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Acquisitions Shaping Up Amphenol's Growth Trajectory: What's Ahead?

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Key Takeaways

  • Amphenol revenues surged 52% in H1 2025, with organic growth of 37% to $10.46 billion.
  • Acquisitions like CommScope's Andrew business and others contributed 15% to revenues.
  • Amphenol agreed to acquire CommScope's CCS for $10.5B and Trexon for $1B in cash.

Amphenol (APH - Free Report) is benefiting from its strategic acquisitions that contributed 15% to the first half of 2025 revenues. On a reported basis, revenues jumped 52% and excluding acquisition-related contributions, organic growth was 37% to hit $10.46 billion. In second-quarter 2025, revenues jumped 57% year over year on a reported basis and 41% organically to $5.65 billion. Acquisitions contributed 15% while favorable forex benefited revenues by 1%.

Plethora of acquisitions – CIT, Lutze, CommScope’s COMM Andrew business, LifeSync, Narda-MITEQ, XMA and Q Microwave — have been driving Amphenol’s prospects. In the first half of 2025, the company completed three acquisitions, including the Andrew business from CommScope, for approximately $2.48 billion, net of cash acquired. The Andrew business has been included in the Communications Solutions segment, and the other two acquisitions have been included in the Harsh Environment Solutions segment.

In early August, Amphenol announced a definitive agreement to acquire CommScope’s Connectivity and Cable Solutions (CCS) business for $10.5 billion in cash. The deal expands Amphenol’s interconnect product capabilities in the fast-growing IT datacom market. The acquisition will add fiber optic interconnect products for AI and other data center applications. The CCS acquisition will diversify Amphenol’s broad portfolio of fiber optic and other interconnect product solutions in the communications networks and industrial markets. The CCS business is expected to have sales and EBITDA margins of approximately $3.6 billion and 26% in 2025, respectively.

Recently, Amphenol announced a definitive agreement to acquire Trexon for approximately $1 billion in cash. Trexon is expected to have 2025 sales and EBITDA margins of approximately $290 million and 26%, respectively.

Amphenol expects third-quarter 2025 revenues between $5.4 billion and $5.5 billion, suggesting growth in the 34-36% range. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the third quarter of 2025 is pegged at $5.48 billion, indicating 35.62% growth from the figure reported in the year-ago quarter.

Intensifying Competition Hurts APH’s Prospects

Amphenol is facing stiff competition from the likes of TE Connectivity (TEL - Free Report) and RF Industries (RFIL - Free Report) .

TE Connectivity is expected to benefit from strong demand for its solutions in the AI domain as well as energy applications. The company is benefiting from strength in Asia in the Transportation segment, where increased data connectivity trends and the ongoing growth of the electrified powertrain. 

RF Industries benefits from growing adoption of its integrated solutions, with backlog increasing to $15 million at the end of the second quarter of 2025 on bookings of $18.7 million. RF Industries’ ongoing transition from a product-oriented company to an integrated solutions provider is expected to drive top-line growth over the long term.

APH’s Share Price Performance, Valuation & Estimates

Amphenol shares have jumped 56.7% year to date, outperforming the broader Zacks Computer and Technology sector’s return of 12.9%.

APH Stock’s Performance

 

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APH stock is overvalued, with a forward 12-month price/earnings of 33.4X compared with the broader sector’s 27.71X. Amphenol currently has a Value Score of D.

APH Valuation

 

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Amphenol expects third-quarter 2025 earnings between 77 cents and 79 cents per share, indicating growth between 54% and 58% year over year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for third-quarter 2025 earnings is pegged at 79 cents per share, up by a couple of cents over the past 30 days, suggesting 58% year-over-year growth.
 

 

 

Amphenol currently sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.


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