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

Should 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 (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.

Optical Cable received 111 more outperform votes than Luda Technology Group when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Luda Technology GroupN/AN/A
Optical CableOutperform Votes
111
65.29%
Underperform Votes
59
34.71%

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%

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.

Luda Technology Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Optical Cable.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Luda Technology Group$44.86M2.04N/AN/AN/A
Optical Cable$67.56M0.34-$4.21M-$0.50-5.62

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

Summary

Optical Cable beats Luda Technology Group on 5 of the 9 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$23.04M$11.41B$25.08B$8.38B
Dividend YieldN/A1.27%2.90%4.10%
P/E Ratio-5.2035.2644.6019.71
Price / Sales0.341.282,088.05116.98
Price / CashN/A9.8934.7834.62
Price / Book1.112.106.654.50
Net Income-$4.21M$176.02M$739.99M$248.18M
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OCC
Optical Cable
0.4916 of 5 stars
$2.81
-6.0%
N/A+8.7%$23.04M$67.56M-5.20340Gap Down
LUD
Luda Technology Group
N/A$4.05
+1.3%
N/AN/A$90M$44.86M0.00161Gap Down
High Trading Volume
BWEN
Broadwind
3.919 of 5 stars
$1.61
-0.6%
$4.13
+156.2%
-54.8%$35.94M$143.14M11.50490Analyst Downgrade
APWC
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable
N/A$1.61
-0.3%
N/A+7.6%$33.11M$472.67M0.001,190Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
INHD
Inno
0.7712 of 5 stars
$2.36
-56.3%
N/A-75.4%$10.41M$1.56M0.0011Gap Down
High Trading Volume
AQMS
Aqua Metals
1.9714 of 5 stars
$0.99
+2.4%
$21.50
+2,071.7%
-89.5%$8.02M$30,000.00-0.2120Gap Up
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
4.1249 of 5 stars
$156.76
-0.4%
$132.53
-15.5%
+96.2%$63.28B$7.55B55.5921,400Positive News
MT
ArcelorMittal
3.7479 of 5 stars
$31.22
+3.1%
$32.95
+5.6%
+19.3%$25.57B$60.96B18.92157,900Dividend Cut
TS
Tenaris
3.9035 of 5 stars
$34.71
+1.9%
$46.50
+34.0%
-3.7%$20.18B$12.00B9.6122,800Positive News
PKX
POSCO
1.2996 of 5 stars
$46.97
+1.3%
N/A-41.2%$14.26B$72.84T21.5518,200Positive News
TX
Ternium
4.2403 of 5 stars
$28.79
+1.0%
$37.00
+28.5%
-34.8%$5.77B$16.80B-102.8320,100Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:OCC) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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