(VIANEWS) – SPAREBANKEN VEST (SVEG.OL), ASML HOLDING (ASML.AS), KITRON (KIT.OL) 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. SPAREBANKEN VEST (SVEG.OL)
30.4% sales growth and 13.51% return on equity
Sparebanken Vest, a financial services company, provides banking and financing services in the counties of Vestland and Rogaland, Norway. It operates through Corporate Market, Retail Market, Bulder Bank, Treasury, and Estate Agency Activities segments. The company is also involved in the estate agency and home mortgage activities. The company was founded in 1823 and is headquartered in Bergen, Norway.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, SPAREBANKEN VEST has a trailing twelve months EPS of kr7.36.
PE Ratio
SPAREBANKEN VEST has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 11.84. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing kr11.84 for every norwegian krone 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 13.51%.
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2. ASML HOLDING (ASML.AS)
17.9% sales growth and 59.35% return on equity
ASML Holding N.V. develops, produces, markets, sells, and services advanced semiconductor equipment systems consisting of lithography, metrology, and inspection systems for memory and logic chipmakers. The company provides extreme ultraviolet lithography systems; and deep ultraviolet lithography systems comprising immersion and dry lithography solutions to manufacture various range of semiconductor nodes and technologies. It also offers metrology and inspection systems, including YieldStar optical metrology solutions to assess the quality of patterns on the wafers; and HMI e-beam solutions to locate and analyze individual chip defects. In addition, the company provides computational lithography and lithography process and control software solutions; and refurbishes and upgrades older lithography systems, as well as offers customer support and associated services. It operates in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, China, rest of Asia, the Netherlands, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the United States. The company was formerly known as ASM Lithography Holding N.V. and changed its name to ASML Holding N.V. in 2001. ASML Holding N.V. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, ASML HOLDING has a trailing twelve months EPS of €13.86.
PE Ratio
ASML HOLDING has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 42.94. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing €42.94 for every euro 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 59.35%.
Moving Average
ASML HOLDING’s value is below its 50-day moving average of €601.71 and way above its 200-day moving average of €529.67.
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3. KITRON (KIT.OL)
15% sales growth and 21% return on equity
Kitron ASA operates as an electronics manufacturing services company in Norway, Sweden, rest of Europe, the United States, and internationally. It manufactures electronics that are embedded in the customers' products; and box-built electronic products. The company's services include development services, such as product development, product management, and re-engineering services; and industrialization services, including prototype manufacturing, evaluation of new products, component engineering and database, test development, design and build of high level assembly lines, and environmental durability testing. Its services also comprise sourcing and procurement services; manufacturing, assembling, and testing of electronic products for the professional market; redesign, repair, and maintenance; and logistics and distribution services. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Billingstad, Norway.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, KITRON has a trailing twelve months EPS of kr1.18.
PE Ratio
KITRON has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 29.62. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing kr29.62 for every norwegian krone 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%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
KITRON’s EBITDA is 30.86.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Apr 28, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.25 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 0.73%.
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4. SCHLUMBERGER (SLB.PA)
12.2% sales growth and 20.99% return on equity
Schlumberger Limited engages in the provision of technology for the energy industry worldwide. The company operates through four divisions: Digital & Integration, Reservoir Performance, Well Construction, and Production Systems. The company provides field development and hydrocarbon production, carbon management, integration of adjacent energy systems; reservoir interpretation and data processing services for exploration data; and well construction and production improvement services and products. It also offers subsurface geology and fluids evaluation information; open and cased hole services; exploration and production pressure, and flow-rate measurement services; and pressure pumping, well stimulation, and coiled tubing equipment solutions. In addition, the company offers mud logging, directional drilling, measurement-while-drilling, and logging-while-drilling services, as well as engineering support services; supplies drilling fluid systems; designs, manufactures, and markets roller cone and fixed cutter drill bits; bottom-hole-assembly and borehole enlargement technologies; well cementing products and services; well planning, well drilling, engineering, supervision, logistics, procurement, and contracting of third parties, as well as drilling rig management solutions; and drilling equipment and services, as well as land drilling rigs and related services. Further, it provides artificial lift production equipment and optimization services; supplies packers, safety valves, sand control technology, and various intelligent well completions technology and equipment; designs and manufactures valves, chokes, actuators, and surface trees; and OneSubsea an integrated solutions, products, systems, and services, including wellheads, subsea trees, manifolds and flowline connectors, control systems, connectors, and services. The company was formerly known as Socie´te´ de Prospection E´lectrique. Schlumberger Limited was founded in 1926 and is based in Houston, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, SCHLUMBERGER has a trailing twelve months EPS of €-1.7.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 20.99%.
