Contrasting GE Vernova (NYSE:GEV) and Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (NASDAQ:APWC)

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

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of GE Vernova shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GE Vernova has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Asia Pacific Wire & Cable and GE Vernova, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable	1	0	0	0	1.00
GE Vernova	2	5	26	2	2.80

GE Vernova has a consensus price target of $1,148.20, suggesting a potential upside of 29.02%. Given GE Vernova’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GE Vernova is more favorable 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 6.8%. GE Vernova pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GE Vernova pays out 5.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Profitability

This table compares Asia Pacific Wire & Cable and GE Vernova’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%
GE Vernova	23.54%	46.50%	8.07%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Asia Pacific Wire & Cable and GE Vernova”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable	$529.68 million	0.05	$3.67 million	$0.28	4.21
GE Vernova	$38.07 billion	6.23	$4.88 billion	$34.94	25.47

GE Vernova has higher revenue and earnings than Asia Pacific Wire & Cable. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GE Vernova, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

GE Vernova beats Asia Pacific Wire & Cable on 15 of the 17 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 GE Vernova

GE Vernova LLC, an energy business company, generates electricity. It operates under three segments: Power, Wind, and Electrification. The Power segments generates and sells electricity through hydro, gas, nuclear, and steam power. Wind segment engages in the manufacturing and sale of wind turbine blades; and Electrification segment provides grid solutions, power conversion, solar, and storage solutions. The company was incorporated in 2023 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.