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2 hot value and growth stocks that could help you retire early
Small-cap Quixant (LSE: QXR) flies under the radar of most investors but that doesn't mean you should ignore the company. Indeed, over the past few years, the company has gone from strength to strength as revenues and profits have surged.
For 2017 City analysts are expecting the company to report a pre-tax profit of £12.6m on revenues of £81.7m. For 2016 it reported a pre-tax profit of £11.7m on revenues of £90.4m so profits are growing steadily. Earnings per share, however, are set to rocket higher by 34% this year, following growth of 44% for 2016. Since 2013 earnings per share have risen 180%.
Lucrative returns
As Quixant has grown, shareholders have reaped the benefits. Over the past five years, shares in the company have gained 370% significantly outpacing the wider market.
Quixant is an interesting business. The company is a leading provider of specialised computing platforms and monitors for gaming and slot machine applications. Management is extremely optimistic about the firm's outlook as the market for gaming continues to expand and the company leverages its existing position in the industry to grow sales and margins. City analysts are similarly excited with earnings growth of 18% pencilled-in for 2018 following 2017's growth surge.
Attractive valuation
Growth shares such as Quixant tend to trade at a high valuation and the gaming company is no different. The shares currently trade at a forward P/E of 24.2 and only yield 0.7%. Nevertheless, when you consider the firm's projected and historic growth, it looks as if it is worth paying a premium to get your hands on the shares.
Growing market
McCarthy & Stone (LSE: MCS) is the UK's leading retirement housebuilder and is well positioned to grow rapidly in the years ahead. The UK's ageing population presents a huge challenge for homebuilders. There's a structural shortage of suitable housing options for older people and this group of customers tends to require a more specialised offering than first-time buyers.
McCarthy has a virtual monopoly over this market being the only nationally recognised brand. This monopoly puts the firm in a prime position to continue its growth and at the time of writing, shares in the group offer exposure to this growth at a knock-down price.
City analysts are expecting McCarthy to report earnings per share of 15.4p for the fiscal year ending 31 August, up 11% year-on-year. Further growth is expected for the following fiscal year. For the year ending 31 August 2018, the City is projecting earnings growth of 22%. Based on these estimates, shares in the company are trading at a forward P/E of 10.7 falling to 8.3 for fiscal 2018.
Considering the company's growth rate, as well as the size of the market McCarthy has available to it, this valuation seems to seriously undervalue the group and its prospects. As well as the depressed valuation, the shares also support a dividend yield of 3.1% and the payout is expected to grow by around a fifth next year.
Overall, McCarthy looks to be a interesting undervalued opportunity.
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JPL Director Awarded the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy
JPL Director Dr. Lew Allen has been selected to receive the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy, the premier award of the National Space Club, presented annually for "great achievement in advancing space flight programs contributing to U.S. leadership in astronautics."
Allen will be presented with the award at the National Space Club's yearly Goddard Memorial Dinner to be held at the Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C., on Friday, Mar. 16.
In honoring Allen, the National Space Club cited his "distinguished and significant contributions to the nation's advancement in space, earlier by service with the Air Force and the strategic defense of the country, and currently by leadership with NASA in the assurance of U.S. preeminence in planetary exploration."
Allen was named JPL director and vice president of the California Institute of Technology in 1982 after his retirement from the Air Force. His military career culminated in his assignment as Air Force Chief of Staff and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Prior to those appointments, Gen. Allen served in many space-related leadership positions in the Air Force, including deputy commander for satellite programs, director ofspecial projects at the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Organization, deputy to the Director of Central Intelligence, and commander of the Air Force Systems Command.
During his tenure at JPL, Allen has overseen the teams responsible for several of the nation's most important scientific space missions, including the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS), the Magellan Venus radar mapper, and Galileo mission to Jupiter, and the Voyager flybys of Uranus and Neptune.
Allen was born Sept. 30, 1925, in Miami, Fla. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1946. Assigned to the Strategic Air Command's 7th Bombardment Group at Carswell Air Force Base, Allen flew B-29 and B-36 aircraft and served in various positions related to nuclear weaponry.
In 1952, Allen received a master of science degree in physics from the University of Illinois, and in 1954 was awarded a doctorate in physics after completing an experimental thesis on high-energy photonuclear reactions.
Allen is married to the former Barbara Frink Hatch of Washington, D.C. They have five children and nine grandchildren. The Allens reside in Pasadena, Calif.
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