Financial Comparison: Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) and Its Peers

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (NASDAQ:APWC) is one of 218 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 companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

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 peers have a beta of -19.63, meaning that their average stock price is 2,063% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Asia Pacific Wire & Cable and its peers, as provided 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	2156	4988	6933	417	2.39

As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 27.61%. Given Asia Pacific Wire & Cable’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Asia Pacific Wire & Cable has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

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	-218.76%	-85.01%	-8.81%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

1.0% of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.2% 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, 15.0% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable	$489.68 million	$3.67 million	5.00
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Competitors	$2.32 billion	$137.32 million	21.41

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.

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.