Head to Head Contrast: Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) and Its Rivals

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (NASDAQ:APWC) is one of 217 publicly-traded companies in the “Electrical Equipment” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Asia Pacific Wire & Cable to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Volatility & Risk

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable’s rivals have a beta of -21.20, meaning that their average stock price is 2,220% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Asia Pacific Wire & Cable and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable	1	0	0	0	1.00
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Competitors	2273	5143	7160	433	2.38

As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 35.35%. Given Asia Pacific Wire & Cable’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Asia Pacific Wire & Cable has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

1.0% of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.1% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Asia Pacific Wire & Cable and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable	$489.68 million	$3.67 million	4.48
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Competitors	$2.38 billion	$139.72 million	22.80

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Asia Pacific Wire & Cable. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Asia Pacific Wire & Cable and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable	1.28%	2.16%	1.35%
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Competitors	-358.38%	-46.43%	-8.07%

Summary

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable rivals beat Asia Pacific Wire & Cable on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Company Profile

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corp. Ltd. is a holding company, which engages in the business of owning operating companies in the power cable, telecommunication cable, enameled wire, and electronic cable industry. It operates through the following segments: North Asia, Thailand, and Rest of the World. The company was founded on September 19, 1996 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.