Zacks.com Featured Highlights Include: Starbucks, Bristol-Myers, Portland General Electric, Foot Locker And J.B. Hunt
Zacks Investment Research | Feb 05, 2019 10:18PM ET
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Chicago, IL – February 6, 2019 - Stocks in this week’s article are Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ:SBUX) , Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (NYSE:BMY) , Portland General Electric Co. (NYSE:POR) , Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE:FL) and J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:JBHT) .
5 Stocks with Strong Sales Growth Worth Buying Right Now
One of the fundamental factors that help investors gauge a company’s future performance is sales growth.
Stable or decreasing sales growth reflects obstacles for the company and offers lesser scope for sustainable prospects. Stagnant companies may generate near-term profit, but that do not ensure enough growth to attract new investors.
Additionally, in absence of solid sales growth, bottom-line improvement may not be sustainable over the long term. While a company can strengthen earnings performance by lowering costs, a sustainable bottom-line improvement usually requires robust sales growth.
Nonetheless, sales growth alone can’t indicate much about a company’s future performance. Though it provides investors an insight into product demand and pricing power, a huge sales number is not necessarily translated into profits.
Hence, taking into consideration 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 potential investments. Most importantly, an adequate cash position suggests that revenues are being channelized in the right direction.
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