APH vs. GLW, DLB, LFUS, VSH, ROG, MEI, RFIL, AMD, QCOM, and CRM
Should you be buying Amphenol stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amphenol include Corning (GLW), Dolby Laboratories (DLB), Littelfuse (LFUS), Vishay Intertechnology (VSH), Rogers (ROG), Methode Electronics (MEI), RF Industries (RFIL), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), QUALCOMM (QCOM), and Salesforce (CRM).
Corning (NYSE:GLW) and Amphenol (NYSE:APH) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Corning had 13 more articles in the media than Amphenol. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Corning and 6 mentions for Amphenol. Amphenol's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Corning's score of 0.82 indicating that Corning is being referred to more favorably in the media.
69.8% of Corning shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Amphenol shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Corning shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Amphenol shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Corning has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amphenol has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Amphenol has a net margin of 15.87% compared to Amphenol's net margin of 4.96%. Corning's return on equity of 23.85% beat Amphenol's return on equity.
Corning pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Amphenol pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Corning pays out 157.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Amphenol pays out 26.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Amphenol has higher revenue and earnings than Corning. Amphenol is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Corning, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Corning currently has a consensus price target of $35.90, suggesting a potential downside of 2.79%. Amphenol has a consensus price target of $126.83, suggesting a potential downside of 2.91%. Given Amphenol's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Corning is more favorable than Amphenol.
Corning received 317 more outperform votes than Amphenol when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.04% of users gave Amphenol an outperform vote while only 64.23% of users gave Corning an outperform vote.
Summary
Amphenol beats Corning on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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