Optical Cable (OCC) Competitors $2.81 -0.18 (-6.02%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$2.88 +0.07 (+2.49%) As of 04:04 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock OCC vs. LUD, BWEN, APWC, INHD, AQMS, HWM, MT, TS, PKX, and TXShould you be buying Optical Cable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Optical Cable include Luda Technology Group (LUD), Broadwind (BWEN), Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC), Inno (INHD), Aqua Metals (AQMS), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), ArcelorMittal (MT), Tenaris (TS), POSCO (PKX), and Ternium (TX). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry. Optical Cable vs. Luda Technology Group Broadwind Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Inno Aqua Metals Howmet Aerospace ArcelorMittal Tenaris POSCO Ternium Luda Technology Group (NYSE:LUD) and Optical Cable (NASDAQ:OCC) are both small-cap manufacturing companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk. Does the MarketBeat Community favor LUD or OCC? Optical Cable received 111 more outperform votes than Luda Technology Group when rated by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformLuda Technology GroupN/AN/AOptical CableOutperform Votes11165.29% Underperform Votes5934.71% Is LUD or OCC more profitable? Luda Technology Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Optical Cable's net margin of -6.31%. Luda Technology Group's return on equity of 0.00% beat Optical Cable's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Luda Technology GroupN/A N/A N/A Optical Cable -6.31%-19.50%-10.64% Do institutionals and insiders believe in LUD or OCC? 13.6% of Optical Cable shares are held by institutional investors. 23.8% of Optical Cable shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Which has better valuation & earnings, LUD or OCC? Luda Technology Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Optical Cable. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLuda Technology Group$44.86M2.04N/AN/AN/AOptical Cable$67.56M0.34-$4.21M-$0.50-5.62 Does the media refer more to LUD or OCC? In the previous week, Optical Cable had 1 more articles in the media than Luda Technology Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Optical Cable and 0 mentions for Luda Technology Group. Luda Technology Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Optical Cable'saverage media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Luda Technology Group Neutral Optical Cable Neutral SummaryOptical Cable beats Luda Technology Group on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Optical Cable News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for OCC 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 OCC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricOptical CableNonferrous wiredrawing & insulating IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$23.04M$11.41B$25.08B$8.38BDividend YieldN/A1.27%2.90%4.10%P/E Ratio-5.2035.2644.6019.71Price / Sales0.341.282,088.05116.98Price / CashN/A9.8934.7834.62Price / Book1.112.106.654.50Net Income-$4.21M$176.02M$739.99M$248.18M7 Day Performance-14.33%-3.77%-0.99%1.14%1 Month PerformanceN/A9.46%14.39%15.20%1 Year PerformanceN/A12.94%52,549.95%6.56% Optical Cable Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)OCCOptical Cable0.4916 of 5 stars$2.81-6.0%N/A+8.7%$23.04M$67.56M-5.20340Gap DownLUDLuda Technology GroupN/A$4.05+1.3%N/AN/A$90M$44.86M0.00161Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeBWENBroadwind3.919 of 5 stars$1.61-0.6%$4.13+156.2%-54.8%$35.94M$143.14M11.50490Analyst DowngradeAPWCAsia Pacific Wire & CableN/A$1.61-0.3%N/A+7.6%$33.11M$472.67M0.001,190Analyst ForecastGap UpINHDInno0.7712 of 5 stars$2.36-56.3%N/A-75.4%$10.41M$1.56M0.0011Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeAQMSAqua Metals1.9714 of 5 stars$0.99+2.4%$21.50+2,071.7%-89.5%$8.02M$30,000.00-0.2120Gap UpHWMHowmet Aerospace4.1249 of 5 stars$156.76-0.4%$132.53-15.5%+96.2%$63.28B$7.55B55.5921,400Positive NewsMTArcelorMittal3.7479 of 5 stars$31.22+3.1%$32.95+5.6%+19.3%$25.57B$60.96B18.92157,900Dividend CutTSTenaris3.9035 of 5 stars$34.71+1.9%$46.50+34.0%-3.7%$20.18B$12.00B9.6122,800Positive NewsPKXPOSCO1.2996 of 5 stars$46.97+1.3%N/A-41.2%$14.26B$72.84T21.5518,200Positive NewsTXTernium4.2403 of 5 stars$28.79+1.0%$37.00+28.5%-34.8%$5.77B$16.80B-102.8320,100Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Luda Technology Group Competitors Broadwind Competitors Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Competitors Inno Competitors Aqua Metals Competitors Howmet Aerospace Competitors ArcelorMittal Competitors Tenaris Competitors POSCO Competitors Ternium Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:OCC) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredGold Hits New Highs as Global Markets SpiralWhen Trump took office in 2017, gold was just $1,100 an ounce. 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