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Chicago, IL – September 21, 2020 - Stocks in this week’s article are PerkinElmer, Inc. PKI, KLA Corp. KLAC, TransUnion TRU, UGI Corp. UGI and The Timken Co. TKR.
5 Stocks with Attractive Sales Growth to Invest In Now
A healthy business with steady sales growth is the key to survival in today’s fast changing and highly competitive business environment. Yet, when it comes to picking stocks, investors often fail to consider sales growth as a dependable metric. This might be because of investors’ preconceived notion that a company’s stock price is typically sensitive to its earnings momentum.
But it’s worth keeping in mind that in cases when companies incur a loss, albeit transitorily, they are valued on their revenues, as top-line growth (or decline) is usually an indicator of a company’s future earnings performance.
Also, a company can improve earnings by resorting to cost control measures while maintaining stable revenues. However, a sustainable bottom-line growth consistently requires superior revenues.
Hence, the Price-to-Sales ratio can turn out to be an appropriate metric for stock valuation. This metric’s importance further lies in the fact that management has limited opportunities to manipulate revenues, unlike earnings.
While sales growth provides investors an insight into product demand and pricing power, it doesn’t indicate whether the company is operating efficiently. A huge sales number does not necessarily convert into profits.
Hence, a consideration of a company’s cash position along with its sales number can be a more dependable strategy. Substantial cash in hand and a steady cash flow give a company more flexibility with respect to business decisions and investments.
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