APH vs HUBB vs HYLN Stock Comparison

Amphenol, Hubbell and Hyliion Holdings Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
APH Amphenol Corp /De/
$80.98 -4.3% 1M -41.0% 1Y
Market cap
$202.84B
P/E
34.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$33.05B
Div. yield
–
Electrical Equipment Industrials
1 win
HUBB Hubbell Inc
$437.29 -6.1% 1M -4.0% 1Y
Market cap
$23.03B
P/E
25.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.59B
Div. yield
–
Electrical Equipment Industrials
5 wins
HYLN Hyliion Holdings Corp.
$3.37 -15.3% 1M +59.0% 1Y
Market cap
$606.70M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$9.25M
Div. yield
–
Power Equipment Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Hubbell leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Hubbell 5, Hyliion Holdings 3, Amphenol 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAPHHUBBHYLNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $202.84B $23.03B $606.70M APH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 34.2x 25.3x -11.6x HUBB
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 31.0x 21.8x — HUBB
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +57.6% +16.0% +163.2% HYLN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 13.8% -564.3% HUBB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 11.3% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.0x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -41.0% -4.0% +59.0% HYLN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +16.1%/yr +17.0%/yr -16.1%/yr HUBB
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 85.6% 32.2% 98.9% HUBB
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 48/100 56/100 57/100 HYLN

Percentile Scorecard

APHHUBBHYLN

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

AxisAPHHUBBHYLN
Valuation 15 #173 of 203 38 #127 of 203 33 #41 of 61
Growth 97 #7 of 188 72 #53 of 188 88 #8 of 58
Profitability 78 #42 of 184 86 #27 of 184 13 #48 of 55
Financial Health 26 #161 of 217 15 #184 of 217 93 #6 of 71
Shareholder Returns 23 #118 of 153 70 #46 of 153 –
Overall 48 56 57
  • APH ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • HUBB ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • HYLN ranked among 71 companies in Clean Energy Equipment

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAPHHUBBHYLNSPY
1 month -4.3%-6.1%-15.3% +0.9%
3 months -46.1%-5.1%+4.7% +5.9%
6 months -45.4%-19.9%+88.3% +8.5%
Year to date -40.1%-1.5%+83.2% +13.3%
1 year -41.0%-4.0%+59.0% +12.4%
3 years +104.2%+55.6%+497.4% +88.1%
3 years, per year +26.9%+15.9%+81.5% +23.5%
5 years +111.0%+119.3%-58.3% +68.2%
5 years, per year +16.1%+17.0%-16.1% +11.0%
10 years +394.6%+318.1%— +263.4%
10 years, per year +17.3%+15.4%— +13.8%

Risk

MeasureAPHHUBBHYLNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 85.6%32.2%98.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 114.2%35.3%92.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.711.193.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.48-0.120.60 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -58.6%-33.1%-94.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -54.1%-21.6%-58.4% -0.9%
52-week high $176.32$557.85$8.10 $779.14
52-week low $73.07$407.36$1.58 $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.

MultipleAPHHUBBHYLN
P/E now vs peer median 33.6xmedian 25.4x 25.5xmedian 25.4x -11.5xmedian 29.4x
P/S now vs peer median 6.0xmedian 1.9x 3.5xmedian 1.9x 65.1xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.3x 17.3xmedian 14.3x -10.5xmedian 18.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 44.1xmedian 21.8x 24.9xmedian 21.8x -10.6xmedian 24.4x
P/B now vs peer median 11.6xmedian 2.2x 5.6xmedian 2.2x 3.6xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 0.77median 1.41 2.53median 1.41 -0.38median 1.07

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 monthsAPHHUBBHYLN
Revenue $33.05B $6.59B $9.25M
Gross profit $12.83B $2.33B $603.00K
Operating income $9.16B $1.33B -$58.73M
Net income $5.99B $915.00M -$52.19M
Free cash flow – $928.00M -$56.62M
R&D – – $37.27M
EPS (diluted) $2.30 $17.12 $-0.29
Cash & equivalents $4.17B $334.50M $13.20M
Total debt – $5.12B –
Shares (diluted) 2.58B 53.10M 178.44M
Enterprise value $196.37B $21.26B $272.60M

