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Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited (APWC)

Industrials | Electrical Equipment & Parts | Taipei, Taiwan | NasdaqCM
1.29 USD -0.03 (-2.273%) ⇩ (Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 3:39 a.m. EDT

The stock presents a classic deep-value trap where attractive valuation metrics mask deteriorating operational reality. While the price-to-book ratio of roughly 0.28 and a trailing P/E under 5 suggest significant undervaluation, the company is actively destroying shareholder value through negative free cash flow (-$14.8M) and negative operating cash flow (-$6.7M). The recent price action confirms this weakness, with the stock trading below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, indicating persistent selling pressure despite the cheap headline numbers. There is no dividend to provide income, and the lack of recent price appreciation suggests the market is pricing in continued struggles rather than a turnaround. Although the company mentions expansion into battery storage and AI data centers, these strategic pivots have not yet translated into the revenue growth or cash generation required to justify a bullish stance. The statistical forecast models also lean slightly negative, reinforcing the view that the immediate outlook remains muted.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.060863
AutoARIMA0.061350
AutoETS0.061525
MSTL0.063176

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 40%
H-stat 3.27
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.188
Excess Kurtosis -1.15
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2018-09-12
Last Dividend Date 2018-09-12
Debt to Equity Ratio 22.376
Revenue per Share 19.094
Market Cap 53,189,868
Trailing P/E 4.61
Beta 0.61
Profit Margins 1.28%
Website https://www.apwcc.com

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2018-09-13 0.08 2.962963
2017-10-30 0.10 3.571429
Additional Data
dividendYield 0.0
exDividendDate 2018-09-13
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.08
lastDividendDate 2018-09-13
dividendDate 2018-11-30

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.31606215
Address1 No. 77, Sec. 2
Address2 Room B, 15th Floor Dunhua South Road Da’an Dist.
All Time High 8.8
All Time Low 0.5
Ask 1.5
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,070
Average Daily Volume3 Month 9,706
Average Volume 9,706
Average Volume10Days 2,070
Beta 0.613
Bid 1.48
Bid Size 2
Book Value 4.963
City Taipei
Country Taiwan
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 1.29
Current Ratio 2.386
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 1.3299
Day Low 1.27
Debt To Equity 22.376
Display Name Asia Pacific Wire & Cable
Dividend Date 1,543,536,000
Dividend Yield 0.0
Earnings Growth -0.324
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.351
Earnings Timestamp End 1,609,767,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,609,767,000
Ebitda 19,120,500
Ebitda Margins 0.0361
Enterprise To Ebitda 6.011
Enterprise To Revenue 0.217
Enterprise Value 114,938,864
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.28
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,536,796,800
Exchange NCM
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 886 2 2712 3557
Fifty Day Average 1.4142
Fifty Day Average Change -0.12419999
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.087823495
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -31.606215
Fifty Two Week High 2.28
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.99
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.43421054
Fifty Two Week Low 1.27
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.01999998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.015748017
Fifty Two Week Range 1.27 - 2.28
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,058,275,800,000
Float Shares 6,262,385
Free Cashflow -14,858,000
Full Exchange Name NasdaqCM
Full Time Employees 1,175
Fullday Change -0.05000007
Fullday Change Percent -3.7594037
Fullday Price 1.29
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.082770005
Gross Profits 43,840,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.84812
Held Percent Institutions 0.00666
Implied Shares Outstanding 41,232,455
Industry Electrical Equipment & Parts
Industry Disp Electrical Equipment & Parts
Industry Key electrical-equipment-parts
Ir Website http://www.apwcc.com/p5-3.htm
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,536,796,800
Last Dividend Value 0.08
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes enameled wire, power cable, and telecommunications products in Thailand, Singapore, Australia, the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, and the Asia Pacific region. The company offers copper rods; 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; and telecommunications cable products, including copper-based and fiber optic cables for telephone and data transmissions. 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 offers project engineering services, 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 operates as a subsidiary of Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd.
Long Name Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited
Market us_market
Market Cap 53,189,868
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_361699
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 6,782,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 54,839,163
Open 1.32
Operating Cashflow -6,685,000
Operating Margins 0.02495
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 0.43
Phone 886 2 2712 2558
Previous Close 1.32
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 0.25992343
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.10041887
Profit Margins 0.0128
Quick Ratio 1.219
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.03000009
Regular Market Change Percent -2.2727342
Regular Market Day High 1.3299
Regular Market Day Low 1.27
Regular Market Day Range 1.27 - 1.3299
Regular Market Open 1.32
Regular Market Previous Close 1.32
Regular Market Price 1.29
Regular Market Time 1,791,921,600
Regular Market Volume 13,344
Return On Assets 0.02053
Return On Equity 0.04602
Revenue Growth 0.077
Revenue Per Share 19.094
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17502642
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Shares Outstanding 41,232,454
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0008
Shares Short 31,857
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 37,878
Short Name Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corpo
Short Percent Of Float 0.0013
Short Ratio 4.92
Source Interval 15
Symbol APWC
Total Cash 64,584,000
Total Cash Per Share 1.566
Total Debt 60,519,000
Total Revenue 529,680,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 0.28
Trailing P E 4.607143
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 1.5177
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.2277
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.15002964
Type Disp Equity
Volume 13,344
Website https://www.apwcc.com
Zip 106