Amphenol Corp (NYSE: APH) is -4.87% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $54.72 and a high of $79.39 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The APH stock was last observed hovering at around $65.59 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.48%.
Currently trading at $66.07, the stock is 1.56% and -2.46% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.36 million and changing 0.73% at the moment leaves the stock -2.40% off its SMA200. APH registered 14.56% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 1.61%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $67.7392 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $67.69585.
The stock witnessed a 4.13% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -6.60%, and is -4.92% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.91% over the week and 3.08% over the month.
Amphenol Corp (APH) has around 125000 employees, a market worth around $80.06B and $15.22B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 34.45 and Fwd P/E is 25.47. Profit margin for the company is 15.92%. Distance from 52-week low is 20.74% and -16.78% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (14.64%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 22.31% this year.
Amphenol Corp (APH) Top Institutional Holders
1875.0 institutions hold shares in Amphenol Corp (APH), with institutional investors hold 96.19% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 1.21B, and float is at 1.20B with Short Float at 1.08%. Institutions hold 95.68% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 148.84 million shares valued at $10.03 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.4034% of the APH Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is FMR LLC with 102.0 million shares valued at $6.87 billion to account for 8.4833 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 92.77 million shares representing 7.7159% and valued at over $6.25 billion, while PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ holds 4.86 of the shares totaling 58.43 million with a market value of $3.94 billion.
Amphenol Corp (APH) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Straub Peter, the company’s President, ISS Division. SEC filings show that Straub Peter sold 132,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Nov 08 ’24 at a price of $74.12 per share for a total of $9.78 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 06 ’24, Silverman David M (Senior VP, Human Resources) disposed off 180,000 shares at an average price of $71.81 for $12.93 million. The insider now directly holds 14,000 shares of Amphenol Corp (APH).
