Amphenol Co. (NYSE:APH – Get Rating) – Equities research analysts at Jefferies Financial Group reduced their Q1 2023 earnings per share estimates for shares of Amphenol in a report issued on Wednesday, September 28th. Jefferies Financial Group analyst D. Kelley now forecasts that the electronics maker will post earnings of $0.70 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.71. The consensus estimate for Amphenol's current full-year earnings is $2.94 per share. Jefferies Financial Group also issued estimates for Amphenol's Q2 2023 earnings at $0.74 EPS.

Amphenol (NYSE:APH – Get Rating) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 27th. The electronics maker reported $0.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $3.14 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.94 billion. Amphenol had a return on equity of 27.28% and a net margin of 15.00%. Amphenol's quarterly revenue was up 18.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.61 EPS.

Amphenol Trading Down 2.1 %

NYSE APH opened at $67.92 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $40.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.75, a PEG ratio of 2.02 and a beta of 1.25. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $74.69 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $71.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74, a quick ratio of 1.65 and a current ratio of 2.45. Amphenol has a 52 week low of $61.67 and a 52 week high of $88.45.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Amphenol

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank bought a new position in Amphenol in the 4th quarter worth $466,657,000. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Amphenol by 7.0% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 69,178,983 shares of the electronics maker's stock worth $5,212,637,000 after acquiring an additional 4,495,813 shares in the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC grew its position in Amphenol by 256.7% in the second quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 2,222,100 shares of the electronics maker's stock worth $143,059,000 after acquiring an additional 1,599,200 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC grew its position in Amphenol by 2.7% in the second quarter. FMR LLC now owns 51,614,854 shares of the electronics maker's stock worth $3,322,965,000 after acquiring an additional 1,341,887 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Flossbach Von Storch AG grew its position in Amphenol by 10.9% in the first quarter. Flossbach Von Storch AG now owns 10,604,790 shares of the electronics maker's stock worth $799,071,000 after acquiring an additional 1,039,221 shares in the last quarter. 93.50% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Jean-Luc Gavelle sold 122,000 shares of Amphenol stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $77.44, for a total value of $9,447,680.00. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. In other news, insider Jean-Luc Gavelle sold 122,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $77.44, for a total value of $9,447,680.00. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, VP Lance E. D'amico sold 20,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $76.93, for a total value of $1,538,600.00. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 25,700 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,977,101. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 2.10% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Amphenol Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 12th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 20th will be issued a dividend of $0.20 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 19th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.18%. Amphenol's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 27.97%.

Amphenol Company Profile

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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.

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