. American Financial Group, Inc. was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, American Financial Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $8.2.
PE Ratio
American Financial Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 16.95. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $16.95 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 21.33%.Volume
Today's last reported volume for American Financial Group is 404918 which is 1.79% below its average volume of 412306.
7. Forrester Research (FORR)
5.6% sales growth and 15.16% return on equity
Forrester Research, Inc. is an independent research company that provides advisory and consulting services. It operates three distinct segments, namely Research, Consulting, Events. Forrester Research and SiriusDecisions Research are the primary services of the Research segment. These subscriptions provide business leaders and technologists with an established path to customer obsession and growth. The segment provides content such as market predictions and future trends; detailed consumer and buyer data, insights, best practices models, tools and data to manage business functions. It also includes operational benchmarking and data on performance and technological market landscapes. Online access allows for vendor evaluations. The Consulting segment offers consulting services, such as conducting maturity assessments and prioritizing best practice, creating strategies, choosing technology vendors, structuring companies, and developing collateral and content marketing strategies. In-person or virtual events are held by the Events segment to discuss business-to-business sales, product leadership, customer service, security, risk and new technologies and innovations, as well as data strategies and insight. Direct sales are used to sell the company's products and services in different locations throughout the United States and Europe. Forrester Research, Inc., was founded in 1983. It is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Forrester Research has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.62.
PE Ratio
Forrester Research has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 21.67. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $21.67 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 15.16%.Moving Average
Forrester Research's value falls below its 50-day moving mean of $37.20, and far below its 200 day moving average at $46.34.Revenue growth
The twelve-month trailing revenue was 534.62M, an 8.1% increase in quarterly revenue year-over-year.
Previous days news about Forrester Research(FORR)
- According to The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, 8 December, "Brendan Witcher, principal analyst at research firm Forrester Research Inc., said many retailers are turning to the strategy this year as they look to get more out of their existing stores and employees rather than investing in new distribution centers amid concerns about an economic slowdown."
8. Alamo Group (ALG)
5.2% sales growth and 12.88% return on equity
Alamo Group Inc. designs, manufactures, distributes, and services agricultural and infrastructure maintenance equipment for governmental and industrial use worldwide. The company offers hydraulically-powered and tractor-mounted mowers, including boom-mounted mowers; other cutters and replacement parts for heavy-duty and intensive uses; and heavy duty, tractor- and truck-mounted mowing, and vegetation maintenance equipment and replacement parts. It also provides truck-mounted air vacuum, mechanical broom, and regenerative air sweepers; pothole patchers; leaf collection equipment and replacement brooms; parking lot and street sweepers; excavators; catch basin cleaners and roadway debris vacuum systems; truck-mounted vacuum trucks, combination sewer cleaners, and hydro excavators; ice control products; snow plows and heavy duty snow removal equipment, hitches, attachments, and graders; landscape and vegetation maintenance equipment; and public works and runway maintenance products, parts, and services. In addition, the company offers rotary and finishing mowers, flail and disc mowers, front-end loaders, backhoes, rotary tillers, posthole diggers, scraper blades, and replacement parts, as well as zero turn radius mowers; cutting parts, plain and hard-faced replacement tillage tools, disc blades, and fertilizer application components; aftermarket agricultural parts; and heavy-duty mechanical rotary mowers, snow blowers, rock removal equipment, and replacement parts. Further, it provides tractor attachments; agricultural implements; hydraulic and boom-mounted hedge and grass cutters, and other tractor attachments and implements; hedgerow cutters, industrial grass mowers, and agricultural seedbed preparation cultivators; self-propelled sprayers and multi-drive load-carrying vehicles; cutting blades; hydraulic and mechanical boom mowers; and high pressure cleaning systems and trenchers. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Seguin, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Alamo Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $7.72.
PE Ratio
Alamo Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 19.05. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $19.05 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 12.88%.