These Fundamentals Make Amphenol Corporation (NYSE:APH) Truly Worth Looking At

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Amphenol Corporation (NYSE:APH) is a stock with outstanding fundamental characteristics. When we build an investment case, we need to look at the stock with a holistic perspective. In the case of APH, it is a notable dividend-paying company that has been able to sustain great financial health over the past. Below is a brief commentary on these key aspects. If you’re interested in understanding beyond my high-level commentary, read the full report on Amphenol here.

Adequate balance sheet average dividend payer

APH’s ability to maintain an adequate level of cash to meet upcoming liabilities is a good sign for its financial health. This indicates that APH has sufficient cash flows and proper cash management in place, which is a key determinant of the company’s health. APH seems to have put its debt to good use, generating operating cash levels of 0.36x total debt in the most recent year. This is also a good indication as to whether debt is properly covered by the company’s cash flows.

NYSE:APH Historical Debt November 8th 18
NYSE:APH Historical Debt November 8th 18

Income investors would also be happy to know that APH is a great dividend company, with a current yield standing at 1.0%. APH has also been regularly increasing its dividend payments to shareholders over the past decade.

NYSE:APH Historical Dividend Yield November 8th 18
NYSE:APH Historical Dividend Yield November 8th 18

Next Steps:

For Amphenol, I’ve compiled three important factors you should further research:

  1. Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for APH’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for APH’s outlook.

  2. Historical Performance: What has APH’s returns been like over the past? Go into more detail in the past track record analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of our analysis for more clarity.

  3. Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of APH? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!

To help readers see past the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements.

The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned. For errors that warrant correction please contact the editor at editorial-team@simplywallst.com.

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