(VIANEWS) - Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Western New England Bancorp (WNEB), SPS Commerce (SPSC) 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. Scorpio Tankers (STNG)
57.8% sales growth and 16.32% return on equity
Scorpio Tankers Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the seaborne transportation of refined petroleum products in the shipping markets worldwide. As of March 30, 2021, it owned, finance leased, or bareboat chartered 131 product tankers, which included 42 LR2, 12 LR1, 63 MR, and 14 Handymax tankers with a weighted average age of approximately 5.2 years. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Monaco.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Scorpio Tankers has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.25.
PE Ratio
Scorpio Tankers has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 9.92. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $9.92 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 16.32%.Growth Estimates Quarters
The company's growth estimates for the ongoing quarter and the next is 597.5% and 677.8%, respectively.Dividend Yield
Morningstar, Inc. has stated that the next dividend payment will be made on November 15, 2022. The forward dividend rate for 2020 is estimated at 0.4, and the forward dividend yield to 2022 is estimated at 0.77%.
2. Western New England Bancorp (WNEB)
18.2% sales growth and 10.73% return on equity
Western New England Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Westfield Bank that provides commercial and retail banking products and services to individuals and businesses. The company accepts various deposit accounts, including checking, savings, business and municipal savings, money market and business sweep, and individual retirement accounts; time deposits; term certificates of deposit; and interest on lawyers trust accounts. It also offers commercial real estate loans; commercial construction loans; commercial and industrial loans, such as revolving lines of credit, working capital loans, equipment financing and term loans; residential real estate loans; home equity loans; and consumer loans. In addition, the company provides automated teller machines (ATM), telephone and online banking, remote deposit capture, cash management services, overdraft facilities, night deposit services, and safe deposit facilities. As of December 31, 2019, it operated a network of 22 banking offices, 25 free-standing ATMs, and 23 seasonal or temporary ATMS located in Agawam, Chicopee, Feeding Hills, East Longmeadow, Holyoke, Ludlow, South Hadley, Southwick, Springfield, Ware, West Springfield and Westfield, Massachusetts and Granby and Enfield, Connecticut. The company was formerly known as Westfield Financial, Inc. and changed its name to Western New England Bancorp, Inc. in October 2016. Western New England Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in Westfield, Massachusetts.
Earnings per Share
For profitability, Western New England Bancorp's trailing twelve-month EPS is $0.6
PE Ratio
Western New England Bancorp's trailing 12-month price-earnings ratio is 16.23. The purchaser of the shares is therefore investing $16.23 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 10.73%.3. SPS Commerce (SPSC)
18.1% sales growth and 10% return on equity
SPS Commerce, Inc. provides cloud-based supply chain management solutions worldwide. It offers solutions through the SPS Commerce, a cloud-based platform that enhances the way retailers, suppliers, grocers, distributors, and logistics firms manage and fulfill omnichannel orders, optimize sell-through performance, and automate new trading relationships. The company also provides Fulfillment solution that provides fulfillment automation and replaces or augments an organization's existing staff and trading partner electronic communication infrastructure by enabling easy compliance with retailers' rulebooks, automatic, and digital exchange of information among numerous trading partners through various protocols, and greater visibility into the journey of an order; and Analytics solution, which consists of data analytics applications that enables customers to enhance their visibility across supply chains through greater analytics capabilities. In addition, it offers various complimentary products, such as assortment product, which enables accurate order management and rapid fulfillment; and community product that accelerates vendor onboarding and ensures trading partner adoption of new supply chain requirements. The company was formerly known as St. Paul Software, Inc. and changed its name to SPS Commerce, Inc. in May 2001. SPS Commerce, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, SPS Commerce has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.28.
PE Ratio
SPS Commerce has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 107.51. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $107.51 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%.Yearly Top and Bottom Value
SPS Commerce's stock is valued at $137.51 at 19:22 EST, under its 52-week high of $146.81 and way above its 52-week low of $96.41.
Volume
The current reported volume for SPS Commerce was 110545, which is 25.31% lower than its average volume 148009.
4. Barrett Business Services (BBSI)
9% sales growth and 24.46% return on equity
Barrett Business Services, Inc. offers business management services for mid-sized and small businesses in the United States. The company develops a platform for management that combines a knowledge-based approach of the management consulting sector with tools from human resources outsourcing. It provides professional employer services. The company enters into client service agreements to create a co-employment relationship. This means that it assumes responsibility for all aspects of payroll and workers' compensation. The company also offers staffing and recruitment services such as contract staffing, on-demand staffing assignments, short-term and permanent staffing, placement and management on-site services. It serves electronic manufacturers and light-manufacturing companies as well as agriculture-based businesses, transport and shipping companies, food processors and telecommunications firms, public utilities, general contractors and other professionals in construction-related areas. Barrett Business Services, Inc. is located in Vancouver, Washington.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Barrett Business Services has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.32.
PE Ratio
Barrett Business Services has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 15.62. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $15.62 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 24.46%.Sales Growth
Barrett Business Services's sales growth is 7% for the present quarter and 9% for the next.
Moving Average
Barrett Business Services is worth more than its $50.57 average and its $200 average of $77.46.5. Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI)
8.7% sales growth and 18.27% return on equity
GLPI is engaged in the business of acquiring, financing, and owning real estate property to be leased to gaming operators in triple-net lease arrangements, pursuant to which the tenant is responsible for all facility maintenance, insurance required in connection with the leased properties and the business conducted on the leased properties, taxes levied on or with respect to the leased properties and all utilities and other services necessary or appropriate for the leased properties and the business conducted on the leased properties.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Gaming and Leisure Properties has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.44.
PE Ratio
Gaming and Leisure Properties has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 21.01. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $21.01 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 18.27%.Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Gaming and Leisure Properties's stock is valued at $51.27 at 19:22 EST, below its 52-week high of $52.87 and way above its 52-week low of $41.81.
6. Horace Mann Educators Corporation (HMN)
8% sales growth and 3.82% return on equity
Horace Mann Educators Corporation and its affiliates operate as a multiline insurer in the United States. Five segments make up the Company: Property and casualty, Supplemental Retirement, Life and Corporate and Other. The Company underwrites and sells personal property and casualty insurance. This includes personal lines auto and property insurance; supplemental insurance products that include heart, cancer and accident coverages, as well as retirement products such tax-qualified fixed annuities and variable annuities. It sells its products via its full-time sales team of independent agents and exclusive distributors to teachers and administrators in K-12 schools, as well as other public school employees and their families. Horace Mann Educators Corporation, based in Springfield, Illinois was established in 1945.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Horace Mann Educators Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $3.17.
PE Ratio
Horace Mann Educators Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 11.83. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $11.83 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 3.82%.Sales Growth
Horace Mann Educators Corporation's sales growth for the next quarter is 8%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Horace Mann Educators Corporation's stock is valued at $37.49 at 19:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $42.95 and way higher than its 52-week low of $32.60.