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Amphenol
(NYSE: APH)
USA
Almost anywhere digital data needs to move, Amphenol is there. The Wallingford (Conn.) maker of cables and connectors has prospered by selling hardware to wire up everything from cable television signals to mobile-phone calls to guidance directions inside a missile. For the four quarters ended Mar. 31, 2006, sales rose 24%, to almost $2 billion, while total shareholder return between May 31, 2004, and May 31, 2005, jumped 31%. And Martin Loeffler, chief executive officer for the past 10 years, says revenue could rise as much as 30% in 2006 while earnings per share will jump 16% to 19%. Leveraged-buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts scooped up a majority of Amphenol shares back in 1997 and prompted the company to pursue a strategy of growth through acquisitions in the now-$37 billion market for cables and interconnectors. KKR sold off the last of its stake in 2004, but the acquisitions continue. In December, Amphenol paid $385 million for Teredyne's connection systems business.
Company Info |
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| 2005 Rank | 60 |
| Sales* ($ Millions) | 1,967.7 |
| Sales Growth (over prev. year) |
24 % |
| Profits* ($ Millions) | 217.2 |
| Return on Equity | 28.6 % |
| Total Return on Sales (12-mo.) | 31.4 |
| Share Price As of 5/31/06 | 55.55 |
| CURRENT MARKET INFO | NYSE: APH |
| No. of Employees | 22,700 |
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| COMPANY WEB SITE > | |
*Trailing 12 months
Stock price data as of 5/31/06
DATA: Standard & Poor's Compustat
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Company Snapshot
Amphenol engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of electrical, electronic, and fiber-optic connectors, interconnect systems, and coaxial and flat-ribbon cables worldwide. Its connector and cable assembly products are used in communication applications, such as engineered cable assemblies used in base stations for wireless communication systems and Internet networking equipment; smart card acceptor devices used in mobile GSM telephones, cable modems, and other applications to facilitate reading data from smart cards; and fiber-optic connectors for fiber-optic signal transmission. Amphenol also offers backplane and input/output connectors and assemblies used for servers and data storage devices, and links personal computers and peripheral equipment; sculptured flexible circuits used to integrate printed circuit boards in communication applications; and hinge products for mobile phone and other mobile communication devices. In addition, the company designs and produces various radio frequency connector products and antennas used in telecommunications, computer and office equipment, instrumentation equipment, local area networks, and automotive electronics. Its radio frequency interconnecting products and assemblies are also used in base stations, mobile communication devices, and other components of cellular and personal communications networks. The company offers its products for factory automation and motion control systems, medical and industrial instrumentation, mass transportation and natural resource exploration, and automotive applications; and commercial aerospace and military applications. Amphenol sells its products directly to original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers, cable system operators, and telecommunication companies; and through manufacturers' representatives and distributors. Amphenol was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Wallingford, Conn.
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