GLW vs. APH, DLB, LFUS, VSH, ROG, BDC, APWC, OCC, ADI, and DELL
Should you be buying Corning stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Corning include Amphenol (APH), Dolby Laboratories (DLB), Littelfuse (LFUS), Vishay Intertechnology (VSH), Rogers (ROG), Belden (BDC), Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC), Optical Cable (OCC), Analog Devices (ADI), and Dell Technologies (DELL).
Amphenol (NYSE:APH) and Corning (NYSE:GLW) 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 analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.
Amphenol has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corning has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.0% of Amphenol shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of Corning shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Amphenol shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Corning shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Corning received 316 more outperform votes than Amphenol when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.12% of users gave Amphenol an outperform vote while only 64.25% of users gave Corning an outperform vote.
Amphenol pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Corning pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Amphenol pays out 26.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Corning pays out 157.7% 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 has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Corning has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Corning is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Amphenol has a net margin of 15.87% compared to Amphenol's net margin of 4.96%. Corning's return on equity of 23.85% beat Amphenol's return on equity.
In the previous week, Corning had 2 more articles in the media than Amphenol. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Corning and 19 mentions for Amphenol. Corning's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Amphenol's score of 0.42 indicating that Amphenol is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Amphenol presently has a consensus price target of $127.91, suggesting a potential downside of 3.79%. Corning has a consensus price target of $35.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.66%. Given Amphenol's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Corning is more favorable than Amphenol.
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.
Summary
Amphenol beats Corning on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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