Amphenol (APH) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer APH or GLW?

Corning received 330 more outperform votes than Amphenol when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.97% of users gave Amphenol an outperform vote while only 64.12% of users gave Corning an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Amphenol	Outperform Votes 592 67.97%	Underperform Votes 279 32.03%
Corning	Outperform Votes 922 64.12%	Underperform Votes 516 35.88%

Do insiders and institutionals 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer APH or GLW?

Amphenol presently has a consensus price target of $80.68, suggesting a potential upside of 19.47%. Corning has a consensus price target of $54.31, suggesting a potential upside of 15.38%. Given Amphenol's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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

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 2.4%. Amphenol pays out 34.6% 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.

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%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	5.38	$2.42B	$1.91	35.36
Corning	$13.12B	3.07	$506M	$0.58	81.15

Which has more volatility & risk, APH or GLW?

Amphenol has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corning has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to APH or GLW?

In the previous week, Corning had 2 more articles in the media than Amphenol. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Corning and 31 mentions for Amphenol. Amphenol's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Corning's score of 1.15 indicating that Amphenol is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amphenol	27 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Corning	24 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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