Financial Comparison: Shanghai Electric Group (OTCMKTS:SIELY) and Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (NASDAQ:APWC)

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (NASDAQ:APWC) and Shanghai Electric Group (OTCMKTS:SIELY) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

1.0% of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Asia Pacific Wire & Cable and Shanghai Electric Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable	$529.68 million	0.06	$3.67 million	$0.28	5.07
Shanghai Electric Group	$18.29 billion	0.36	$174.10 million	N/A	N/A

Shanghai Electric Group has higher revenue and earnings than Asia Pacific Wire & Cable.

Dividends

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Shanghai Electric Group pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Volatility and Risk

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shanghai Electric Group has a beta of -0.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Asia Pacific Wire & Cable and Shanghai Electric Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable	0	1	0	0	2.00
Shanghai Electric Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Profitability

This table compares Asia Pacific Wire & Cable and Shanghai Electric Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable	1.28%	2.16%	1.35%
Shanghai Electric Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable beats Shanghai Electric Group on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Asia Pacific Wire & Cable

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corp. Ltd. is a holding company, which engages in the business of owning operating companies in the power cable, telecommunication cable, enameled wire, and electronic cable industry. It operates through the following segments: North Asia, Thailand, and Rest of the World. The company was founded on September 19, 1996 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

About Shanghai Electric Group

Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd. provides industrial grade green intelligent system solutions in Mainland China and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Energy Equipment, Industrial Equipment, and Integration Services. The Energy Equipment segment designs, manufactures, and sells nuclear power, energy storage, wind power, coal-fired power generation and corollary, and gas-fired power generation equipment; and vessels for chemical industry, as well as provides power grid and industrial intelligent power supply system solutions. The Industrial Equipment segment provides elevators, electric motors, and industrial basic parts; and intelligent manufacturing and construction industrialization equipment. The Integration Services segment offers energy, environmental protection, and automation engineering services; industrial internet; financing leasing, factoring, asset management, insurance brokerage, etc. services; and international trade and property management services. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China. Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Shanghai Electric Holding Group Co., Ltd.