APH vs. GLW, DLB, LFUS, VSH, ROG, MEI, SAP, PLTR, ASML, and IBM
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), SAP (SAP), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), ASML (ASML), and International Business Machines (IBM).
Amphenol vs. Its Competitors
Corning (NYSE:GLW) and Amphenol (NYSE:APH) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
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 pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Amphenol pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Corning pays out 215.4% 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 32.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
69.8% of Corning shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Amphenol shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Corning shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Amphenol shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Amphenol has a net margin of 15.58% compared to Corning's net margin of 3.34%. Amphenol's return on equity of 27.68% beat Corning's return on equity.
In the previous week, Amphenol had 7 more articles in the media than Corning. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Amphenol and 27 mentions for Corning. Amphenol's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Corning's score of 0.92 indicating that Amphenol is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Corning presently has a consensus target price of $53.75, suggesting a potential upside of 2.75%. Amphenol has a consensus target price of $88.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.21%. Given Corning's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Corning is more favorable than Amphenol.
Corning has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amphenol has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Amphenol beats Corning on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:APH) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff