5 Profitable Stocks To Boost Returns Using Net Income Ratio

Profitability analysis is considered one of the best possible ways to assess the prospects of a company. This analysis is used to identify a profitable company from a loss-making one. In this context, it can be inferred that a profitable company generally has a high level of sales surplus, which will help it meet all operating and non-operating costs and still offer high returns.

Thus, it may be wise to invest in shares of a company with a high level of profitability as it normally ensures high returns. The simplest and most transparent way of checking a company’s profitability is by using accounting ratios. There are a variety of profitability ratios, from which we have selected net income ratio here as it is the most useful and simplest profitability metric.

Net Income Ratio

There are a variety of profit ratios like gross income ratio, operating income ratio, pretax profit margin and net income ratio, which can be used to determine a company’s profit-generating abilities. But net income ratio is widely accepted as the most conservative of the above-mentioned ratios.

Net income in simple words is total earnings a company makes after deducting all expenses from its sales revenue. Net income ratio or net profit margin is a ratio of a company’s net income and sales revenue. A high net income ratio shows that the company is able to effectively manage all its business activities, including production, administration and selling.

Screening Parameters

Net income ratio is not the only indicator of future winners. So, we have added a few more criteria to arrive at a winning strategy.

Zacks Rank Equal to #1: No matter whether good market or bad, stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) have a proven history of outperformance. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

Trailing 12-Month Sales and Net Income Growth Higher than X Industry: Stocks that have witnessed higher-than-industry sales and net income growth in the past 12 months are well positioned to perform well.

Trailing 12-Month Net Income Ratio Higher than X Industry: High net income ratio indicates a company’s solid profitability.

Percentage Rating Strong Buy greater than 70: This indicates that 70% of the current broker recommendations for the stock are Strong Buy.

These few parameters narrowed down the universe of over 6,847 stocks to only 9.

Here are five of the 9 stocks that qualified the screen:

BRP Inc. (NASDAQ:DOOO) is the designer and manufacturer of powersport vehicles and marine products. Its 12-month net profit margin is 5.7%.

ACM Research, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACMR) is a developer and manufacturer of single-wafer wet cleaning equipment. Its 12-month net profit margin is 16.6%.

Celsius Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CELH) is a developer and distributor of calorie-burning fitness beverages. Its 12-month net profit margin is 15.7%.

Sony Corporation (NYSE:SNE) is a designer and developer of electronic equipment, instruments and devices. Its 12-month net profit margin is 9.9%.

Deckers Outdoor Corporation (NYSE:DECK) is a retailer of footwear, apparel and accessories. Its 12-month net profit margin is 13.4%.

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