Amphenol (APH) Competitors

Amphenol (NYSE:APH) and Corning (NYSE:GLW) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor APH or GLW?

Corning received 329 more outperform votes than Amphenol when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.97% of users gave Amphenol an outperform vote while only 64.14% of users gave Corning an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Amphenol	Outperform Votes 592 67.97%	Underperform Votes 279 32.03%
Corning	Outperform Votes 921 64.14%	Underperform Votes 515 35.86%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, APH or GLW?

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
Amphenol	$15.22B	5.52	$2.42B	$1.91	36.22
Corning	$13.12B	3.39	$506M	$0.58	89.42

Is APH or GLW more profitable?

Amphenol has a net margin of 15.92% compared to Corning's net margin of 3.86%. Amphenol's return on equity of 25.67% beat Corning's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amphenol	15.92%	25.67%	12.48%
Corning	3.86%	15.10%	6.13%

Is APH or GLW a better dividend stock?

Amphenol pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Corning pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Amphenol pays out 34.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Corning pays out 193.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to APH or GLW?

In the previous week, Corning had 3 more articles in the media than Amphenol. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Corning and 27 mentions for Amphenol. Amphenol's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Corning's score of 1.09 indicating that Amphenol is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amphenol	23 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Corning	23 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend APH or GLW?

Amphenol presently has a consensus target price of $80.68, suggesting a potential upside of 16.31%. Corning has a consensus target price of $53.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.19%. Given Amphenol's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Amphenol is more favorable than Corning.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amphenol	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
Corning	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has more volatility & risk, APH or GLW?

Amphenol has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corning has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in APH or GLW?

97.0% of Amphenol shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of Corning shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Amphenol shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Corning shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Amphenol beats Corning on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.