Power-One (PWER) Competitors

Power-One (NASDAQ:PWER) and Amphenol (NYSE:APH) are both electronic components companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Do analysts recommend PWER or APH?

Amphenol has a consensus price target of $88.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.43%. Given Amphenol's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amphenol is more favorable than Power-One.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Power-One	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Amphenol	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PWER or APH?

Amphenol has higher revenue and earnings than Power-One.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Power-One	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Amphenol	$15.22B	7.90	$2.42B	$2.06	48.23

Does the media refer more to PWER or APH?

In the previous week, Amphenol had 30 more articles in the media than Power-One. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Amphenol and 10 mentions for Power-One. Amphenol's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Power-One's score of 0.00 indicating that Amphenol is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Power-One	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Amphenol	36 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is PWER or APH more profitable?

Amphenol has a net margin of 15.58% compared to Power-One's net margin of 0.00%. Amphenol's return on equity of 27.68% beat Power-One's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Power-One	N/A	N/A	N/A
Amphenol	15.58%	27.68%	13.00%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PWER or APH?

97.0% of Amphenol shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Amphenol shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Amphenol beats Power-One on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.