Amphenol (NYSE:APH) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Amphenol (NYSE:APH - Get Free Report) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.490-0.510 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.480. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.0 billion-$4.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.9 billion. Amphenol also updated its Q1 guidance to $0.49-0.51 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on APH shares. Evercore ISI boosted their target price on Amphenol from $75.00 to $80.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. TD Cowen boosted their target price on Amphenol from $60.00 to $63.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, October 25th. Citigroup boosted their price objective on Amphenol from $81.00 to $82.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, January 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on shares of Amphenol from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Truist Financial boosted their price objective on shares of Amphenol from $90.00 to $102.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $77.92.

Amphenol Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE APH traded up $0.70 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $78.54. The stock had a trading volume of 9,307,573 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,288,104. The firm has a market cap of $94.69 billion, a PE ratio of 45.14, a PEG ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 1.24. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53, a quick ratio of 1.33 and a current ratio of 1.99. The company has a 50 day moving average of $71.86 and a two-hundred day moving average of $67.86. Amphenol has a twelve month low of $49.38 and a twelve month high of $78.82.

Amphenol (NYSE:APH - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 22nd. The electronics maker reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $4.32 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4,051,810 billion. Amphenol had a net margin of 15.40% and a return on equity of 24.68%. Amphenol's revenue for the quarter was up 29.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.82 EPS. Research analysts predict that Amphenol will post 1.84 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Amphenol Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 8th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 17th were issued a dividend of $0.165 per share. This represents a $0.66 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.84%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 17th. Amphenol's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 37.93%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Richard Adam Norwitt sold 900,672 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, October 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $68.81, for a total transaction of $61,975,240.32. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 1,934,848 shares of the company's stock, valued at $133,136,890.88. The trade was a 31.76 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Craig A. Lampo sold 150,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $68.76, for a total value of $10,314,000.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 218,116 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $14,997,656.16. This trade represents a 40.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,842,672 shares of company stock worth $128,858,080. Corporate insiders own 1.80% of the company's stock.

Amphenol Company Profile

Amphenol Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, primarily designs, manufactures, and markets electrical, electronic, and fiber optic connectors in the United States, China, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Harsh Environment Solutions, Communications Solutions, and Interconnect and Sensor Systems.