Optical Cable vs Smith Midland
OCC and SMID side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How OCC and SMID compare
Smith Midland is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as Optical Cable ($109M against $92.6M).
Optical Cable grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.9% versus −1.6% for Smith Midland).
Smith Midland keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 8.6% compared with 3.1% at Optical Cable.
Smith Midland scores higher on the StockData Score (17 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.
| Metric | OCC | SMID |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $92.6M | $109M |
| Share price | $10.47 | $20.55 |
| Change, 1 year | 33.0% | −45.7% |
| Change, 5 years | 154% | −37.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.77 | 1.10 |
| Employees | 348 | 285 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 36.1× | – |
| P/S | 1.1× (better) | 1.2× |
| P/B | 6.3× | 1.9× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 21.7× | 7.1× (better) |
| P/FCF | 210× | 26.2× (better) |
| FCF yield | 0.48% | 3.8% (better) |
| Fair value | $4.02 | $29.10 |
| Margin of safety | −161% | 29.4% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 13.9% (better) | −1.6% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.7% | 16.3% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −35.8% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 35.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 34.3% (better) | 23.5% |
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 12.1% (better) |
| Net margin | 3.1% | 8.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 0.53% | 4.7% (better) |
| Return on equity | 15.6% (better) | 14.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 21.6% (better) | 16.8% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.06 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | −0.50 |
| Interest coverage | 3.8× | 48.9× (better) |
| Current ratio | 2.17 | 4.06 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 5.27 (better) | 4.93 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 24.2% | 57.0% |
| Held by insiders | 21.7% | 49.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$2.4M | $108K (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 8.1% | 8.2% |
Go deeper
- OCC stock overview
- OCC income statement
- OCC valuation and score
- SMID stock overview
- SMID income statement
- SMID valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.