APH vs. AEIS, AMAT, KLAC, LRCX, MKSI, MTSI, ETN, ITT, NVT, and TEL
Should you be buying Amphenol stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amphenol include Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Applied Materials (AMAT), KLA (KLAC), Lam Research (LRCX), MKS (MKSI), MACOM Technology Solutions (MTSI), Eaton (ETN), ITT (ITT), nVent Electric (NVT), and TE Connectivity (TEL).
Amphenol vs. Its Competitors
Advanced Energy Industries (NASDAQ:AEIS) and Amphenol (NYSE:APH) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
99.7% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Amphenol shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Amphenol shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Amphenol has higher revenue and earnings than Advanced Energy Industries. Amphenol is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Energy Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Amphenol has a net margin of 15.58% compared to Advanced Energy Industries' net margin of 4.73%. Amphenol's return on equity of 27.68% beat Advanced Energy Industries' return on equity.
Advanced Energy Industries presently has a consensus target price of $130.20, suggesting a potential downside of 7.45%. Amphenol has a consensus target price of $94.07, suggesting a potential downside of 7.75%. Given Advanced Energy Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Advanced Energy Industries is more favorable than Amphenol.
Advanced Energy Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Amphenol pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Advanced Energy Industries pays out 20.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amphenol pays out 32.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Advanced Energy Industries has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amphenol has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Amphenol had 24 more articles in the media than Advanced Energy Industries. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Amphenol and 20 mentions for Advanced Energy Industries. Amphenol's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Advanced Energy Industries' score of 0.74 indicating that Amphenol is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Amphenol beats Advanced Energy Industries on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:APH) was last updated on 7/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff