Corning (GLW) 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 businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

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%

Which has more volatility and risk, GLW or APH?

Corning has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amphenol has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GLW or APH a better dividend stock?

Corning pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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.

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

Which has preferable valuation and 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	5.16	$506M	$0.94	84.05
Amphenol	$15.22B	9.80	$2.42B	$2.51	48.69

Do analysts prefer GLW or APH?

Corning presently has a consensus price target of $70.08, indicating a potential downside of 11.30%. Amphenol has a consensus price target of $107.15, indicating a potential downside of 12.32%. Given Corning's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93
Amphenol	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media prefer GLW or APH?

In the previous week, Amphenol had 27 more articles in the media than Corning. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for Amphenol and 35 mentions for Corning. Amphenol's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Corning's score of 1.32 indicating that Amphenol is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Corning	28 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Amphenol	54 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Amphenol beats Corning on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.