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OCC vs. BWEN, APWC, INHD, AQMS, HWM, MT, TS, PKX, TX, and GGB

Should you be buying Optical Cable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Optical Cable include Broadwind Energy (BWEN), Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC), Inno (INHD), Aqua Metals (AQMS), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), ArcelorMittal (MT), Tenaris (TS), POSCO (PKX), Ternium (TX), and Gerdau (GGB). These companies are all part of the "steel works" industry.

Optical Cable vs. Its Competitors

Broadwind Energy (NASDAQ:BWEN) and Optical Cable (NASDAQ:OCC) are both small-cap steel works companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Broadwind Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Optical Cable. Broadwind Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Optical Cable, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Broadwind Energy$143.14M0.30$1.15M-$0.04-46.88
Optical Cable$66.67M0.47-$4.21M-$0.38-9.96

Broadwind Energy has a net margin of -0.51% compared to Optical Cable's net margin of -4.33%. Broadwind Energy's return on equity of -1.23% beat Optical Cable's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Broadwind Energy-0.51% -1.23% -0.58%
Optical Cable -4.33%-14.94%-7.72%

33.3% of Broadwind Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of Optical Cable shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of Broadwind Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.8% of Optical Cable shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Broadwind Energy currently has a consensus target price of $4.13, suggesting a potential upside of 120.00%. Given Broadwind Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Broadwind Energy is more favorable than Optical Cable.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Broadwind Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Optical Cable
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Broadwind Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Optical Cable. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Broadwind Energy and 0 mentions for Optical Cable. Broadwind Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Optical Cable's score of 0.00 indicating that Broadwind Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Broadwind Energy Neutral
Optical Cable Neutral

Broadwind Energy has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Optical Cable has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Broadwind Energy beats Optical Cable on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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.
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OCC vs. The Competition

MetricOptical CableFIBER OPTICS IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$29.62M$29.62M$27.81B$9.05B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A3.12%4.03%
P/E Ratio-9.96N/A37.0420.22
Price / Sales0.470.472,010.74118.64
Price / CashN/AN/A38.5958.07
Price / Book1.631.637.235.67
Net Income-$4.21M-$4.21M$763.57M$249.13M
7 Day Performance30.52%30.52%2.68%3.28%
1 Month Performance39.15%39.15%6.33%5.55%
1 Year Performance40.19%40.19%51,825.67%21.12%

Optical Cable Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OCC
Optical Cable
0.7007 of 5 stars
$3.79
+10.7%
N/A+41.2%$29.62M$66.67M-9.96340
BWEN
Broadwind Energy
3.5674 of 5 stars
$1.81
-2.2%
$4.13
+127.9%
-42.7%$41.97M$143.14M-45.25490
APWC
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable
0.4747 of 5 stars
$1.70
+0.6%
N/A+9.4%$34.84M$472.67M0.001,208News Coverage
INHD
Inno
0.022 of 5 stars
$1.39
-0.7%
N/A-68.9%$8.89M$890K0.0011
AQMS
Aqua Metals
2.0089 of 5 stars
$0.49
-6.7%
$21.50
+4,333.0%
-91.9%$5.17M$30K-0.1320High Trading Volume
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
4.5789 of 5 stars
$186.38
+0.8%
$142.13
-23.7%
+127.6%$74.64B$7.43B60.7123,930Positive News
MT
ArcelorMittal
4.0367 of 5 stars
$31.60
+1.1%
$32.95
+4.3%
+40.1%$25.61B$62.44B20.65125,416
TS
Tenaris
3.2703 of 5 stars
$37.43
+1.4%
$44.00
+17.6%
+23.4%$21.46B$12.52B11.4125,874
PKX
POSCO
1.8494 of 5 stars
$48.45
+1.6%
N/A-15.9%$14.47B$53.28B30.2818,200Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
TX
Ternium
1.7678 of 5 stars
$30.02
-2.4%
$30.67
+2.2%
-15.6%$6.16B$17.65B-16.8733,949News Coverage
GGB
Gerdau
3.5846 of 5 stars
$2.92
+1.7%
$3.80
+30.1%
-7.5%$5.97B$12.43B10.0725,557

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This page (NASDAQ:OCC) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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