How to buy Asia Pacific Wire & Cable stock (APWC)

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable is an electrical equipment & parts business based in the US. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable shares (APWC) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $1.50 – a decrease of 4.78% over the previous week. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable employs 1,210 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $446.6 million.

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Asia Pacific Wire & Cable stock price (NASDAQ: APWC)

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Asia Pacific Wire & Cable shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$1.50
52-week range	$1.20 - $2.02
50-day moving average more info button	$1.70
200-day moving average more info button	$1.53
Wall St. target price	N/A
PE ratio more info button	8.8889
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$0.18

Is it a good time to buy Asia Pacific Wire & Cable stock?

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Asia Pacific Wire & Cable price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $1.495 from 2024-12-20

1 week (2024-12-16)	-4.78%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-22.54%
3 months (2024-09-23)	0.34%
6 months (2024-06-20)	-3.84%

1 year (2023-12-22)	11.57%
2 years (2022-12-23)	21.59%
3 years (2021-12-22)	2.44
5 years (2019-12-20)	6.63%

Is Asia Pacific Wire & Cable stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Asia Pacific Wire & Cable stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's P/E ratio

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 9x. In other words, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable shares trade at around 9x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's EBITDA

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $11.8 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable financials

Revenue TTM	$446.6 million
Operating margin TTM	0.93%
Gross profit TTM	$21.2 million
Return on assets TTM	1.13%
Return on equity TTM	1.34%
Profit margin	0.75%
Book value	$7.62
Market Capitalization more info button	$33 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable share dividends

We're not expecting Asia Pacific Wire & Cable to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1.2 up to $2.02. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's is 0.664. This would suggest that Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable overview

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes enameled wire, power cable, and telecommunications products in Thailand, North Asia, and internationally. The company offers copper rods; telecommunications cable products, including copper-based and fiber optic cables for telephone and data transmissions; and armored and unarmored low voltage power transmission cable, which is used to transmit electricity to and within commercial and residential buildings, as well as to outdoor installations, such as streetlights, traffic signals, and other signs. It also provides enameled wire for use in the assembly of a range of electrical products consisting of oil-filled transformers, refrigerator motors, telephones, radios, televisions, fan motors, air conditioner compressors, and other electric appliances. In addition, the company manufactures and sells wire and cable products; and offers project engineering services in the supply, delivery, and installation of power cables, as well as fabrication services for converting raw materials to wire and cable products. It serves government organizations, electric contracting firms, electrical dealers, appliance component manufacturers, state owned entities, and wire and cable dealers and factories. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is based in Taipei, Taiwan. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited is a subsidiary of Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Co.

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 80.959% of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable shares are held by insiders and 1.027% by institutions. How many people work for Asia Pacific Wire & Cable?
Latest data suggests 1,210 work at Asia Pacific Wire & Cable. When does the fiscal year end for Asia Pacific Wire & Cable?
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Asia Pacific Wire & Cable based?
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's address is: No. 77, Sec. 2, Taipei, Taiwan, 106 What is Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's ISIN number?
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's international securities identification number is: BMG0535E1066 What is Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's CUSIP number?
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: G0535E106