APH vs APWC vs APTV Stock Comparison

Amphenol, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable and Aptiv Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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APH Amphenol Corp /De/
$80.98 -4.3% 1M -41.0% 1Y
Market cap
$206.02B
P/E
34.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$33.05B
Div. yield
–
Electrical Equipment Industrials
3 wins
APTV Aptiv PLC
$44.08 +1.0% 1M -49.1% 1Y
Market cap
$9.46B
P/E
43.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.73B
Div. yield
–
Electrical Equipment Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Asia Pacific Wire & Cable 5, Amphenol 3, Aptiv 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAPHAPWCAPTVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $206.02B $25.25M $9.46B APH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 34.7x 3.7x 43.0x APWC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 31.0x — 8.0x APTV
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +57.6% +9.0% +5.3% APH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 1.3% 1.2% APWC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 4.1% 2.6% APWC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 2.3x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -41.0% -33.8% -49.1% APWC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +16.1%/yr -17.4%/yr -23.9%/yr APH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 85.6% 59.1% 44.6% APTV
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 48/100 60/100 55/100 APWC

Percentile Scorecard

APHAPWCAPTV

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAPHAPWCAPTV
Valuation 15 #173 of 203 71 #59 of 203 95 #11 of 203
Growth 97 #7 of 188 66 #65 of 188 14 #162 of 188
Profitability 78 #42 of 184 24 #140 of 184 36 #118 of 184
Financial Health 26 #161 of 217 81 #43 of 217 33 #145 of 217
Shareholder Returns 23 #118 of 153 – 99 #3 of 153
Overall 48 60 55
  • APH ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • APWC ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • APTV ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAPHAPWCAPTVSPY
1 month -4.3%-7.6%+1.0% +0.9%
3 months -46.1%-17.0%-24.0% +5.9%
6 months -45.4%-22.3%-24.4% +8.5%
Year to date -40.1%-34.6%-42.1% +13.3%
1 year -41.0%-33.8%-49.1% +12.4%
3 years +104.2%-2.4%-48.8% +88.1%
3 years, per year +26.9%-0.8%-20.0% +23.5%
5 years +111.0%-61.5%-74.5% +68.2%
5 years, per year +16.1%-17.4%-23.9% +11.0%
10 years +394.6%-44.5%-31.9% +263.4%
10 years, per year +17.3%-5.7%-3.8% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureAPHAPWCAPTVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 85.6%59.1%44.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 114.2%47.9%48.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.710.611.16 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.48-0.57-1.10 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -58.6%-65.9%-76.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -54.1%-41.6%-50.3% -0.9%
52-week high $176.32$2.09$88.67 $779.14
52-week low $73.07$1.21$42.69 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAPHAPWCAPTV
P/E now vs peer median 33.6xmedian 25.4x 3.7xmedian 25.4x 42.4xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 6.0xmedian 1.9x 0.0xmedian 1.9x 0.5xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.3x —median 14.3x 6.9xmedian 14.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 44.1xmedian 21.8x -3.8xmedian 21.8x 11.2xmedian 21.8x
P/B now vs peer median 11.6xmedian 2.2x 0.1xmedian 2.2x 1.0xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.77median 1.41 —median 1.41 -1.33median 1.41

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAPHAPWCAPTV
Revenue $33.05B $529.68M $18.73B
Gross profit $12.83B $43.84M $3.68B
Operating income $9.16B $13.32M $995.00M
Net income $5.99B $11.40M $231.00M
Free cash flow – -$6.69M $817.00M
EPS (diluted) $2.30 $0.33 $1.04
Cash & equivalents $4.17B $64.58M $761.00M
Total debt – $194.37M $5.35B
Shares (diluted) 2.58B 20.62M 212.10M
Enterprise value $199.54B -$195.38M $2.31B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAPHAPWCAPTV
P/E 33.6x 3.7x 42.4x
P/FCF 44.1x -3.8x 11.2x
P/Operating cash flow 30.8x -3.8x 6.2x
P/S 6.0x 0.0x 0.5x
P/B 11.6x 0.1x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 16.8x 0.1x 1.3x
EV/EBITDA – – 6.9x
EV/EBIT – 1.2x 13.8x
EV/Revenue 5.9x 0.0x 0.7x
EV/FCF – -2.4x 16.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 30.0x -2.4x 9.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.77 – -1.33

