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Amphenol (APH) reported earnings this morning of 83 cents a share, two cents more than Wall Street was expecting. This was a 40% increase over last year's total. Sales rose 30% to $659.4 million.

The company also laid out its future guidance:

For the first quarter, the company expects earnings between 80 cents and 82 cents per share on sales between $635 million to $645 million. Analysts are looking for earnings of 80 cents per share on sales of $647.7 million.

For the full year, Amphenol sees earnings between $3.45 and $3.55 per share on sales between $2.65 billion and $2.71 billion. Analysts are expecting earnings of $3.49 per share on sales of 2.7 billion.

Going by yesterday's close, Amphenol is selling for about 18 times 2007's earnings. The company also annouced a 2-for-1 stock split for late-March.

Posted by edelfenbein at January 17, 2007 9:26 AM