On July 29, Amphenol rose 7.77% in regular trading, trading at $157.505/share, with turnover of $106 million.
On the news front, the company reported Q2 adjusted earnings of $1.35 per diluted share, far exceeding the analyst consensus estimate of $1.18, representing a 66.67% year-over-year increase from $0.81. Q2 revenue came in at $8.76 billion versus the $8.26 billion expected, up from $5.65 billion a year earlier. More critically, Q3 guidance was set well above market consensus: adjusted EPS of $1.40 to $1.42 versus the $1.27 expected, and revenue of $9.3 billion to $9.4 billion versus $8.67 billion expected.
The stock had declined over 10% in prior sessions due to systematic weakness across the electronic components sector and pre-earnings caution. The broad beat on both results and forward guidance triggered a rapid reversal of prior pessimistic sentiment. Within the sector, Littelfuse rose 9.71%, Corning gained 0.86%, while Coherent slipped 0.33%.
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