HUBB vs APH vs APTV Stock Comparison

Hubbell, Amphenol and Aptiv Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HUBB Hubbell Inc
$459.62 -1.4% 1M +5.8% 1Y
Market cap
$23.00B
P/E
25.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.22B
Div. yield
–
Electrical Equipment Industrials
4 wins
APH Amphenol Corp /De/
$75.28 -10.5% 1M -43.7% 1Y
Market cap
$193.19B
P/E
37.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$29.01B
Div. yield
0.01%
Electrical Equipment Industrials
6 wins
APTV Aptiv PLC
$43.62 -2.6% 1M -49.4% 1Y
Market cap
$9.24B
P/E
42.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.73B
Div. yield
–
Electrical Equipment Industrials
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Amphenol leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Amphenol 6, Hubbell 4, Aptiv 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHUBBAPHAPTVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $23.00B $193.19B $9.24B APH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 25.5x 37.6x 42.0x HUBB
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 22.9x 28.8x 7.9x APTV
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.6% +54.2% +5.3% APH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.5% 17.7% 1.2% APH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.8% 16.5% 2.6% APH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.3x 1.5x 2.3x APH
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +5.8% -43.7% -49.4% HUBB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +19.3%/yr +14.7%/yr -23.8%/yr HUBB
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.2% 85.6% 44.7% HUBB
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 54/100 64/100 56/100 APH

Percentile Scorecard

HUBBAPHAPTV

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

AxisHUBBAPHAPTV
Valuation 31 #140 of 203 19 #164 of 203 96 #9 of 203
Growth 67 #62 of 187 97 #7 of 187 15 #159 of 187
Profitability 89 #21 of 185 98 #5 of 185 36 #118 of 185
Financial Health 14 #189 of 219 42 #127 of 219 34 #145 of 219
Shareholder Returns 66 #52 of 153 66 #53 of 153 98 #4 of 153
Overall 54 64 56
  • HUBB ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • APH 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

PeriodHUBBAPHAPTVSPY
1 month -1.4%-10.5%-2.6% -0.8%
3 months -7.7%-49.6%-24.1% +3.5%
6 months -17.2%-49.4%-27.4% +7.0%
Year to date +3.5%-44.3%-42.7% +12.2%
1 year +5.8%-43.7%-49.4% +13.0%
3 years +63.6%+89.8%-49.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year +17.8%+23.8%-20.3% +23.1%
5 years +141.1%+98.7%-74.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year +19.3%+14.7%-23.8% +11.0%
10 years +336.9%+359.5%-32.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year +15.9%+16.5%-3.8% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureHUBBAPHAPTVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.2%85.6%44.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 34.5%114.2%48.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.221.701.16 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.18-0.51-1.11 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.1%-58.6%-76.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -17.6%-57.3%-50.8% -1.8%
52-week high $557.85$176.32$88.67 $779.14
52-week low $407.36$73.07$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.

MultipleHUBBAPHAPTV
P/E now vs peer median 27.0xmedian 26.0x 36.0xmedian 26.0x 41.9xmedian 26.0x
P/S now vs peer median 3.9xmedian 1.9x 6.4xmedian 1.9x 0.5xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 19.6xmedian 14.0x 21.8xmedian 14.0x 6.8xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 26.9xmedian 21.4x 39.4xmedian 21.4x 11.1xmedian 21.4x
P/B now vs peer median 6.2xmedian 2.2x 11.9xmedian 2.2x 1.0xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 2.04median 1.26 0.96median 1.26 -1.32median 1.26

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 monthsHUBBAPHAPTV
Revenue $6.22B $29.01B $18.73B
Gross profit $2.19B $11.17B $3.68B
Operating income $1.25B $7.84B $995.00M
Net income $907.10M $5.19B $231.00M
Free cash flow $901.40M $4.71B $817.00M
EPS (diluted) $16.98 $1.99 $1.04
Cash & equivalents $378.60M $4.73B $761.00M
Total debt $11.71B $18.81B $5.35B
Shares (diluted) 53.10M 2.58B 212.10M
Enterprise value $20.91B $187.77B $2.09B

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
MetricHUBBAPHAPTV
P/E 27.0x 36.0x 41.9x
P/FCF 26.9x 39.4x 11.1x
P/Operating cash flow 22.7x 31.6x 6.1x
P/S 3.9x 6.4x 0.5x
P/B 6.2x 11.9x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 33.1x 18.0x 1.3x
EV/EBITDA 19.6x 21.8x 6.8x
EV/EBIT 23.3x 25.4x 13.8x
EV/Revenue 4.7x 6.9x 0.7x
EV/FCF 32.5x 42.2x 16.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.4x 33.9x 9.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.04 0.96 -1.32

