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Amphenol's fourth-quarter 2024 Communications Solutions sales increase year over year, driven by strong sales in the defense end market.

Amphenol Corporation APH reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial results and issued first-quarter guidance above estimates on Wednesday.

Citi raised the firm's price target on Amphenol to $89 from $82 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The company reported a "clean" Q4 beat with above-consensus Q1 sales and earnings guidance, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm estimates artificial intelligence sales represented $450M-$500M in Q4 and thinks order momentum accelerated during the quarter. It expects AI spending momentum, coupled with cyclical recovery in traditional data centers and accretive acquisitions, should accelerate Amphenol's earnings growth rates.

Amphenol Corporation (NYSE:APH ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call January 22, 2025 1:00 PM ET Company Participants Craig Lampo - Chief Financial Officer Adam Norwitt - Chief Executive Officer Conference Call Participants Luke Junk - Baird Samik Chatterjee - JPMorgan Amit Daryanani - Evercore Mark Delaney - Goldman Sachs Asiya Merchant - Citigroup Joe Spak - UBS Andrew Buscaglia - BNP William Stein - Truist Securities Saree Boroditsky - Jefferies Guy Hardwick - Freedom Capital Markets Wamsi Mohan - Bank of America Steven Fox - Fox Advisors Scott Graham - Seaport Research Operator Hello, and welcome to the Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call for Amphenol Corporation. Following today's presentation, there will be a formal question-and-answer session.

Amphenol's Q4 results benefit from higher revenues across the IT datacom, defense, commercial air and mobile devices.

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While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Amphenol (APH) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended December 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Amphenol (APH) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.55 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.50 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.41 per share a year ago.

Electronic equipment maker Amphenol on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter sales and profit above estimates, bolstered by strong demand for its sensors and connectors from sectors including data communications and defense.

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