Analyzing Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) & The Competition

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 competitors? We will compare Asia Pacific Wire & Cable to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Asia Pacific Wire & Cable and its competitors’ 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%

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable	$529.68 million	$3.67 million	5.04
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Competitors	$2.35 billion	$142.96 million	20.59

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

Volatility and Risk

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

Dividends

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.3% and pay out 28.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Asia Pacific Wire & Cable and its competitors, 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	2148	4983	6926	416	2.39

As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 22.25%. Given Asia Pacific Wire & Cable’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Asia Pacific Wire & Cable has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

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

Summary

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable competitors beat Asia Pacific Wire & Cable on 10 of the 15 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.