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHUBBAPHAPTV
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.6% 54.2% 5.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.3% 32.2% -1.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 12.0% 70.9% 4.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.6% 40.4% 4.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 10.1% 86.0% -43.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 11.2% 45.3% -15.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 8.3% 61.8% -77.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 12.6% 39.3% -38.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 9.2% 59.6% -77.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 13.2% 37.3% -31.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 11.6% 57.3% -36.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.0% 35.7% -7.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 14.8% 67.3% -52.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.7% 34.4% -7.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHUBBAPHAPTV
Gross margin 35.2% 38.5% 19.6%
EBITDA margin 24.0% 31.5% 10.7%
Operating margin 20.2% 27.0% 5.3%
Pretax margin 18.2% 25.2% 4.1%
Net margin 14.5% 17.7% 1.2%
FCF margin 14.5% 16.2% 4.4%
Operating cash flow margin 17.2% 20.2% 7.9%
Return on equity 23.6% 34.9% 2.6%
Return on assets 9.0% 11.9% 1.1%
Return on invested capital 12.8% 16.5% 2.6%
Return on capital employed 15.2% 23.0% 5.3%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.7x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.1x 6.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 0.5% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHUBBAPHAPTV
Debt / assets 45.4% 42.0% 29.8%
Debt / equity 1.4x 1.2x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.3x 1.5x 2.3x
Debt / FCF 6.0x 4.0x 6.6x
Liabilities / assets 66.9% 65.2% 51.4%
Equity / assets 33.1% 34.8% 48.6%
Interest coverage – 12.4x 3.0x
Current ratio 1.6x 1.9x 2.0x
Quick ratio 0.9x 1.3x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.6x 0.3x
Altman Z-score – 5.63 2.45

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHUBBAPHAPTV
Dividend yield 1.2% 0.7% –
Net buyback yield 0.8% 0.2% 7.9%
Shareholder yield 2.1% 0.8% 7.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 19.6% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 21.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 39.3% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 27.7% –

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.

ConsensusHUBBAPHAPTV
Forward P/E 22.9xFY2026 28.8xFY2026 7.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $20.07FY2026 $2.61FY2026 $5.49FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.2%FY2026 +56.3%FY2026 -17.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +21.9% +35.6% +13.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.32BFY2026 $33.34BFY2026 $13.02BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +25.4%FY2026 +44.4%FY2026 -36.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +9.8% +33.4% +4.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHUBBAPHAPTV
Held by institutions 96.1% 96.0% 98.6%
Institutions holding 1,014 2,330 659
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.4% +2.6% +9.2%
Institutions buying 511 1,360 330
Institutions selling 317 773 260
Buyers to sellers 1.61 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.

HUBBAPHAPTV
HUBB 1.00 0.23 0.20
APH 0.23 1.00 0.10
APTV 0.20 0.10 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HUBB, APH and APTV?

Amphenol (APH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Hubbell (HUBB) $23.00B, Amphenol (APH) $193.19B, Aptiv (APTV) $9.24B.

Which stock is cheaper, HUBB, APH and APTV?

Hubbell (HUBB) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Hubbell (HUBB) 25.5x, Amphenol (APH) 37.6x, Aptiv (APTV) 42.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Aptiv (APTV) is cheapest (Hubbell (HUBB) 22.9x, Amphenol (APH) 28.8x, Aptiv (APTV) 7.9x). 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: Hubbell (HUBB) +10.6%, Amphenol (APH) +54.2%, Aptiv (APTV) +5.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Amphenol (APH) has the highest net margin (Hubbell (HUBB) 14.5%, Amphenol (APH) 17.7%, Aptiv (APTV) 1.2%). On return on invested capital, Amphenol (APH) leads (Hubbell (HUBB) 12.8%, Amphenol (APH) 16.5%, Aptiv (APTV) 2.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Hubbell (HUBB) returned the most: Hubbell (HUBB) +5.8%, Amphenol (APH) -43.7%, Aptiv (APTV) -49.4%. Over five years, Hubbell (HUBB) compounded fastest (Hubbell (HUBB) +19.3%/yr, Amphenol (APH) +14.7%/yr, Aptiv (APTV) -23.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Hubbell (HUBB) 0.00%, Amphenol (APH) 0.01%, Aptiv (APTV) 0.00%. Hubbell (HUBB) and Aptiv (APTV) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Hubbell (HUBB) has been the steadiest (Hubbell (HUBB) 32.2%, Amphenol (APH) 85.6%, Aptiv (APTV) 44.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HUBB, APH 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, Amphenol (APH) 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.