Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) Competitors $1.50 -0.01 (-0.99%) As of 04:00 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends APWC vs. ACNT, HUHU, BWEN, OCC, INHD, AQMS, HWM, MT, TS, and PKXShould you be buying Asia Pacific Wire & Cable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable include Ascent Industries (ACNT), HUHUTECH International Group (HUHU), Broadwind (BWEN), Optical Cable (OCC), Inno (INHD), Aqua Metals (AQMS), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), ArcelorMittal (MT), Tenaris (TS), and POSCO (PKX). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable vs. Ascent Industries HUHUTECH International Group Broadwind Optical Cable Inno Aqua Metals Howmet Aerospace ArcelorMittal Tenaris POSCO Ascent Industries (NASDAQ:ACNT) and Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (NASDAQ:APWC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk. Does the media favor ACNT or APWC? In the previous week, Ascent Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Asia Pacific Wire & Cable. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ascent Industries and 2 mentions for Asia Pacific Wire & Cable. Ascent Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's score of 0.30 indicating that Ascent Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Ascent Industries Very Positive Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Neutral Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ACNT or APWC? Asia Pacific Wire & Cable received 120 more outperform votes than Ascent Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Ascent Industries an outperform vote while only 36.12% of users gave Asia Pacific Wire & Cable an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAscent IndustriesOutperform Votes1100.00% Underperform VotesNo VotesAsia Pacific Wire & CableOutperform Votes12136.12% Underperform Votes21463.88% Is ACNT or APWC more profitable? Asia Pacific Wire & Cable has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ascent Industries' net margin of -0.80%. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's return on equity of 0.00% beat Ascent Industries' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Ascent Industries-0.80% -12.48% -8.01% Asia Pacific Wire & Cable N/A N/A N/A Do insiders and institutionals believe in ACNT or APWC? 26.0% of Ascent Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of Ascent Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ACNT or APWC? Asia Pacific Wire & Cable has higher revenue and earnings than Ascent Industries. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAscent Industries$178.42M0.63-$26.63M-$0.17-65.12Asia Pacific Wire & Cable$468.13M0.07$3.87MN/AN/A Which has more volatility & risk, ACNT or APWC? Ascent Industries has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryAscent Industries beats Asia Pacific Wire & Cable on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Asia Pacific Wire & Cable News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for APWC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart APWC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAsia Pacific Wire & CableNonferrous wiredrawing & insulating IndustryIndustrial SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$30.88M$11.39B$9.17B$8.39BDividend YieldN/A1.22%2.13%3.98%P/E RatioN/A35.0316.4519.21Price / Sales0.071.354.20110.22Price / Cash3.209.8922.0434.58Price / Book0.142.164.104.28Net Income$3.87M$176.02M$424.93M$247.04M7 Day Performance-2.10%-5.30%-3.19%-4.36%1 Month Performance-0.13%-10.35%-7.12%-5.59%1 Year Performance15.23%26.13%18.03%3.39% Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)APWCAsia Pacific Wire & Cable0.4023 of 5 stars$1.50-0.8%N/A+15.4%$30.88M$468.13M0.001,210Analyst ForecastACNTAscent Industries1.6437 of 5 stars$11.09+1.1%N/A+4.2%$111.90M$193.18M-65.24710Short Interest ↓News CoverageHUHUHUHUTECH International GroupN/A$4.11-2.9%N/AN/A$86.43MN/A0.00N/AGap DownBWENBroadwind3.7825 of 5 stars$1.55-0.6%$5.17+233.3%-38.7%$34.28M$156.17M11.07490Short Interest ↑OCCOptical Cable1.2258 of 5 stars$4.09-3.8%N/A+28.3%$33.62M$66.67M-7.57340Analyst UpgradeShort Interest ↓INHDInno0.2254 of 5 stars$4.66+0.6%N/A-47.2%$20.55M$890,000.000.0011Short Interest ↑AQMSAqua Metals2.6727 of 5 stars$2.19-4.4%$30.00+1,269.9%-79.9%$15.62M$30,000.00-0.4620Positive NewsGap UpHWMHowmet Aerospace4.1202 of 5 stars$129.48-0.3%$123.28-4.8%+104.1%$52.44B$7.43B45.9223,200Positive NewsMTArcelorMittal3.3507 of 5 stars$27.82+0.1%$31.17+12.0%+6.9%$22.79B$62.44B16.86126,756Options VolumeGap UpTSTenaris3.3572 of 5 stars$37.62-0.4%$45.60+21.2%+6.6%$21.87B$12.52B10.4229,134PKXPOSCO3.1 of 5 stars$48.33+2.4%N/A-43.5%$14.67B$72.69T22.1744,501Short Interest ↓Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ACNT Alternatives HUHU Alternatives BWEN Alternatives OCC Alternatives INHD Alternatives AQMS Alternatives HWM Alternatives MT Alternatives TS Alternatives PKX Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:APWC) was last updated on 3/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersDOGE Social Security bombshell?Elon Musk just dropped another bombshell... 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