(VIANEWS) - Hess Corporation (HES), Resolute Forest Products (RFP), Independent Bank Group (IBTX) 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. Hess Corporation (HES)
15.9% sales growth and 30.74% return on equity
Hess Corporation is an exploration-and production company that explores and develops natural gas liquids and crude oil. Exploration and Production are the two main segments of Hess Corporation. Midstream is their other segment. The company conducts its production activities primarily in Guyana, Malaysia and the Malaysia/Thailand Joint Development Area. It also explores offshore Guyana and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. It is involved in the following activities: gathering, compressing and processing natural gas, fractionating NGLs, gathering, loading, transporting crude oil through railcar; and storage and terminaling propane. It had 1,309,000,000 barrels of equivalent oil as proved reserves on December 31, 2021. It was founded in 1920. The headquarters are located in New York.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Hess Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-1.34.
The company's return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder's equity, for the twelve trailing months is 30.74%.Sales Growth
Hess Corporation's sales growth is 20.8% for the ongoing quarter and 15.9% for the next.
Moving Average
Hess Corporation is worth more than its moving average for 50 days of $138.10, and much higher than its moving average for 200 days of $117.64.2. 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 and abroad. It operates in five different segments, including Market Pulp and Tissue as well as Wood Products, Newsprint, Specialty Papers, Wood Products, Wood Products, Newsprint, 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 18.94. The purchaser of the shares is thus investing $18.94 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%.Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Resolute Forest Products's stock is valued at $21.90 at 10:22 EST, below its 52-week high of $21.96 and way above its 52-week low of $11.00.
Moving Average
Resolute Forest Products's market value is higher than its $50.96 moving average and much more than its $200.95 moving average.3. Independent Bank Group (IBTX)
11.7% sales growth and 8.52% return on equity
Independent Bank Group, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Independent Bank that provides various commercial banking products and services to businesses, professionals, and individuals in the United States. It accepts various deposit products, including checking and savings accounts, demand deposits, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. The company also provides commercial real estate loans; commercial construction, land, and land development loans; residential real estate loans; single-family interim construction loans; commercial loans comprising SBA guaranteed loans, business term loans, equipment lease financing, lines of credit, and energy related loans; agricultural loans for farmers and ranchers; consumer installment loans comprising loans to purchase cars, boats, and other recreational vehicles; and residential mortgages. In addition, it offers debit cards, online and mobile banking, eStatement, bank-by-mail, and direct deposit services; and business accounts and management services, including analyzed business checking, business savings, and treasury management services. As of December 31, 2020, the company operated 93 branches. Independent Bank Group, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in McKinney, Texas.
Earnings per Share
Independent Bank Group's trailing 12 months earnings per share (EPS) is $4.97
PE Ratio
Independent Bank Group's trailing 12-month price-earnings ratio is 12.09. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $12.09 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 8.52%.4. Perficient (PRFT)
9.8% sales growth and 20.42% return on equity
Perficient, Inc. offers digital consulting services and solutions throughout the United States. Perficient, Inc. offers consulting services in areas such as digital strategy and management consulting. It also provides data and intelligence solutions for analytics, machine learning and big data. The company also offers cloud, commerce and customer performance management. It provides custom application development and DevOps. Enterprise resource planning, integration, APIs, intelligence automation, Internet of Things and mobile. The company also offers content design, analytics, conversion rate optimization and creative design. The company serves healthcare, financial, consumer, transportation and telecommunications markets. It also offers product development services. Perficient, Inc., was founded in 1997. It is located in St. Louis, Missouri.
Earnings per Share
Perficient's trailing 12 month EPS is $2.26.
PE Ratio
The trailing 12-month price-earnings ratio for Perficient is 31.42. The purchaser of Perficient shares is investing $31.42 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 20.42%.Earnings before Interest, Taxes and Depreciation
Perficient's EBITDA stands at 62.34.
5. Ciena Corporation (CIEN)
9.4% sales growth and 5.33% return on equity
Ciena Corporation offers network software and hardware that supports transport routing, switching and aggregation. It also provides services for managing voice, video and data traffic over communications networks around the world. Networking Platforms is a segment of the company that offers networking products and services optimized for convergence of coherent optic transport, optical transport network switch, and packet switching. The company's products include the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform. It also offers the Waveserver stackable interconnect and waveserver stackable interconnect systems. The segment sells software for operating systems and advanced software features that are embedded in its products. Blue Planet Automation Software and Services, a division of the company, offers multi-domain service management, route optimization and analysis as well as network function virtualization orchestration and analytics. The company's Platform Software and Service segments offer OneControl platform management software and services. They also provide software to manage, control and plan. Global Services provides services such as consulting, network design and installation, support for maintenance, training, and other related services. It sells products to network operators through both direct and indirect channels. Ciena Corporation was established in 1992. It is located in Hanover Maryland.
Earnings per Share
For profitability, Ciena Corporation's trailing twelve-month EPS is $1.01.
PE Ratio
Ciena Corporation's trailing 12-month price-earnings ratio is 48.84. The purchaser of the shares is investing $48.84 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 5.33%.Sales Growth
Ciena Corporation's sales growth is 13.4% for the present quarter and 9.4% for the next.
Growth Estimates Quarters
For the current quarter, the company expects a decline of 25.5% in growth and a rise of 11.5% the following.Revenue growth
The year-over-year revenue growth fell by 6.8%. We now have 3.63B in the 12 trailing months.
6. AB InBev (BUD)
5.5% sales growth and 6.79% return on equity
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is involved in the distribution and sale of beer and alcoholic beverages worldwide. The portfolio includes Budweiser and Stella Artois, as well as Beck's and Hoegaarden and Leffe brands. It was established in Leuven in Belgium in 1366.
Earnings per Share
AB InBev's trailing twelve-month EPS is $0.7.
PE Ratio
AB InBev's trailing 12 months earnings to price ratio is 86.6. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $86.6 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 6.79%.