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5. EQUASENS (EQS.PA)
11.3% sales growth and 28.59% return on equity
Equasens Société anonyme provides various IT solutions for the healthcare sector in Europe. It offers LGPI global services and OffiCentral solutions for managing pharmacies and their networks; OffiMSS, OffiSecure, OffiProtect, OffiPass, OffiSeen, OffiCash, Offizzy, and OffiLocker solutions for pharmacists' business processes; and solutions for energizing the customer relationship with pharmacists comprising OffiTag, OffiTouch, OffiMédia, OffiConnect, automation systems, and customer loyalty programs. The company also provides My Pilot, an analytics and management tool; OffiLearning, an e-learning tool; and solutions for patient support and advice, such as compliance monitoring software, Multimeds, Automeds, and OffiTéléconsult, as well as pharmaceutical record and shared medical record services. In addition, it offers a ULTIMATE, a system combining optimized pharmacy management and improved patient support; FARMACLICK, a protocol for communications between pharmacies and wholesalers-distributors; DIFARM, a solution for wholesalers-distributors; PHARE, a retail management tool; SOPHIA, a pharmacy management application; OffiMédia POS display; eNephro to enhance the care of chronic renal failure patients; and TPE Pilot, a web-based application that simplifies the management and sharing of patient education programs. Further, the company provides NOVIACARE; CARELIB Domicile; CARELIB EHPAD; KAPELSE solutions; TITAN solutions; ANTHADINE software and MOBISOINS mobile tool; MICROSOINS, an in-home nursing care solution; and LOGICLIC. Additionally, it offers AXIGATE solutions to manage the entire patient care pathway; CHORUS platform; medical telesecretarial services for healthcare professionals; and equipment lease financing solutions. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is based in Villers-les-Nancy, France. Equasens Société anonyme is a subsidiary of Marque Verte Sante.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 28.59%.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Jun 30, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.05 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.34%.
Sales Growth
EQUASENS’s sales growth is 11.3% for the present quarter and 11.3% for the next.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 10.3%, now sitting on 202.74M for the twelve trailing months.
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6. ITERA (ITERA.OL)
11.2% sales growth and 138.07% return on equity
Itera ASA, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, and operates digital solutions for companies and organizations in Norway, Denmark, and Slovakia. It offers data, artificial intelligence and analytics, development and architecture, test and quality assurance solutions, as well as cloud and application services. The company delivers projects and services in the strategy and consulting, customer experience, and technology and cloud transformation areas. Itera ASA was founded in 1989 and is based in Oslo, Norway.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, ITERA has a trailing twelve months EPS of kr0.59.
PE Ratio
ITERA has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 21.1. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing kr21.1 for every norwegian krone 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 138.07%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for ITERA is 93577 which is 261.44% above its average volume of 25890.
Dividend Yield
As claimed by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Oct 27, 2022, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 0.2 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 1.67%.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 22.5%, now sitting on 735.84M for the twelve trailing months.
Sales Growth
ITERA’s sales growth is 21% for the ongoing quarter and 11.2% for the next.
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7. SPBK 1 NORDMØRE (SNOR.OL)
7.1% sales growth and 9.57% return on equity
SpareBank 1 Nordmøre provides various banking services in Norway. The company offers savings and deposit accounts; car, motorcycle, boat, and construction loans; and mortgages. It also provides business insurance products, which include liability, auto, mortgage, operating loss, asset, commercial, and project insurance products; personal insurance products, such as life, travel, and accidental insurance products; pension products; bank cards; payment and debt collection services; and mobile and online banking services. In addition, the company offers bank guarantees, trade credit products, and operating credit products for agriculture, as well as factoring, leasing, and repayment products and services. The company was founded in 1835 and is based in Kristiansund, Norway. SpareBank 1 Nordmøre is a subsidiary of SpareBank 1 Gruppen AS.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, SPBK 1 NORDMØRE has a trailing twelve months EPS of kr9.31.
PE Ratio
SPBK 1 NORDMØRE has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 13.75. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing kr13.75 for every norwegian krone 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 9.57%.
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