Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited (APWC) vs Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. (PPSI)

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited and Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. are both Electrical Equipment & Parts companies. Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $31.0M against $26.6M — 1.2× the size. Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited trades at 4.5×. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.9% against −30.3%. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited has the higher net margin (1.28% vs −38.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.02% vs −28.8%). Across the 18 metrics below, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited leads on 15 and Pioneer Power Solutions, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric APWC PPSI Electrical Equipment & Parts median
P/E 4.54 n/m 31.20
P/S 0.10 1.38 2.28
P/B 0.19 1.21 3.19
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 27.15
EV/EBITDA n/m n/m 15.80
EV/Sales (0.02) 0.91 2.38
Earnings yield 22.05% (27.87%) (5.87%)
Free cash flow yield (46.98%) (25.55%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric APWC PPSI Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Gross margin 8.28% 16.19% 25.38%
Operating margin 2.51% (30.12%) 0.00%
Net margin 1.28% (38.11%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (1.26%) (35.24%) 0.00%
Return on equity 2.74% (28.75%) 0.14%
Return on assets 1.69% (23.52%) (1.50%)
Return on invested capital 4.02% (28.80%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric APWC PPSI Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.92% (30.30%) 7.92%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 5.88% (118.62%) 27.37%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.32% 7.23% 9.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric APWC PPSI Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.01 0.16
Current ratio 2.39 4.11 2.31
Net debt to EBITDA (2.35) 2.71 0.26

Dividend

Metric APWC PPSI Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Dividend yield — 0.00% 0.48%
Payout ratio — — 0.10

Size

Metric APWC PPSI Electrical Equipment & Parts median
Market cap 26.60m 30.97m 157.22m

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