(VIANEWS) - LSB Industries (LXU), Fulton Financial Corporation (FULT), HireQuest (HQI) 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. manufactures, sells, and markets chemical products in the United States. It provides nitrogen-based fertilizers, such as ammonia, fertilizer grade ammonium nitrate (HDAN), and urea ammonia nitrate for fertilizer and fertilizer blends for corn and other crops, and NPK fertilizer blends applications. 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. In addition, it provides industrial grade ammonium nitrate, ammonium nitrate solutions, and HDAN solutions for the specialty emulsions for mining, surface mining, quarries, and construction applications. The company sells its products through distributors, as well as directly to end customers. LSB Industries, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Earnings per Share
LSB Industries' trailing twelve-month EPS is $-3.35.
For the 12 trailing months, the company's return-on-equity, which is a measure of the business' profitability relative to shareholders' equity, was 37.44%.Sales Growth
LSB Industries's sales growth is 20.9% for the present quarter and 46.6% for the next.
2. Fulton Financial Corporation (FULT)
40.2% sales growth and 10.33% return on equity
Fulton Financial Corporation operates as a financial holding company that provides consumer and commercial banking products and services. It accepts various checking accounts and savings deposit products, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts. The company also offers secured consumer loans, including home equity loans and lines of credit, automobile loans, personal lines of credit, and checking account overdraft protection; construction and jumbo residential mortgage loans; and commercial lending products comprising commercial real estate, commercial and industrial, and construction loans, as well as equipment lease financing loans. In addition, it provides letters of credit, cash management services, and traditional deposit products; and wealth management services, including investment management, trust, brokerage, insurance, and investment advisory services. Further, the company owns passive investments, as well as trust preferred securities; and sells various life insurance products. It provides its products and services through traditional financial center banking, as well as through a network of automated teller machines, telephone banking, mobile banking, and online banking. The company operated branches in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and Virginia. Fulton Financial Corporation was incorporated in 1882 and is headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Fulton Financial Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.56.
PE Ratio
Fulton Financial Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.58. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $10.58 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 10.33%.Volume
Today's last reported volume for Fulton Financial Corporation is 903094 which is 5.08% below its average volume of 951475.
3. HireQuest (HQI)
38.7% sales growth and 23.08% return on equity
HireQuest, Inc. provides on-demand and temporary staffing solutions in the United States. The company provides temporary staffing services, including skilled and semi-skilled labor and industrial personnel, clerical and administrative personnel, and construction personnel. As of March 25, 2021, the company had a network of approximately 139 franchisee-owned offices in 35 states and the District of Columbia. It serves customers primarily in the construction, industrial/manufacturing, warehousing, hospitality, recycling/waste management, disaster recovery, logistics, auctioneering, landscaping, and retail industries. The company was formerly known as Command Center, Inc. and changed its name to HireQuest, Inc. in September 2019. HireQuest, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Goose Creek, South Carolina.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, HireQuest has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.85.
PE Ratio
HireQuest has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 23.38. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $23.38 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 23.08%.4. Live Nation Entertainment (LYV)
29.7% sales growth and 76.57% return on equity
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. operates as a live entertainment company. It operates through Concerts, Ticketing, and Sponsorship & Advertising segments. The Concerts segment promotes live music events in its owned or operated venues, and in rented third-party venues; operates and manages music venues; produces music festivals; creates associated content; and offers management and other services to artists. The Ticketing segment manages the ticketing operations, including the provision of ticketing software and services to clients for tickets and event information through its primary websites livenation.com and ticketmaster.com, as well as provides ticket resale services. This segment sells tickets for its events, as well as for third-party clients in various live event categories, such as arenas, stadiums, amphitheaters, music clubs, concert promoters, professional sports franchises and leagues, college sports teams, performing arts venues, museums, and theaters through websites, mobile apps, and ticket outlets. The Sponsorship & Advertising segment sells international, national, and local sponsorships and placement of advertising, including signage, promotional programs, rich media offering that comprise advertising related with live streaming and music-related content; and ads across its distribution network of venues, events, and websites. This segment also manages the development of strategic sponsorship programs, as well as develops, books, and produces custom events or programs for specific brands. As of December 31, 2021, it owned, operated, or leased 165 entertainment venues in North America and 94 entertainment venues internationally. The company was formerly known as Live Nation, Inc. and changed its name to Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. in January 2010. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Live Nation Entertainment has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-8.12.
The company's return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder's equity, for the twelve trailing months is 76.57%.Volume
Live Nation Entertainment's current reported volume is 711381, which is 66.77% lower than its average volume (22278230).
Moving Average
Live Nation Entertainment's stock value has fallen below its $50-day moving mean of $73.65, and is way below its $200-day moving median of $89.04.5. Nexstar Media Group (NXST)
21.7% sales growth and 33.1% return on equity
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. is a TV broadcasting and media company that focuses on acquisition, development, operation, and maintenance of American television stations, interactive communities websites, and other digital media services. It offers free programming for television viewers. It provided programming and sales services via local service agreements to 37 independent power TV stations. The company also owned, operated and programmed 198 television stations. It also provides video and display advertising platforms, which are distributed locally and nationally via its own websites, and other third-party sites, and mobile apps. WGN America is a national entertainment cable network. The stations it owns are affiliated with ABC, NBC and FOX as well as CBS, FOX, CBS. MyNetworkTV, The CW, and other broadcast TV networks. The original name of the company was Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., but it changed its name in January 2017 to Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Nexstar Media Group, Inc. is an American media company based in Irving, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Nexstar Media Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $17.37.
PE Ratio
Nexstar Media Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.19. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $10.19 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 33.1%.Moving Average
Nexstar Media Group is worth more than its 50-day average $175.63, and less than its 200-day average $177.64.Dividend Yield
Morningstar, Inc. claims that the next dividend payment will be on August 9, 2022. The forward dividend rate and yield are estimated to be 3.6 and 1.94%, respectively.
6. 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, inventory 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 making an investment of $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%.Growth Estimates Quarters
The company's growth estimates for the current quarter is a negative 25.5% and positive 11.5% for the next.Moving Average
Ciena Corporation's worth is higher than its 50-day moving average of $45.61 and above its 200-day moving average of $49.11.7. Whitestone REIT (WSR)
5.8% sales growth and 4.53% return on equity
Whitestone is a community-centered shopping center REIT that acquires, owns, manages, develops and redevelops high-quality open-air neighborhood centers primarily in the largest, fastest-growing and most affluent markets in the Sunbelt. Whitestone seeks to create communities that thrive through creating local connections between consumers in the surrounding communities and a well-crafted mix of national, regional and local tenants that provide daily necessities, needed services, entertainment and experiences. Whitestone is a monthly dividend paying stock and has consistently paid dividends for over 15 years. Whitestone's strong, balanced and managed capital structure provides stability and flexibility for growth and positions Whitestone to perform well through economic cycles.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Whitestone REIT has a trailing twelve months EPS of $0.36.
PE Ratio
Whitestone REIT has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 26.94. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $26.94 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 4.53%.Annual Top and Bottom Value
Whitestone REIT stock was valued at $9.70 at 5:22 EST at the time of writing. This is way lower than its 52 week high of $13.66, and much higher than its low 52-week of $8.15.
Volume
Whitestone REIT's current reported volume is 130036, which is 47.71% less than its average volume at 248693.