Amphenol (APH) Competitors

Corning (NYSE:GLW) and Amphenol (NYSE:APH) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend GLW or APH?

Corning presently has a consensus price target of $53.31, indicating a potential upside of 21.43%. Amphenol has a consensus price target of $82.58, indicating a potential upside of 8.48%. Given Corning's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Corning is more favorable than Amphenol.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corning	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Amphenol	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77

Is GLW or APH more profitable?

Amphenol has a net margin of 15.92% compared to Corning's net margin of 3.86%. Amphenol's return on equity of 25.67% beat Corning's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Corning	3.86%	15.10%	6.13%
Amphenol	15.92%	25.67%	12.48%

Is GLW or APH a better dividend stock?

Corning pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Amphenol pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Corning pays out 193.1% 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 34.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, GLW or APH?

Corning has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amphenol has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, GLW or APH?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Corning	$13.12B	2.87	$506M	$0.58	75.69
Amphenol	$15.22B	6.06	$2.42B	$1.91	39.86

Does the media prefer GLW or APH?

In the previous week, Amphenol had 24 more articles in the media than Corning. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Amphenol and 32 mentions for Corning. Amphenol's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Corning's score of 1.20 indicating that Amphenol is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Corning	19 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Amphenol	33 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GLW or APH?

Corning received 322 more outperform votes than Amphenol when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.25% of users gave Amphenol an outperform vote while only 64.12% of users gave Corning an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Corning	Outperform Votes 924 64.12%	Underperform Votes 517 35.88%
Amphenol	Outperform Votes 602 68.25%	Underperform Votes 280 31.75%

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

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, 1.7% of Amphenol shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Amphenol beats Corning on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.