Power-One (PWER) Competitors

Amphenol (NYSE:APH) and Power-One (NASDAQ:PWER) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, APH or PWER?

Amphenol has higher revenue and earnings than Power-One.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amphenol	$15.22B	6.03	$2.42B	$1.91	39.69
Power-One	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate APH or PWER?

Amphenol presently has a consensus price target of $82.58, suggesting a potential upside of 8.93%. Given Amphenol's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Amphenol is more favorable than Power-One.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amphenol	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Power-One	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is APH or PWER more profitable?

Amphenol has a net margin of 15.92% compared to Power-One's net margin of 0.00%. Amphenol's return on equity of 25.67% beat Power-One's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amphenol	15.92%	25.67%	12.48%
Power-One	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of APH or PWER?

97.0% of Amphenol shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Amphenol shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer APH or PWER?

In the previous week, Amphenol had 73 more articles in the media than Power-One. MarketBeat recorded 74 mentions for Amphenol and 1 mentions for Power-One. Amphenol's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Power-One's score of 0.00 indicating that Amphenol is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amphenol	44 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Power-One	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor APH or PWER?

Amphenol received 443 more outperform votes than Power-One when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.25% of users gave Amphenol an outperform vote while only 64.63% of users gave Power-One an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Amphenol	Outperform Votes 602 68.25%	Underperform Votes 280 31.75%
Power-One	Outperform Votes 159 64.63%	Underperform Votes 87 35.37%

Summary

Amphenol beats Power-One on 14 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.