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
MetricAPHHUBBHYLN
P/E 33.6x 25.5x -11.5x
P/FCF 44.1x 24.9x -10.6x
P/Operating cash flow 30.8x 20.9x -14.2x
P/S 6.0x 3.5x 65.1x
P/B 11.6x 5.6x 3.6x
P/Tangible book 16.8x 23.7x 3.6x
EV/EBITDA – 17.3x -10.5x
EV/EBIT – 20.9x -9.2x
EV/Revenue 5.9x 4.2x 58.1x
EV/FCF – 30.0x -9.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 30.0x 25.2x -12.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.77 2.53 -0.38

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAPHHUBBHYLN
Revenue growth (1Y) 57.6% 16.0% 163.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 38.4% 7.9% 62.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 70.2% 17.1% 154.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 47.2% 9.0% 29.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 79.6% 15.2% 11.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 53.4% 10.6% 29.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 55.4% 5.6% 7.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 45.7% 9.4% 30.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 54.5% 6.1% 8.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 43.9% 10.1% 30.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 44.0% 9.0% 10.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 39.4% 12.5% 30.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 9.1% 16.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 14.9% 24.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAPHHUBBHYLN
Gross margin – 35.4% 6.5%
EBITDA margin – 24.5% -551.3%
Operating margin – 20.2% -635.2%
Pretax margin – 17.7% -564.5%
Net margin – 13.8% -564.3%
FCF margin – 14.1% -612.3%
Operating cash flow margin 19.6% 16.8% -458.2%
Return on equity 36.4% 22.8% -29.7%
Return on assets 13.0% 7.7% -28.2%
Return on invested capital – 11.3% –
Return on capital employed – 13.5% -33.4%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.6x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.2x 0.8x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 0.5% 64.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAPHHUBBHYLN
Debt / assets – 43.0% –
Debt / equity – 1.2x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.0x –
Debt / FCF – 5.5x –
Liabilities / assets 63.3% 65.4% 5.6%
Equity / assets 36.7% 34.6% 94.4%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 1.9x 1.5x 7.6x
Quick ratio 0.5x 0.8x 7.1x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.2x 6.8x
Altman Z-score – – 33.51

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAPHHUBBHYLN
Dividend yield 0.5% 1.3% –
Net buyback yield – 0.9% –
Shareholder yield 0.5% 2.2% –
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.

ConsensusAPHHUBBHYLN
Forward P/E 31.0xFY2026 21.8xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $2.61FY2026 $20.07FY2026 $-0.32FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +56.3%FY2026 +10.2%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +35.6% +21.9% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $33.34BFY2026 $7.32BFY2026 $14.80MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +44.4%FY2026 +25.4%FY2026 +325.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +33.4% +9.8% +127.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAPHHUBBHYLN
Held by institutions 96.0% 96.1% 33.4%
Institutions holding 2,330 1,015 168
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.6% -0.4% +19.5%
Institutions buying 1,360 511 106
Institutions selling 773 318 38
Buyers to sellers 1.76 1.61 2.79

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.

APHHUBBHYLN
APH 1.00 0.22 0.13
HUBB 0.22 1.00 0.33
HYLN 0.13 0.33 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, APH, HUBB and HYLN?

Amphenol (APH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amphenol (APH) $202.84B, Hubbell (HUBB) $23.03B, Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) $606.70M.

Which stock is cheaper, APH, HUBB and HYLN?

Hubbell (HUBB) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Amphenol (APH) 34.2x, Hubbell (HUBB) 25.3x, Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) -11.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Hubbell (HUBB) is cheapest (Amphenol (APH) 31.0x, Hubbell (HUBB) 21.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Amphenol (APH) +57.6%, Hubbell (HUBB) +16.0%, Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) +163.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Hubbell (HUBB) has the highest net margin (Hubbell (HUBB) 13.8%, Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) -564.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) returned the most: Amphenol (APH) -41.0%, Hubbell (HUBB) -4.0%, Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) +59.0%. Over five years, Hubbell (HUBB) compounded fastest (Amphenol (APH) +16.1%/yr, Hubbell (HUBB) +17.0%/yr, Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) -16.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Hubbell (HUBB) has been the steadiest (Amphenol (APH) 85.6%, Hubbell (HUBB) 32.2%, Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) 98.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, APH, HUBB and HYLN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Hubbell (HUBB) 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.