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Optical Cable (OCC) Competitors

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$2.35 -0.05 (-2.08%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

OCC vs. APWC, BWEN, AQMS, INHD, SID, COMM, DLPH, BDC, GLW, and HWM

Should you be buying Optical Cable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Optical Cable include Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC), Broadwind (BWEN), Aqua Metals (AQMS), Inno (INHD), Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), CommScope (COMM), Delphi Technologies (DLPH), Belden (BDC), Corning (GLW), and Howmet Aerospace (HWM).

Optical Cable vs.

Optical Cable (NASDAQ:OCC) and Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (NASDAQ:APWC) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable has higher revenue and earnings than Optical Cable.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Optical Cable$64.52M0.30$2.07M-$0.76-3.09
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable$446.62M0.09$3.87MN/AN/A

Optical Cable has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

13.6% of Optical Cable shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.0% of Optical Cable 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable had 3 more articles in the media than Optical Cable. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Asia Pacific Wire & Cable and 0 mentions for Optical Cable. Optical Cable's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Asia Pacific Wire & Cable'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Optical Cable Neutral
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Neutral

Optical Cable pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Optical Cable pays out -10.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Optical Cable's net margin of -9.07%. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's return on equity of 0.00% beat Optical Cable's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Optical Cable-9.07% -25.06% -13.98%
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable N/A N/A N/A

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable received 17 more outperform votes than Optical Cable when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.60% of users gave Optical Cable an outperform vote while only 37.69% of users gave Asia Pacific Wire & Cable an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Optical CableOutperform Votes
104
64.60%
Underperform Votes
57
35.40%
Asia Pacific Wire & CableOutperform Votes
121
37.69%
Underperform Votes
200
62.31%

Summary

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable beats Optical Cable on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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OCC vs. The Competition

MetricOptical CableNonferrous wiredrawing & insulating IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$19.32M$11.50B$24.53B$8.84B
Dividend YieldN/A1.26%2.74%4.09%
P/E Ratio-3.09104.65244.2117.58
Price / Sales0.301.423,320.41158.43
Price / Cash3.898.7034.0836.33
Price / Book0.752.157.136.50
Net Income$2.07M$207.43M$674.45M$226.22M
7 Day Performance1.29%4.42%4.95%3.76%
1 Month Performance-1.26%6.37%6.02%4.63%
1 Year Performance-9.62%46.96%21.57%29.20%

Optical Cable Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OCC
Optical Cable
N/A$2.35
-2.1%
N/A-9.6%$19.32M$64.52M-3.09327
APWC
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable
0.1138 of 5 stars
$1.91
flat
N/A+44.4%$39.38M$425.77M0.001,210News Coverage
High Trading Volume
BWEN
Broadwind
3.8894 of 5 stars
$1.55
flat
$5.17
+233.3%
-21.5%$34.27M$203.48M11.07490
AQMS
Aqua Metals
2.7557 of 5 stars
$1.85
+28.5%
$30.00
+1,521.6%
-87.9%$13.19M$30,000.00-0.3920Gap Up
High Trading Volume
INHD
Inno
N/A$4.92
-0.8%
N/AN/A$8.32M$800,000.000.0011
SID
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional
1.8607 of 5 stars
$1.96
-2.0%
$2.95
+50.5%
-38.4%$0.00$9.10B-65.3129,563Upcoming Earnings
COMM
CommScope
2.7716 of 5 stars
$4.38
+0.9%
$2.50
-42.9%
+153.0%$945.55M$5.79B-0.9820,000Gap Up
DLPH
Delphi Technologies
N/A$17.02
flat
N/AN/A$1.47B$4.36B7.0021,000
BDC
Belden
4.3409 of 5 stars
$120.70
+1.7%
$122.75
+1.7%
+79.7%$4.87B$2.51B28.078,000Dividend Announcement
GLW
Corning
4.1508 of 5 stars
$47.97
+1.3%
$50.08
+4.4%
+72.2%$41.07B$12.59B282.1549,800Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
4.562 of 5 stars
$117.27
-0.7%
$115.41
-1.6%
+126.5%$47.64B$6.64B44.7623,200Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:OCC) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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