6 Stocks Boosting Earnings and Revenue

Gilead Sciences, Delta among companies increasing in profitability

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Dec 14, 2017
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According to the GuruFocus All-In-One Screener, the following companies have grown their revenues and earnings over the past several years.

Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD, Financial) has a five-year annual revenue growth rate of 40% and a five-year annual earnings per share (EPS) growth rate of 58%. The stock is trading with a price-earnings (P/E) ratio of 8.6 and has a positive six-month return of 17.9%.

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The biopharmaceutical company has a market cap of $99.39 billion and an enterprise value of $100.43 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 9 out of 10. The return on equity (ROE) of 55.93% and return on assets (ROA) of 19.58% are outperforming 97% of companies in the Global Biotechnology industry. Financial strength has a rating of 6 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.97 is below the industry median of 51.38.

The company's largest shareholder among gurus is Jim Simons (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.78% of outstanding shares, followed by Dodge & Cox with 0.76% and Pioneer Investments (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.45%.

CNO Financial Group Inc. (CNO, Financial) has a five-year annual revenue growth rate of 10% and a five-year annual EPS growth rate of 7%. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 9.2 and has a positive six-month return of 21.2%.

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The insurance holding company has a market cap of $4.23 billion and an enterprise value of $7.12 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 5 out of 10. While the ROE of 10.34% is underperfroming the sector, the ROA of 1.48% is outperforming 65% of companies in the Global Insurance - Life industry. Financial strength has a rating of 4 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio is 0.23.

Hotchkis & Wiley is the company's largest shareholder among the gurus with 2.75% of outstanding shares, followed by Richard Snow (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.27% and Jeremy Grantham (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.07%.

WPP PLC (WPP, Financial) has a five-year annual revenue growth rate of 8% and a five-year annual EPS growth rate of 11%. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 10.1 and has a negative six-month return of 13.5%.

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The advertising agency has a market cap of $22.93 billion and an enterprise value of $29.67 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 8 out of 10. The ROE of 19.26% and ROA of 5.23% are outperforming 68% of companies in the Global Advertising Agencies industry. Financial strength has a rating of 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.38 is below the industry median of 1.81.

InterDigital Inc. (IDCC, Financial) has a five-year annual revenue growth rate of 15% and a five-year annual EPS growth rate of 21%. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 10.4 and has a negative six-month return of 7.8%.

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The mobile technology company has a market cap of $2.63 billion and an enterprise value of $1.95 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 9 out of 10. The ROE of 34.84% and ROA of 14.66% are outperforming 96% of companies in the Global Telecom Services industry. Financial strength has a rating of 7 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 3.43 is above the industry median of 0.37.

Simons is the company's largest guru shareholder with 1.29% of outstanding shares, followed by First Pacific Advisors (Trades, Portfolio) with 1.15% and FPA Capital Fund (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.52%.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM, Financial) has a five-year annual revenue growth rate of 5% and a five-year annual EPS growth rate of 8%. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 10.6 and has a positive six-month return of 19.2%.

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The Canadian bank has a market cap of $39.79 billion and an enterprise value of $33.44 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 5 out of 10. While the ROE of 17.27% is outperforming the sector, the ROA of 0.88% is underperforming 53% of companies in the Global Banks industry. Financial strength has a rating of 5 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 4.41 is above the industry median of 2.05.

The company's largest shareholder among the gurus is Simons with 0.31% of outstanding shares, followed by Sarah Ketterer (Trades, Portfolio) with 0.11% and Grantham with 0.07%.

Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL, Financial) has a five-year annual revenue growth rate of 5% and a five-year annual EPS growth rate of 36%. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 10.8 and has a positive six-month return of 3.8%.

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The airline has a market cap of $38.23 billion and an enterprise value of $44.94 billion.

GuruFocus gives the company a profitability and growth rating of 7 out of 10. The ROE of 27.81% and ROA of 7.05% are outperforming 70% of companies in the Global Airlines industry. Financial strength has a rating of 6 out of 10. The cash-debt ratio of 0.28 is below the industry median of 0.46.

Warren Buffett (TradesPortfolio) is the company's largest guru shareholder with 7.45% of outstanding shares, followed by PRIMECAP Management (TradesPortfolio) with 3.94%, Simons with 0.23% and the T Rowe Price Equity Income Fund (TradesPortfolio) with 0.21%.

Disclosure: I do not own any shares of any stocks mentioned in this article.