Corning (GLW) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GLW or APH?

Corning received 323 more outperform votes than Amphenol when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave Amphenol an outperform vote while only 64.15% of users gave Corning an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Corning	Outperform Votes 925 64.15%	Underperform Votes 517 35.85%
Amphenol	Outperform Votes 602 68.18%	Underperform Votes 281 31.82%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GLW or APH?

69.8% of Corning shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Amphenol shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Corning 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.

Do analysts recommend GLW or APH?

Corning presently has a consensus target price of $53.08, indicating a potential upside of 10.18%. Amphenol has a consensus target price of $81.62, indicating a potential downside of 4.76%. Given Corning's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

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%

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	$13.60B	3.03	$506M	$0.52	92.64
Amphenol	$16.78B	6.18	$2.42B	$2.06	41.60

Is GLW or APH a better dividend stock?

Corning pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Amphenol pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. 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.

Does the media favor GLW or APH?

In the previous week, Amphenol had 19 more articles in the media than Corning. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Amphenol and 26 mentions for Corning. Amphenol's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Corning's score of 1.12 indicating that Amphenol is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Corning	17 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Amphenol	37 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, GLW or APH?

Corning has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amphenol has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Amphenol beats Corning on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.