Analyzing Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) & Its Peers

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (NASDAQ:APWC) is one of 218 publicly-traded companies in the “Electrical Equipment” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Asia Pacific Wire & Cable to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

1.0% of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.3% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable	$489.68 million	$3.67 million	5.04
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Competitors	$2.32 billion	$137.32 million	20.64

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable’s peers 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 peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

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

	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	2154	4986	6928	417	2.39

As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 26.02%. Given Asia Pacific Wire & Cable’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Asia Pacific Wire & Cable has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Risk and Volatility

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable’s peers have a beta of -19.64, meaning that their average share price is 2,064% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Asia Pacific Wire & Cable and its peers’ 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	-218.83%	-207.77%	-8.81%

Summary

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

About Asia Pacific Wire & Cable

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.