Amphenol Corporation Q4 FY2024 Earnings Call

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Overall Performance

  • Q4 2024 sales reached a record $4.318 billion, up 30% year-over-year and up 20% organically versus Q4 2023. Sequential growth was 7%.
  • Full-year 2024 sales were a record $15.223 billion, up 21% versus 2023 (13% organic).
  • Q4 GAAP EPS was $0.59, up 44% year-over-year; adjusted EPS was $0.55, up 34%.
  • Full-year GAAP EPS was $1.92 (up 24%); adjusted EPS was $1.89 (up 25%).
  • Record Q4 operating margin of 22.1% GAAP (+140 bps YoY) and 22.4% adjusted (+120 bps YoY).
  • Orders in Q4 reached a record $5.14 billion, up 58% YoY and 14% sequentially; book-to-bill was 1.16.
  • Full-year orders were $16.835 billion, up 37%, with a book-to-bill of 1.11.
  • Operating cash flow for Q4 was a record $847 million (114% of net income); free cash flow was $648 million.
  • Full-year operating cash flow was $2.815 billion (116% of net income); free cash flow was $2.157 billion.

Segment Performance (Q4 YoY)

  • Harsh Environment Solutions: $1.262B (+40% reported, +8% organic), margin 24.2%.
  • Communication Solutions: $1.928B (+43% reported, +42% organic), margin 26%.
  • Interconnect & Sensor Systems: $1.128B (+4% reported, +3% organic), margin 18.6%.

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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. Until then, all lines will remain in a listen-only mode. At the request of the company, today's conference is being recorded. If anyone has any objections, you may disconnect at this time. I would now like to turn the conference host -- over to your host, Mr. Craig Lampo. Sir, you may begin. Craig Lampo: Thank you very much, and good afternoon, everyone. This is Craig Lampo, Amphenol's CFO. And I'm here together with Adam Norwitt, our CEO. We would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and welcome you to our fourth quarter 2024 conference call. Our fourth quarter and full year 2024 results were released this morning. I will provide some financial commentary and then Adam will give an overview of the business and current market trends. Then, we will of course take questions. As a reminder, during the call, we may refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures and make certain forward-looking statements. So, please refer to the relevant disclosures in our press release for further information. The company closed the fourth quarter of 2024 with record sales of $4.318 billion and record GAAP and adjusted diluted EPS of $0.59 and $0.55, respectively. Fourth quarter sales were up 30% in US dollars and in local currencies and up 20% organically compared to the fourth quarter of 2023. Sequentially, sal

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