Corning (GLW) Competitors

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

Is GLW or APH a better dividend stock?

Corning pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Amphenol pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Corning pays out 119.1% 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 26.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is GLW or APH more profitable?

Amphenol has a net margin of 16.90% compared to Corning's net margin of 5.77%. Amphenol's return on equity of 30.58% beat Corning's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Corning	5.77%	17.27%	6.96%
Amphenol	16.90%	30.58%	14.10%

Do analysts prefer GLW or APH?

Corning currently has a consensus target price of $73.00, suggesting a potential downside of 15.91%. Amphenol has a consensus target price of $118.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.28%. Given Amphenol's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amphenol is more favorable than Corning.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corning	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87
Amphenol	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

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

Does the media refer more to GLW or APH?

In the previous week, Amphenol had 38 more articles in the media than Corning. MarketBeat recorded 72 mentions for Amphenol and 34 mentions for Corning. Amphenol's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Corning's score of 1.18 indicating that Amphenol is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Corning	26 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Amphenol	53 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & 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	$13.12B	5.67	$506M	$0.94	92.35
Amphenol	$15.22B	10.21	$2.42B	$2.51	50.71

Which has more risk and volatility, GLW or APH?

Corning has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amphenol has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Amphenol beats Corning on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.