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

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Asia Pacific Wire & Cable and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable	0	1	0	0	2.00
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Competitors	2145	4982	6924	416	2.39

As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 24.64%. Given Asia Pacific Wire & Cable’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Asia Pacific Wire & Cable has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

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%

Institutional and Insider 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 insiders. Comparatively, 15.2% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

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	$489.68 million	$3.67 million	5.17
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Competitors	$2.33 billion	$137.32 million	20.13

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.

Risk & 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 competitors have a beta of -19.65, meaning that their average share price is 2,065% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable competitors 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.