Optical Cable (OCC) Competitors $3.78 +0.37 (+10.67%) Closing price 07/3/2025 02:09 PM EasternExtended Trading$3.65 -0.14 (-3.57%) As of 07/3/2025 04:23 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. BWEN, APWC, INHD, AQMS, HWM, MT, TS, PKX, TX, and GGBShould 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 Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Inno Aqua Metals Howmet Aerospace ArcelorMittal Tenaris POSCO Ternium Gerdau 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. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BWEN or OCC? 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 RatioBroadwind Energy$143.14M0.30$1.15M-$0.04-46.88Optical Cable$66.67M0.47-$4.21M-$0.38-9.96 Is BWEN or OCC more profitable? 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% Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BWEN or OCC? 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. Do analysts prefer BWEN or OCC? 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) 3.00Optical Cable 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Does the media prefer BWEN or OCC? 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 Which has more volatility and risk, BWEN or OCC? 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. SummaryBroadwind Energy beats Optical Cable on 13 of the 16 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 OCC 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 CableFIBER OPTICS IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$29.62M$29.62M$27.81B$9.05BDividend YieldN/AN/A3.12%4.03%P/E Ratio-9.96N/A37.0420.22Price / Sales0.470.472,010.74118.64Price / CashN/AN/A38.5958.07Price / Book1.631.637.235.67Net Income-$4.21M-$4.21M$763.57M$249.13M7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)OCCOptical Cable0.7007 of 5 stars$3.79+10.7%N/A+41.2%$29.62M$66.67M-9.96340BWENBroadwind Energy3.5674 of 5 stars$1.81-2.2%$4.13+127.9%-42.7%$41.97M$143.14M-45.25490APWCAsia Pacific Wire & Cable0.4747 of 5 stars$1.70+0.6%N/A+9.4%$34.84M$472.67M0.001,208News CoverageINHDInno0.022 of 5 stars$1.39-0.7%N/A-68.9%$8.89M$890K0.0011AQMSAqua Metals2.0089 of 5 stars$0.49-6.7%$21.50+4,333.0%-91.9%$5.17M$30K-0.1320High Trading VolumeHWMHowmet Aerospace4.5789 of 5 stars$186.38+0.8%$142.13-23.7%+127.6%$74.64B$7.43B60.7123,930Positive NewsMTArcelorMittal4.0367 of 5 stars$31.60+1.1%$32.95+4.3%+40.1%$25.61B$62.44B20.65125,416TSTenaris3.2703 of 5 stars$37.43+1.4%$44.00+17.6%+23.4%$21.46B$12.52B11.4125,874PKXPOSCO1.8494 of 5 stars$48.45+1.6%N/A-15.9%$14.47B$53.28B30.2818,200Analyst UpgradeGap UpTXTernium1.7678 of 5 stars$30.02-2.4%$30.67+2.2%-15.6%$6.16B$17.65B-16.8733,949News CoverageGGBGerdau3.5846 of 5 stars$2.92+1.7%$3.80+30.1%-7.5%$5.97B$12.43B10.0725,557 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Broadwind Energy Competitors Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Competitors Inno Competitors Aqua Metals Competitors Howmet Aerospace Competitors ArcelorMittal Competitors Tenaris Competitors POSCO Competitors Ternium Competitors Gerdau 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 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s New Order Could Boost Social Security Benefits by 400%If you collect—or plan to collect—Social Security, you need to see this. 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