APWC vs. LIQT, PPSI, WKEY, APDN, UGRO, SQFT, CLIR, GWAV, DGLY, and AWX
Should you be buying Asia Pacific Wire & Cable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable include LiqTech International (LIQT), Pioneer Power Solutions (PPSI), WISeKey International (WKEY), Applied DNA Sciences (APDN), urban-gro (UGRO), Presidio Property Trust (SQFT), ClearSign Technologies (CLIR), Greenwave Technology Solutions (GWAV), Digital Ally (DGLY), and Avalon (AWX). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable vs.
LiqTech International (NASDAQ:LIQT) and Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (NASDAQ:APWC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
21.6% of LiqTech International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable shares are held by institutional investors. 9.2% of LiqTech International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable has a net margin of 0.00% compared to LiqTech International's net margin of -88.66%. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's return on equity of 0.00% beat LiqTech International's return on equity.
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable received 80 more outperform votes than LiqTech International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.16% of users gave LiqTech International an outperform vote while only 49.39% of users gave Asia Pacific Wire & Cable an outperform vote.
LiqTech International has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
LiqTech International presently has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 531.58%. Given LiqTech International's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe LiqTech International is more favorable than Asia Pacific Wire & Cable.
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable has higher revenue and earnings than LiqTech International.
In the previous week, LiqTech International had 5 more articles in the media than Asia Pacific Wire & Cable. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for LiqTech International and 3 mentions for Asia Pacific Wire & Cable. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat LiqTech International's score of 0.30 indicating that Asia Pacific Wire & Cable is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
LiqTech International beats Asia Pacific Wire & Cable on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding APWC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Competitors List
