Houston Wire & Cable Company (HWCC)

11.25 +0.16  +1.44%  May 29, 8:00PM Go Pro
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Houston Wire & Cable Company Valuation

No matter how good a company is, if the price that you pay to buy it is too high, you won't make much money. These valuation metrics should give you a sense of reasonable prices, but be careful with them. Always seek to understand why a valuation is changing over time.

Price Multiples

Price Multiples show how much you get for the price you pay. They can fluctuate drastically over time. Looking at price multiples over time and comparing to those of competitors will help to triangulate a reasonable valuation.

Price to Sales Ratio

Tells you how much you are paying for one dollar of sales.

HWCC 0.5120
HDSN 2.102
DXPE 0.8076
LAWS 0.2696

Price to Earnings Ratio

Tells you how much you are paying for one dollar of earnings.

HWCC 10.50
HDSN 40.10
DXPE 20.61
LAWS 338.00

Price to Book

Tells you how much you are paying for one dollar of net assets (net assets is total assets - total liabilities).

HWCC 2.000
HDSN 4.425
DXPE 4.196
LAWS 0.6297

Enterprise Valuation

Enterprise Value (EV) multiples tell you what you would get if you were to buy the whole company (including paying off all debt). Similar to price multiples, they can be compared across time and with peers.

EV / EBITDA Pro

Tells you how much you pay for one dollar of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization if you were buying the whole company.

EV / Revenue Pro

Tells you how much you pay for one dollar of sales if you were buying the whole company.

EV / EBIT Pro

Tells you how much you pay for one dollar of earnings before interest and taxes if you were buying the whole company.

EV / Free Cash Flow Pro

Tells how much you are paying for one dollar of current free cash flow if you were buying the whole company.

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HWCC News

Listen to $HWCC Q1 2012 earnings call - live at 11:00 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/3lbl
about 20 days ago by earningscast
Earnings Scheduled For May 10
May 10, 4:01AM Benzinga
$HWCC filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/38Jc
about 62 days ago by MarketBrief
$HWCC filed latest Annual Report http://stks.co/2tA6
about 75 days ago by MarketBrief
Listen to $HWCC Q4 2011 earnings call - live at 11:00 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/2sQb
about 76 days ago by earningscast
$HWCC Reports Q4 EPS $0.17 vs $0.25 Est; Revenues $87.5M vs $101.41M Est
about 76 days ago by Benzinga
$HWCC filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/13jI
about 202 days ago by MarketBrief
Today's Dividend-Paying Winners and Losers: http://stk.ly/jNhv1s / $SUG $WHG $TNC $HWCC $KR / $THO $MOS $MCO $AKS $DST $VHI $TNH
about 348 days ago by DynamicDividend
Houston Wire & Cable ups dividend following another blowout quarter. CEO/President stepping down. Yields 2.16%. http://goo.gl/9lhuG / $HWCC
about 391 days ago by DynamicDividend
This Week's Dividend-Paying Winners and Losers: http://goo.gl/wZI0d / $LZ $HWCC $BTU $CNX $NEU / $NKE $COH $GES $CCJ $BWS
about 438 days ago by DynamicDividend
Houston Wire & Cable is up 10% in the face of today's broad selloff, thanks to strong Q4 results. Yields 2.61%. http://goo.gl/lTzQ9 $HWCC
about 442 days ago by DynamicDividend
$HWCC sees FY10 EPS of 3-6c, on sales of $65-$70M
about 727 days ago by Street_Insider
$HWCC rated a buy
about 774 days ago by beyulee
$HWCC Need lots of wire to hook up alternative energy souces, Wind , Solar, You name it. This stock is going higher.
about 785 days ago by beyulee
$HWCC buying more
about 786 days ago by beyulee
$HWCC Got to have copper wire to hook all the wind power up
about 789 days ago by beyulee
$HWCC at its lows will go higher from here
about 792 days ago by beyulee
$HWCC still need wire for wind & solar
about 793 days ago by beyulee
$HWCC added to position
about 796 days ago by beyulee
Stock Breakouts Jan 15th: Stock Breakouts: Meager pickings, $FRG (support $4.80), $HWCC (stop $12.19), $TPYE (s.. http://bit.ly/6Znxcc
about 865 days ago by fallond_markets
$HWCC high of teh day after gap up breakout. $$
about 866 days ago by momomiester
My to buy list: $ANR, $HWCC, $QQQQ, $IP, $BCSI, $RS, $HK, $SU, $AU, $KSS, $NUAN, $SCHN, $ODFL, $XSD Good Luck
about 1081 days ago by Mottipeer
Industrial Goods, US Wire-Cable Infrastructure Play with 2.6% yield and research target up to $29! Attractive reco on pullback for $HWCC
about 1087 days ago by ToroGreen
Stocks I watch pulling back hefty percentage on light volume. Bought a little $SWN. Holding $HWCC, wow!
about 1114 days ago by banjo5
A number of stocks I'm interested in are starting to shape up, BE CAREFUL $TTM $TINY $EWZ $EWC $STP $MELI $HWCC $AINV $CLF $CSX $IFN $MR
about 1153 days ago by banjo5

Recent Quotes

Symbol Price Chg Chg % Market Cap
HWCC 11.25 +0.16 +1.44% 197.62M
HWBK 9.13 +0.00 +0.00% 42.45M
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