Amphenol (NYSE:APH) Issues Q1 Earnings Guidance

Amphenol (NYSE:APH - Get Free Report) updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.49-0.51 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $0.48. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.00-4.10 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.93 billion. Amphenol also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.490-0.510 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have weighed in on APH. Bank of America upped their price target on Amphenol from $70.00 to $74.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Evercore ISI upped their price objective on Amphenol from $75.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. TD Cowen upped their price objective on Amphenol from $60.00 to $63.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on Amphenol from $71.00 to $77.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Finally, Truist Financial upped their price objective on Amphenol from $76.00 to $82.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $69.79.

Amphenol Stock Performance

APH traded up $5.12 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $77.84. The company's stock had a trading volume of 14,380,528 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,132,444. Amphenol has a 52 week low of $48.52 and a 52 week high of $78.25. The company's 50-day moving average is $71.75 and its 200-day moving average is $67.79. 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 firm has a market cap of $93.84 billion, a PE ratio of 44.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.89 and a beta of 1.24.

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

Amphenol Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 8th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were given a dividend of $0.165 per share. This represents a $0.66 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.85%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th. Amphenol's payout ratio is 37.93%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, VP David M. Silverman sold 180,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, October 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $68.84, for a total transaction of $12,391,200.00. Following the sale, the vice president now directly owns 14,000 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $963,760. This represents a 92.78 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Richard Adam Norwitt sold 900,672 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, October 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $68.81, for a total value of $61,975,240.32. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 1,934,848 shares in the company, valued at approximately $133,136,890.88. This trade represents a 31.76 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 1,842,672 shares of company stock worth $128,858,080 in the last 90 days. Company 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.