Optical Cable Corp (OCC) · Peers

Optical Cable against the 6 other companies here in its SEC industry, SIC 335x (the wider group: its own four-digit code has fewer than five). Each figure is the one on the company's own page; the median is the peers', and the rank is among all 7, highest first.

Measure by measure

Measure	OCC	Peer median	Rank
Market value	$113.96M	median $8.65B	7 of 7
P/E	113.1×	median 16.5×	1 of 6
EV/EBITDA	45.0×	median 10.4×	1 of 6
P/S	1.5×	median 2.1×	4 of 7
FCF yield	-2.7%	median 3.8%	7 of 7
Gross margin	32.7%	median 32.7%	4 of 6
Operating margin	2.5%	median 13.5%	6 of 7
Net margin	1.3%	median 9.8%	6 of 7
ROIC	6.7%	median 13.2%	6 of 7
ROE	6.6%	median 20.8%	6 of 7
Revenue growth (4y, yearly)	5.4%	median 5.4%	4 of 7
Net debt / EBITDA	2.8×	median 1.8×	1 of 5
Current ratio	2.1×	median 2.3×	5 of 7
Stock pay / revenue	0.5%	median 0.7%	6 of 7
Share count change	3.8%	median -0.4%	2 of 7

Green where Optical Cable is on the better side of the median, red where on the worse; no colour where higher is neither, like size or dividend yield.

The peers, largest first

Company	Market value	P/E	ROIC	Score
OCCOptical Cable Corp	$113.96M	P/E 113.1×	6.7%	3.9
GLWCorning Incorporated	$113.60B	P/E 62.8×	10.5%	5.0
HWMHowmet Aerospace Inc.	$88.12B	P/E 47.1×	20.4%	5.4
MLIMueller Industries Inc	$13.29B	P/E 15.6×	39.6%	6.4
BDCBelden Inc.	$4.02B	P/E 16.5×	11.8%	5.5
KALUKaiser Aluminum Corp	$2.41B	P/E 10.6×	14.5%	5.0
NXQuanex Building Products CORP	$867.58M	P/E –	-11.4%	4.6

The industry is the Standard Industrial Classification code the company registered with the SEC. It is a broad label: a peer group is a starting point for comparing, not proof that two businesses are alike. None of this is advice.