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAPHAPWCAPTV
Revenue growth (1Y) 57.6% 9.0% 5.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 38.4% – -1.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 70.2% 29.4% 4.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 47.2% – 4.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 79.6% 56.4% -43.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 53.4% – -15.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 55.4% 101.1% -77.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 45.7% – -38.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 54.5% 119.1% -77.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 43.9% – -31.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 44.0% -138.0% -36.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 39.4% – -7.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -138.0% -52.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -7.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAPHAPWCAPTV
Gross margin – 8.3% 19.6%
EBITDA margin – – 10.7%
Operating margin – 2.5% 5.3%
Pretax margin – 2.8% 4.1%
Net margin – 1.3% 1.2%
FCF margin – -1.3% 4.4%
Operating cash flow margin 19.6% -1.3% 7.9%
Return on equity 36.4% 4.2% 2.6%
Return on assets 13.0% 2.6% 1.1%
Return on invested capital – 4.1% 2.6%
Return on capital employed – – 5.3%
Asset turnover 0.7x 1.2x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x -0.6x 6.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% – 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAPHAPWCAPTV
Debt / assets – 13.3% 29.8%
Debt / equity – 0.2x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 2.3x
Debt / FCF – -8.7x 6.6x
Liabilities / assets 63.3% 38.6% 51.4%
Equity / assets 36.7% 61.4% 48.6%
Interest coverage – 7.7x 3.0x
Current ratio 1.9x – 2.0x
Quick ratio 0.5x – 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.5x – 0.3x
Altman Z-score – – 2.46

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAPHAPWCAPTV
Dividend yield 0.5% – –
Net buyback yield – – 7.8%
Shareholder yield 0.5% 0.0% 7.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAPHAPWCAPTV
Forward P/E 31.0xFY2026 – 8.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.61FY2026 – $5.49FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +56.3%FY2026 – -17.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +35.6% – +13.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $33.34BFY2026 – $13.02BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +44.4%FY2026 – -36.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +33.4% – +4.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAPHAPWCAPTV
Held by institutions 96.0% – 98.6%
Institutions holding 2,330 – 659
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.6% – +9.2%
Institutions buying 1,360 – 330
Institutions selling 773 – 260
Buyers to sellers 1.76 – 1.27

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

APHAPWCAPTV
APH 1.00 0.06 0.10
APWC 0.06 1.00 0.13
APTV 0.10 0.13 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, APH, APWC and APTV?

Amphenol (APH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amphenol (APH) $206.02B, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) $25.25M, Aptiv (APTV) $9.46B.

Which stock is cheaper, APH, APWC and APTV?

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Amphenol (APH) 34.7x, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) 3.7x, Aptiv (APTV) 43.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Aptiv (APTV) is cheapest (Amphenol (APH) 31.0x, Aptiv (APTV) 8.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Amphenol (APH) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Amphenol (APH) +57.6%, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) +9.0%, Aptiv (APTV) +5.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) has the highest net margin (Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) 1.3%, Aptiv (APTV) 1.2%). On return on invested capital, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) leads (Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) 4.1%, Aptiv (APTV) 2.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) returned the most: Amphenol (APH) -41.0%, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) -33.8%, Aptiv (APTV) -49.1%. Over five years, Amphenol (APH) compounded fastest (Amphenol (APH) +16.1%/yr, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) -17.4%/yr, Aptiv (APTV) -23.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Aptiv (APTV) has been the steadiest (Amphenol (APH) 85.6%, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) 59.1%, Aptiv (APTV) 44.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, APH, APWC and APTV?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (APWC) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.