Why Shares in Amphenol Slumped 11% Today
Key Points
The company went into its earnings report with high expectations.
Amphenol's growth momentum is continuing in the first quarter.
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Shares in electrical, electronic, and fiber-optic connector company Amphenol (NYSE: APH) slumped by more than 11% as of 3 p.m. today. The move comes after the release of its fourth-quarter earnings report, and it's more a reflection of the market's thinking about stocks with artificial intelligence (AI) exposure than a "vote" on the company's results.
Amphenol earnings and guidance
The company has gone from being an unexciting interconnection and industrial cabling company to a favored play on AI-led spending. After all, interconnects are essential for moving power and data. As such, Amphenol's growth has exploded in line with increased AI spending. The company's sales rose a whopping 49% in the fourth quarter, and increased 37% on an organic basis.
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Management expects the momentum to carry through into 2026 and guided to $6.9 billion to $7 billion in sales for the first quarter, representing year-over-year growth of 43% to 45%.
Why the stock declined
While those growth figures are impressive enough, the company went into the results on the back of a slew of upgrades from heavyweight brokers, and its guidance wasn't quite enough to sustain that investor fervor.
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It's the kind of outcome that typifies the skittishness around investing in the AI theme right now. However, investors should note that the stock is still up by almost double-digits in 2026, even after today's correction. There's plenty of speculative money in AI-centric trades, but there's a reason why such stocks are seen positively, and a 44% growth rate is hardly a sign of any kind of slowdown.
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Lee Samaha has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Amphenol. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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