Fundamentals to Watch About Encore Wire (WIRE)

Encore Wire moved 12% this afternoon session, trading between a high of $190.79 and a low of $166.16 per share. Yesterday the stock finished at $167.99 per share, compared to an average analyst target price of $200.5.

Encore Wire Corporation manufactures and sells construction electrical wires and indoor electrical wiring cables in the United States. The mid-cap rolling drawing & extruding of nonferrous metals company is based in the United States, and over the last twelve months it has returned a dividend yield of 0.05%. Encore Wire has trailing twelve months earnings per share (EPS) of 35.48, which at today's prices amounts to a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 4.79.

Based on its expected future earnings growth, the company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 2.09. Usually a PEG ratio between zero and one indicates a potentially undervalued company.

WIRE has a revenue per share ratio of 153.33 and an enterprise value to revenue ratio of 0.682, based on its total revenue of $2,592,321,000. The company's revenues have a year-on-year growth rate of 6.4%, compared to a YoY growth rate of 17.2% for its earnings.

the company's profitability and revenue levels soared in 2021:

Date Reported Revenue (k) Cost of Revenue (k) Gross Margin YoY Growth
2021-12-31 $2,592,321 $1,893,518 33.47% 119.62%
2020-12-31 $1,276,748 $1,179,421 15.24% 17.05%
2019-12-31 $1,274,794 $1,203,465 13.02% -11.61%
2018-12-31 $1,288,383 $1,189,173 14.73% 9.76%
2017-12-31 $1,164,048 $1,110,999 13.42% n/a
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