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Optical Cable vs Omega Flex

OCC and OFLX side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How OCC and OFLX compare

Omega Flex is the larger company, worth 2.6 times as much as Optical Cable ($237M against $92.6M).

On earnings, Omega Flex is cheaper: it trades at 22.3× trailing earnings, against 36.1× for Optical Cable.

Optical Cable grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.9% versus −2.0% for Omega Flex).

Omega Flex keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.7% compared with 3.1% at Optical Cable.

Omega Flex pays a dividend yielding 5.8%; Optical Cable does not pay one.

Omega Flex scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 6 for Optical Cable), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricOCCOFLX
Size and price
Market cap$92.6M$237M
Share price$10.47$23.44
Change, 1 year33.0%−15.8%
Change, 5 years154%−82.9%
Beta (5Y)0.770.85
Employees348172
StockData Score
Total score615 (better)
Valuation score13 (better)
Growth score1 (better)0
Performance score23 (better)
Health score26 (better)
Dividend score03 (better)
Valuation
P/E36.1×22.3× (better)
P/S1.1× (better)2.4×
P/B6.3×2.9× (better)
EV/EBITDA21.7×14.5× (better)
P/FCF210×33.4× (better)
FCF yield0.48%3.0% (better)
Fair value$4.02$28.50
Margin of safety−161%17.8% (better)
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)13.9% (better)−2.0%
Revenue growth, 5Y average5.7% (better)−1.5%
Net income growth (TTM)–−34.6%
EPS growth (TTM)–−34.0%
EPS growth, 5Y average–−5.7%
Profitability
Gross margin34.3%55.6% (better)
Operating margin4.2%12.2% (better)
Net margin3.1%10.7% (better)
FCF margin0.53%7.2% (better)
Return on equity15.6% (better)12.7%
Return on invested capital21.6%24.4% (better)
Financial health
Debt / equity–0.00
Interest coverage3.8×–
Current ratio2.175.36 (better)
Altman Z-score5.2710.43 (better)
Piotroski F-score66
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield–5.8%
Payout ratio–130%
Years of dividend growth–5
Dividend growth, 5Y average–4.0%
Shareholder yield0.00%5.8% (better)
Ownership
Held by institutions24.2%30.7%
Held by insiders21.7%48.2%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$2.4M$193K (better)
Short interest, % of float8.1%2.2%

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