APH vs. AEIS, CSQ, 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), Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ), 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
Advanced Energy Industries has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amphenol has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
99.7% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Amphenol shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Advanced Energy Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Amphenol shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Amphenol had 49 more articles in the media than Advanced Energy Industries. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for Amphenol and 8 mentions for Advanced Energy Industries. Amphenol's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Advanced Energy Industries' score of 1.42 indicating that Amphenol is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Advanced Energy Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Amphenol pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Advanced Energy Industries pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amphenol pays out 26.3% 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.
Amphenol has a net margin of 16.90% compared to Advanced Energy Industries' net margin of 5.13%. Amphenol's return on equity of 30.58% beat Advanced Energy Industries' return on equity.
Advanced Energy Industries presently has a consensus target price of $140.90, indicating a potential downside of 18.98%. Amphenol has a consensus target price of $105.62, indicating a potential downside of 14.44%. Given Amphenol's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amphenol is more favorable than Advanced Energy Industries.
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.
Summary
Amphenol beats Advanced Energy Industries on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:APH) was last updated on 9/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
