APH vs GE vs HON Stock Comparison

Amphenol, General Electric and Honeywell International 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
$199.69B
P/E
33.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$33.05B
Div. yield
0.48%
Electrical Equipment Industrials
1 win
GE General Electric Co
$301.37 -5.3% 1M -2.7% 1Y
Market cap
$311.42B
P/E
34.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$52.58B
Div. yield
0.59%
Commercial Aerospace Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Honeywell International leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Honeywell International 6, General Electric 2, Amphenol 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAPHGEHONLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $199.69B $311.42B $69.49B GE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 33.6x 34.3x 9.9x HON
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 31.0x 39.7x 27.5x HON
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +57.6% +19.6% — APH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 17.3% — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -38.7% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.7x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.48% 0.59% 3.58% HON
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -41.0% -2.7% +8.5% HON
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +16.1%/yr +35.8%/yr +1.3%/yr GE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 85.6% 33.2% 25.3% HON
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 48/100 45/100 66/100 HON

Percentile Scorecard

APHGEHON

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

AxisAPHGEHON
Valuation 15 #173 of 203 32 #68 of 100 70 #31 of 100
Growth 97 #7 of 188 33 #65 of 97 23 #75 of 97
Profitability 78 #42 of 184 57 #42 of 96 70 #30 of 96
Financial Health 26 #161 of 217 18 #86 of 105 –
Shareholder Returns 23 #118 of 153 84 #11 of 65 100 #1 of 65
Overall 48 45 66
  • APH ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • GE ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • HON ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAPHGEHONSPY
1 month -4.3%-5.3%+3.7% +0.9%
3 months -46.1%-14.1%-9.1% +5.9%
6 months -45.4%+6.3%+4.3% +8.5%
Year to date -40.1%-2.2%+12.4% +13.3%
1 year -41.0%-2.7%+8.5% +12.4%
3 years +104.2%+255.1%+31.4% +88.1%
3 years, per year +26.9%+52.6%+9.5% +23.5%
5 years +111.0%+361.2%+6.4% +68.2%
5 years, per year +16.1%+35.8%+1.3% +11.0%
10 years +394.6%+115.2%+121.0% +263.4%
10 years, per year +17.3%+8.0%+8.3% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureAPHGEHONSPY
Volatility, 1Y 85.6%33.2%25.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 114.2%35.3%24.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.711.220.76 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.48-0.080.34 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -58.6%-45.1%-26.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -54.1%-20.9%-11.9% -0.9%
52-week high $176.32$381.07$248.79 $779.14
52-week low $73.07$273.25$188.14 $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.

MultipleAPHGEHON
P/E now vs peer median 33.6xmedian 25.4x 34.3xmedian 26.4x 9.9xmedian 26.4x
P/S now vs peer median 6.0xmedian 1.9x 5.9xmedian 3.0x 1.7xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.3x -21.0xmedian 14.5x —median 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 44.1xmedian 21.8x 39.0xmedian 26.1x 16.6xmedian 26.1x
P/B now vs peer median 11.6xmedian 2.2x 17.5xmedian 2.5x 3.1xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.77median 1.41 -119.97median 0.90 0.91median 0.90

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 monthsAPHGEHON
Revenue $33.05B $52.58B –
Gross profit $12.83B $18.52B –
Operating income $9.16B -$16.58B –
Net income $5.99B $9.13B $7.07B
Free cash flow – $7.99B –
R&D – $1.81B –
EPS (diluted) $2.30 $8.74 $22.13
Cash & equivalents $4.17B $8.76B $5.69B
Total debt – $19.33B –
Shares (diluted) 2.58B 1.04B 318.60M
Enterprise value $193.36B $270.17B $69.49B

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
MetricAPHGEHON
P/E 33.6x 34.3x 9.9x
P/FCF 44.1x 39.0x 16.6x
P/Operating cash flow 30.8x 33.0x 35.7x
P/S 6.0x 5.9x 1.7x
P/B 11.6x 17.5x 3.1x
P/Tangible book 16.8x 22.7x 4.0x
EV/EBITDA – -21.0x –
EV/EBIT – -19.4x –
EV/Revenue 5.9x 6.1x –
EV/FCF – 40.3x –
EV/Operating cash flow 30.0x 34.2x 35.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.77 -119.97 0.91

