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Every week, courtesy of Forbes AI Investor, Q.ai curates a topical screen for our investors. These are securities that, for whatever reason, belong in the same basket (a theme, if you will). And this week, we’re looking at some of the best stocks in the Small to Midcap category in the United States. While you may not be familiar with some – or perhaps all – of these securities, many of them are worth investigating and even investing in.
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Shutterstock, Inc. is a company that specializes in stock photography (SSTK)
Shutterstock, Inc rose 2.3 percent to $100.66 per share on Friday, with nearly 308.5k trades on the final day of the week. The stock is trading between its 10- and 22-day price averages of $100.84 and $99.22, respectively, and is still up 40.4 percent year to date. Shutterstock is currently trading at about 37 times projected earnings.
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Shutterstock is a multimedia digital content supplier that offers full-service subscriptions, media content, and a variety of platform tools to help creative people realize their artistic potential. While the organization isn’t exactly a little fish in the creative world, it made headlines last week when it announced a collaboration with the nonprofit It Gets Better Project, which “aims to fight LGBTQ+ visual stereotypes” in modern media.
This outreach toward inclusion is anticipated to increase the midcap stock’s numbers in the long run, as well as ahead of its Q2 2021 earnings report, which is set to be released before market open on Tuesday, July 27. Nonetheless, in each of the last four quarters, the company has surpassed Wall Street projections.

Five-year performance of Shutterstock
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This has resulted in some outstanding figures for the midcap multimedia provider over the last three fiscal years. For example, revenue increased by 10.5 percent from $623 million to $666.7 million during the time, while operating income increased by an incredible 229 percent to $86.5 million from $35.6 million. This expansion has improved per-share earnings, which increased to $1.97 in the latest fiscal year from $1.54 three years ago.
Shutterstock’s income is predicted to increase by 0.5 percent in the coming year. This midcap stock earns an A in Low Volatility Momentum and a F in Technicals, Growth, and Quality Value, according to our AI.
ABM Industries, Inc (ABM) (ABM) (ABM) (ABM) (ABM) (ABM) (ABM) (ABM) (ABM) (ABM) (ABM) (ABM) (ABM) (ABM) (ABM) (ABM) (ABM) (AB The stock has gained over 22.7 percent this year and currently prices at 14.5 times anticipated earnings.
ABM Industries is a facilities management company based in the United States that was founded in 1909. Landscape and grounds maintenance, parking and transportation, as well as mechanical, janitorial, and electrical work, are all services provided by the organization.
While the facility management company hasn’t made a big splash this year, it recently announced that it has amended its secured credit agreement to include $1.3 billion in revolving credit and a $650 million term loan, allowing the mid-cap stock to fund growth, remove dividend and share repurchase restrictions, and increase overall liquidity. The company’s new extended credit line is likely to assist it settle a $140 million overtime dispute before the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco.

Performance of ABM Industries over a five-year period
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However, the company’s bottom line is unlikely to be harmed by this one-time settlement. While ABM Industries’ sales has decreased by roughly $450 million in the last three years to $5.99 billion in the most recent fiscal year, its operating income has increased by 88 percent to $276 million over that time. Unfortunately, the pandemic had a significant impact on facilities management, with per-share earnings plummeting to $0 and a return on equity of just 0.01 percent.
ABM Industries’ sales increase for the next 12 months is estimated to be around 0.9 percent. In terms of technicals and growth, our AI gives the company an A, however in terms of low volatility momentum and quality value, it gets an F.
Portland General Electric Company (POR) rose 0.8 percent on Friday, ending the day with 537.7k trades and a final price of $47.86. The stock has gained 11.9 percent year to date and is currently priced at 18.3 times forward earnings.
PGE, or Portland General Electric Company, is a Fortune 1000 public utility that serves 44 percent of Oregon’s population in six counties. Though its principal energy sources are still coal and natural gas, the corporation is now regarded as having the number one voluntary renewable energy program in the United States.
PGE recently made news by announcing that Oregon blackouts may be probable throughout the current fire season, as the company’s principal focus will be balancing consumers’ grid demands against wildfire dangers in an unusually dry fire season.

Performance of Portland General Electric during a five-year period
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Portland General Electric’s revenue increased by 9.5 percent during the last three fiscal years, rising to $2.15 billion from $1.99 billion three years before. During that time, operating income declined from $335 million to $264 million, while per-share earnings fell from $2.37 to $1.72. Meanwhile, the return on equity has been reduced from 8.6% to barely 6%.
In the following 12 months, sales growth for Portland General Electric is predicted to be approximately 2.7 percent. This electric company receives an A in Growth and Quality Value and a F in Technicals and Low Volatility Momentum from our AI.
Horace Mann Educators Corporation (HMN) closed Friday at $38.70, unchanged from the previous day, with 146.6k shares traded, and down 7.9% for the year. The stock is currently trading at 11 times expected earnings.
Property and casualty, supplemental, retirement, life, and corporate and other are the five segments in which Horace Mann Educators works. Its segments insure a wide range of products, including car, property, supplementary, and life insurance.
Horace Mann isn’t yet a household brand in the industry, but it’s on the rise, as seen by its recent acquisition of Madison National Life Insurance Company, Inc. For its equity purchase, the corporation paid $172.5 million in cash, with an extra $12.5 million coming to the seller (Independence Holding Company) provided Madison National meets certain financial benchmarks by 2023.

Horace Mann’s 5-year career
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Horace Mann’s revenue increased 11.2 percent to $1.3 billion during the last three fiscal years, while operating income increased 557 percent to $184.8 million from $32.5 million. In the most recent fiscal year, per-share earnings increased 732 percent to $3.17, while return on equity increased from 1.3 percent to over 8%.
Horace Mann Educators is now predicted to expand at a rate of 1.2 percent during the next 12 months. This insurance company receives an A in technicals, growth, and quality value, and a F in low volatility momentum, according to our AI.
Power Integrations, Inc (POWI) fell 2.1 percent to $78.27 per share on Friday, with 268.8k trades. The stock has dropped 4.4 percent this year and now prices at 31.9 times anticipated earnings.
Power Integrations is a power conversion and semiconductor designer, developer, and manufacturer specializing in high-voltage power conversion technologies for LED, gate, and motor drivers, as well as a variety of automotive applications. By inventing semiconductors that efficiently transfer and use electricity, the business hopes to contribute to a clean energy ecosystem.
Power Integrations is one of dozens of companies set to report financial results for the second quarter of 2021 this week, with analyst sales predictions for the quarter hovering around $174 million.

5-year performance of Power Integrations
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Power Integrations’ revenue increased by 32.8 percent during the last three fiscal years, reaching $488.3 million from $416 million. Operating income increased by 72 percent to $70.5 million from $55.7 million in the previous fiscal year, while per-share earnings increased by a penny to $1.17.
This semiconductor inventor now receives an A in Technicals, Growth, and Quality Value from our AI, but a big, fat F in Low Volatility Momentum.
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