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Amphenol

The Company’s strategy is to provide our customers with comprehensive design capabilities, a broad selection of products and a high level of quality and service on a worldwide basis, while maintaining continuing programs of productivity improvement and cost control.

10-K, Feb 11, 2026

Business

How does Amphenol make money?

Interconnect Products And Assemblies is 95.3% of revenue.

What is left of every $100?

Of every $100 in revenue, $18 is net income.

Where do customers sit?

34.6% of revenue is from United States.

United States34.6%
China15.9%
Other countries49.5%
In the company’s words ›

“The Company aligns its businesses into three reportable business segments: (i) Communications Solutions, (ii) Harsh Environment Solutions and (iii) Interconnect and Sensor Systems.”

“This alignment and segment structure reinforces the Company’s entrepreneurial culture and enables clear accountability of each of our business unit general managers, while enhancing the scalability of Amphenol’s business for the future.”

“The Company has three segment managers who lead their respective reportable business segments, each reporting directly to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.”

Item 1 · Business · 10-K · 0001104659-26-013549 · filed Feb 11, 2026

Where did the growth actually come from?

One segment: 102% of growth; others shrank.

Thesis

Why do people invest?

1 reason in the company’s own words.

  • Position (in the company’s words)
    “With our industry-leading high-speed, power and active and passive fiber optic interconnect technologies, together with superior simulation and testing capability and cost effectiveness, Amphenol is a market leader in interconnect development for the information technology and data communications (“IT datacom”) market.”

    Item 1 · Business · 10-K · 0001104659-26-013549 · filed Feb 11, 2026

KPIs

How fast is revenue growing?

Revenue grew 52% to $23.1B.

Did the growth reach the shareholder?

Per share, revenue grew 77.9%.

How profitable is it?

25.4% operating margin, up from 20.7%.

How much cash does it make, and where does it go?

Keeps $19 of every $100 as free cash.

How strong is the balance sheet?

$11.1B cash vs $15.5B debt.

Dependencies

Who does Amphenol depend on?

No customer above the disclosure threshold.

Customers, suppliers, stakes and mentions ›

Only what filings state. Anonymous customers stay anonymous.

Largest customers (Amphenol annual report)

No customer with a reported share of revenue (the 10-K names none above the disclosure threshold).

Suppliers named by Amphenol

No supplier among the covered companies is named in the filings.

Amphenol holds stakes in

No stake in a covered company found in SEC filings.

Others name Amphenol

2 competitor mentions (e.g. Corning, TE Connectivity) in covered companies’ filings. Mentions, not confirmed relationships.

Risks

What could go wrong?

4 of 22 risk factors, one per theme.

  • Supply chain and manufacturing
    “The Company and certain of its suppliers and customers have experienced, and may in the future experience, difficulties obtaining certain raw materials and components, and the cost of certain of the Company’s raw materials and components may increase.”

    Item 1A · Risk Factors · 10-K · 0001104659-26-013549 · filed Feb 11, 2026

  • Competition
    “The Company encounters competition in all areas of our business.”

    Item 1A · Risk Factors · 10-K · 0001104659-26-013549 · filed Feb 11, 2026

  • Trade, government policy and geopolitics
    “The Company is exposed to political, economic, military and other risks related to operating in countries outside the United States, and changes in general economic conditions, geopolitical conditions, U.S. and other countries’ trade policies and other factors beyond the Company’s control may adversely impact its business and operating results.”

    Item 1A · Risk Factors · 10-K · 0001104659-26-013549 · filed Feb 11, 2026

  • Security, defects and outages
    “Cybersecurity incidents affecting our information technology systems could disrupt business operations or cause the release of highly sensitive confidential or personal information, resulting in adverse impacts to our reputation and operating results and potentially leading to litigation and/or governmental investigations, fines and other penalties.”

    Item 1A · Risk Factors · 10-K · 0001104659-26-013549 · filed Feb 11, 2026

Who’s invested

Who owns more than 5%?

Vanguard Capital Management LLC holds 7.47%.

  • Vanguard Capital Management LLC7.47%

    13G · as of Mar 31, 2026 · filed Apr 29, 2026

  • Fmr LLC5.7%

    13G/A · as of Jun 30, 2026 · filed Aug 6, 2026

  • BlackRock Inc.8.2% (then)

    13G/A · filed Jan 25, 2024 · older than 18 months, current position unknown

13F holders and insider trades ›

Largest institutional holders, 13F, quarter ending Jun 30, 2026

  • BlackRock, Inc.8.7%

    101.3M shares · 13F filed Aug 7, 2026 · share of 13F-reported

  • Vanguard Capital Management LLC6.9%

    80.3M shares · 13F filed Aug 13, 2026 · share of 13F-reported

  • Fmr LLC6.0%

    70.6M shares · 13F filed Aug 13, 2026 · share of 13F-reported

  • State Street Corp5.1%

    59.5M shares · 13F filed Aug 7, 2026 · share of 13F-reported

  • Capital International Investors3.7%

    43.0M shares · 13F filed Aug 12, 2026 · share of 13F-reported

2,327 13F filers report positions. 13F covers managers with over $100M in US equities; it is not a full shareholder list, and shares are not a percentage of shares outstanding. 1 large filing with inconsistent reported value per share left out.

Insiders, last 12 months (Form 4, open market)

1 purchases · 25 sales · $512M sold

Grants, gifts and tax withholding counted separately · window Oct 13, 2025 – Oct 13, 2026

All metrics

All metrics · 35 SEC metrics, FY2016–FY2025
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