(VIANEWS) - LSB Industries (LXU), Palomar Holdings (PLMR), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA) 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. LSB Industries (LXU)
46.6% sales growth and 37.44% return on equity
LSB Industries, Inc. produces, markets, and sells chemical products in the United States. The company offers nitrogen-based fertilizers such as fertilizer grade ammonium (HDAN), ammonia and urea ammonia. It also supplies fertilizer, NPK, and blends of fertilizer for other crops. The company also offers high purity and commercial grade ammonia, high purity ammonium nitrate, sulfuric acids, mixed nitrating acids, carbon dioxide, and diesel exhaust fluids, as well as concentrated, blended, and regular nitric acids for various applications, including semi-conductor and polyurethane intermediates; pulp and paper, alum, water treatment, metals, and vanadium processing; power plant emissions abatement, water treatment, refrigerants, and metals processing; and exhaust stream additive, and horticulture/greenhouse applications; and refrigeration. It also offers industrial-grade ammonium, ammonium solutions and HDAN for specialty emulsions used in mining, surface mining and quarries. Distributors and end-customers can also be used to sell the company's products. LSB Industries, Inc., was established in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1968.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, LSB Industries has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-3.35.
The company's return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder's equity, for the twelve trailing months is 37.44%.Growth Estimates Quarters
The company's growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 172.2% and 37.5%, respectively.Moving Average
LSB Industries's worth is under its 50-day moving average of $14.87 and way below its 200-day moving average of $16.77.2. Palomar Holdings (PLMR)
46.4% sales growth and 12.19% return on equity
Palomar Holdings, Inc., a holding company for insurance, offers specialty property insurance to commercial and residential customers. It offers personal and business specialty property insurance, which includes residential and commercial earthquakes, all-risk specialty homeowners, residential flooding, Hawaii hurricane, and residential flood. Other products include assumed reinsurance and flood. The company markets its products via retail agents, wholesale brokers and program administrators. It also has carrier partnerships. Formerly known as GC Palomar Holdings, the company is now GC Palomar Holdings. Palomar Holdings, Inc., was founded in 2013. It is located in La Jolla, California.
Earnings per Share
Palomar Holdings' trailing 12 month EPS is $0.24.
PE Ratio
Palomar Holdings' trailing 12-month price-earnings ratio is 191.88. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $191.88 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 12.19%.Volume
The current volume reported by Palomar Holdings for today is 196713, 8.2% lower than its average volume 214307.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company's growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 628.6% and 21.6%, respectively.3. First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA)
19.5% sales growth and 10.23% return on equity
First Citizens BancShares, Inc. operates as the holding company for First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company that provides retail and commercial banking services to individuals, businesses, and professionals. The company's deposit products include checking, savings, money market, and time deposit accounts. Its loan product portfolio comprises commercial construction and land development, commercial mortgage, commercial and industrial, and lease financing loans, as well as small business administration paycheck protection program loans; and consumer loans, such as residential and revolving mortgage, construction and land development, consumer auto, and other consumer loans. The company also offers treasury services products, cardholder and merchant services, wealth management services, and various other products and services; investment products, including annuities, discount brokerage services, and third-party mutual funds, as well as investment management and advisory services; and defined benefit and defined contribution, insurance, private banking, trust, fiduciary, philanthropy, and special asset services. The company provides its products and services through its branch network, as well as through digital banking, telephone banking, and various ATM networks. As of December 31, 2021, it operated 529 branches in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. First Citizens BancShares, Inc. was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Earnings per Share
First Citizens BancShares' trailing 12 months profit per share is $56.93
PE Ratio
First Citizens BancShares' trailing 12-month price-to-earnings ratio is 13.32. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $13.32 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 10.23%.Moving Average
First Citizens BancShares's worth is under its 50-day moving average of $803.79 and higher than its 200-day moving average of $744.24.Annual Top and Bottom Value
First Citizens BancShares stock was valued at $758.36 as of 15:22 EST. This is way lower than its 52 week high of $947.71, and much higher than its 52 week low of $598.01.
4. Alamo Group (ALG)
11.8% sales growth and 11.89% return on equity
Alamo Group Inc. manufactures, distributes and supports agricultural equipment and infrastructure maintenance equipment 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. The company also offers truck-mounted air vacuums, mechanical brooms and regenerative air sweepers, as well as leaf collection equipment. It also sells pothole patchers, leaf collection equipment, replacement brooms, parking lot sweepers, excavators, catch basin cleaners, and roadway debris vacuums. Ice control products include snow plows, heavy-duty snow removal equipment, hitches and attachments. The company also offers flail, disc, and rotary mowers as well as backhoes and rotary tillers as well as scraper blades and replacement parts. It also offers tractor attachments, agricultural implements, hydraulic and boom-mounted boom and hedge and grass cutters, as well as other tractor attachments. Seguin is the headquarters of this company, which was established in 1955.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Alamo Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $4.78.
PE Ratio
Alamo Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 29.61. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $29.61 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 11.89%.Moving Average
Alamo Group is worth less than its moving average for 50 days of $147.24, and more than its moving average for 200 days of $132.49.Dividend Yield
Morningstar, Inc. estimates that the next dividend payment will be on October 16, 2022. The forward annual dividend rate for 2020 is 0.72, and the forward annual dividend yield of 0.47%.
Revenue growth
The year-on-year revenue growth was 14%. We now have 1.43B in the 12 trailing months.
Volume
Today's last reported volume for Alamo Group is 24068 which is 51.19% below its average volume of 49312.
5. EMCOR Group (EME)
6.7% sales growth and 19.15% return on equity
EMCOR Group, Inc. provides electrical and mechanical construction, and facilities services in the United States. The company designs, integrates, installs, starts-up, operates, and maintains electric power transmission and distribution systems; premises electrical and lighting systems; process instrumentation in the refining, chemical and food processing, and mining industries; low-voltage, voice and data communications, fire protection, water and wastewater treatment, controls and filtration, central plant heating and cooling, plumbing, process, and piping systems; roadway and transit lighting, and fiber-optic lines; and heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, and clean-room process ventilation systems. The company also offers crane, rigging, and millwright services; and steel fabrication, erection, and welding services. In addition, it provides building services to commercial and government site-based operations and maintenance; facility maintenance and services; outage services to utilities and industrial plants; military base operations support; mobile mechanical maintenance and services; floor care and janitorial; landscaping, lot sweeping, and snow removal; facilities and vendor management; call center; building systems installation and support; modification and retrofit; infrastructure and building projects; and energy systems program development, management, and maintenance services. Further, the company offers industrial services for refineries and petrochemical plants, such as on-site repair, maintenance, and service of heat exchangers, towers, vessels, and piping; design, manufacture, repair, and hydro blast cleaning of shell and tube heat exchangers, and related equipment; refinery turnaround planning and engineering, specialty welding and technical services; and critical process unit overhaul and maintenance. EMCOR Group, Inc. is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, EMCOR Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $7.39.
PE Ratio
EMCOR Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 20.28. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $20.28 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 19.15%.Volume
Today's last reported volume for EMCOR Group is 130828 which is 62.49% below its average volume of 348842.
Earnings before Interest, Taxes and Depreciation
EMCOR Group's EBITDA stands at 0.69
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company's growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 20.1% and 30.2%, respectively.Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Oct 16, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.6 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 0.4%.