Critical Contrast: Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) versus Its Rivals

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (NASDAQ:APWC) is one of 216 public companies in the “Electrical Equipment” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Asia Pacific Wire & Cable to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Asia Pacific Wire & Cable and its peers, as provided 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	2283	5156	7199	437	2.38

As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 44.03%. Given Asia Pacific Wire & Cable’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Asia Pacific Wire & Cable has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Risk & Volatility

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 peers have a beta of -20.29, meaning that their average stock price is 2,129% 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	-354.39%	-45.12%	-7.92%

Institutional and Insider 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & 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	4.15
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Competitors	$2.38 billion	$142.37 million	20.00

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.

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.