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAPHGEHON
Revenue growth (1Y) 57.6% 19.6% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 38.4% 7.2% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 70.2% 11.7% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 47.2% 10.9% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 79.6% 13.2% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 53.4% -98.5% –
Net income growth (1Y) 55.4% 13.2% 15.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 45.7% -3.4% 9.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 54.5% 15.5% 15.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 43.9% -0.3% 10.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 44.0% 21.4% -74.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 39.4% 6.3% -25.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 20.1% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 2.7% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAPHGEHON
Gross margin – 35.2% –
EBITDA margin – -29.1% –
Operating margin – -31.5% –
Pretax margin – 20.3% –
Net margin – 17.3% –
FCF margin – 15.2% –
Operating cash flow margin 19.6% 17.9% –
Return on equity 36.4% 51.2% 33.9%
Return on assets 13.0% 7.2% 10.8%
Return on invested capital – -38.7% –
Return on capital employed – -19.5% –
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.4x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.0x 0.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAPHGEHON
Debt / assets – 15.2% –
Debt / equity – 1.1x –
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.7x –
Debt / FCF – 2.4x –
Liabilities / assets 63.3% 86.0% –
Equity / assets 36.7% 14.0% 42.7%
Interest coverage – -17.9x –
Current ratio 1.9x 1.0x 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.5x 0.6x –
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.2x –
Altman Z-score – 2.70 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAPHGEHON
Dividend yield 0.5% 0.6% 3.6%
Net buyback yield – 2.7% –
Shareholder yield 0.5% 3.3% 3.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 19.1% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 21.8% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 26.6% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 36.5% –

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.

ConsensusAPHGEHON
Forward P/E 31.0xFY2026 39.7xFY2026 27.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.61FY2026 $7.59FY2026 $7.97FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +56.3%FY2026 +19.2%FY2026 -22.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +35.6% +28.1% +19.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $33.34BFY2026 $54.10BFY2026 $20.59BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +44.4%FY2026 +27.8%FY2026 -45.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +33.4% +11.8% +3.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAPHGEHON
Held by institutions 96.0% 79.4% 76.8%
Institutions holding 2,330 3,443 2,170
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.6% +1.5% -0.9%
Institutions buying 1,360 1,830 2,109
Institutions selling 773 1,149 53
Buyers to sellers 1.76 1.59 39.79

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.

APHGEHON
APH 1.00 0.19 0.18
GE 0.19 1.00 0.42
HON 0.18 0.42 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, APH, GE and HON?

General Electric (GE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amphenol (APH) $199.69B, General Electric (GE) $311.42B, Honeywell International (HON) $69.49B.

Which stock is cheaper, APH, GE and HON?

Honeywell International (HON) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Amphenol (APH) 33.6x, General Electric (GE) 34.3x, Honeywell International (HON) 9.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Honeywell International (HON) is cheapest (Amphenol (APH) 31.0x, General Electric (GE) 39.7x, Honeywell International (HON) 27.5x). 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%, General Electric (GE) +19.6%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Honeywell International (HON) returned the most: Amphenol (APH) -41.0%, General Electric (GE) -2.7%, Honeywell International (HON) +8.5%. Over five years, General Electric (GE) compounded fastest (Amphenol (APH) +16.1%/yr, General Electric (GE) +35.8%/yr, Honeywell International (HON) +1.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Honeywell International (HON) has the highest dividend yield: Amphenol (APH) 0.48%, General Electric (GE) 0.59%, Honeywell International (HON) 3.58%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Honeywell International (HON) has been the steadiest (Amphenol (APH) 85.6%, General Electric (GE) 33.2%, Honeywell International (HON) 25.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, APH, GE and HON?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Honeywell International (HON) leads on 6. 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.