$APH (+5,1 %)

Sales: 6.19B$ vs. 5.56B$ expected 🚀

Net income: 1.26B$ vs. 1.04B$ expected 🚀

Dividend increased to 1$ per year or 0.25$ per quarter (52% increase compared to previous year)

Share buybacks will be added in approximately the same amount, resulting in a return of approx. 1.5% for the shareholder.

Q4 outlook:

Sales: 6.05B$ vs. 5.72B$ expected🟢

FY 2025:

Sales: 22.7B$ vs. 21.7B$ expected🟢

Amphenol gives rather cautious outlook. I rather expect 6.4B for Q4 and thus 23B$ for FY2024. Margins are also rising steadily. You can benefit from all the investments in data centers.

"We are pleased to have closed the third quarter of 2025 with record sales and Adjusted Diluted EPS, both significantly exceeding the high end of our guidance," said Amphenol President and Chief Executive Officer, R. Adam Norwitt. "Sales increased from prior year by 53%, driven by strong organic growth in virtually all of our end markets, including exceptional organic growth in the IT datacom market, as well as contributions from the Company's acquisition program. In the third quarter, we once again realized excellent profitability with Operating Margin reaching a record 27.5%. We are extremely proud of the Company's outstanding performance."

This makes Amphenol the next doubler in my portfolio.

Hello my dears,

Today I received a question from the dear one @BamBamInvest . It was about which companies I have already looked at in the field of robotics and especially humanoid robots.

Because the answer has become a little longer. I would like to share it with the community here once again.

My dears and my dear @BamBamInvest ,

I have already @EpsEra already made some great posts on this topic. Which I also commented on. And I actually see Japan as an innovative player here. Japan is an ageing society in which, among other things, humanoids are supposed to solve the problem. Like in nursing homes, for example.

Unfortunately, one major player has completely run away from me $7012 (+7,93 %) Kawasaki , and I'm still trying to find a way in somehow.

I also see very strong $6954 (+0,66 %) .

FANUC CORP. is a Japanese company active in the field of electrical equipment. The group works in particular on automation and basic technologies for servos and robots.

One supplier in the field of industrial robots that I like is $6481 (-3,17 %) . I have also made a post about this .

https://getqu.in/fZudqX/

Just as in the AI sector, Softbank is of course also involved in humanoids,

You should also keep an eye on South Korea. Unfortunately Hyundai)Kia has been delisted from the stock exchange, here I see Boston Dynamik as very strong.

Nvidia $NVDA (+1,16 %) is one of the key players in this area. AI and humanoid robots are interlinked.

I could imagine that we will see something in this sector from $SIE (-0,37 %) Siemens or Bosch in this sector.

But there are a number of start-ups in Germany in particular, some of which were even founded at universities.

I wouldn't want to underestimate them under any circumstances.

$GFT (+2,59 %) has now also entered into a partnership with Neura Robotic and is supplying the AI software. In my opinion, Neura's humanoids are already very advanced.

For me, AI and humanoids are also connected. And so many AI players are also becoming players here.

As already mentioned, networking via the cloud will play a role, making the major cloud providers interesting.

Optimus would also be the only reason for me to invest in $TSLA (+1,82 %) to invest.

The Chinese company UBTECH Robotics, with its humanoid Walker S, which is already in use at Nio and BYD, should also be mentioned.

Figure AI cooperates with BMW, for example. Figure AI is also working with OpenAI to develop generative AI for humanoid robots, and its investors include NVIDIA, Microsoft and Amazon.

Sanctuary AI with the humanoid Phoenix has a partnership with $MSFT (-0,03 %) Microsoft.

$AMZN (+1,02 %) Amazon has a partnership with Agility Robotics. And uses Digit in the warehouses.

You should also have heard of AgiBot (a startup from Shanghai).

I think there will be a few IPOs in the humanoid sector in the near future.

Teradyne is the TÜV for robots.

$TER (+4,54 %) is a player in industrial robots. Teradyne currently takes a critical view of the industrial use of humanoid robots and is deliberately focusing on practical, ready-to-use automation solutions - in particular collaborative robotic arms (Universal Robots) and autonomous transport robots (MiR).

$APH (+5,1 %) amphenol supplies the nerve pathways for the humanoid, in the form of cables and connectors. And, of course, the spare parts.

$ROK (+1,87 %) supplies the muscles.

Rockwell Automation, Inc. is an American manufacturer of automation and information solutions for industrial production

$MELE (-0,6 %) is a Belgian company with a market capitalization of 3 billion, is very strong in the sensors that are needed. And is on my watch.

$JBL (+3,61 %) Jabil is a contract manufacturer for humanoids. Which has also already considered whether it could build its own humanoids.

(But you should wait for a reset here).

Also on the Watch $HEXA B (+0,97 %) Hexagon.

A Swedish company in the field of sensors. And is now bringing out a humanoid robot itself.

Medical and industrial robots

Accuray $ARAY (+0,73 %) develops medical robotic solutions for the radiotherapy of cancer patients. The robot-controlled radiosurgery system can track tumor movement during therapy in real time and correct it if necessary.

$CGNX (+3,64 %) Cognex Corp.

The company manufactures machine vision devices used in manufacturing and production for automated processes. These include surface inspection systems and modular image processing systems used in intelligent technologies.

Cognex Corp. is one of the prime stocks in the Industry 4.0 investment trend

Yaskawa Electric Corp.

$6506 (-0,61 %) The Japanese machine manufacturer has its expertise in the production of industrial robots and frequency converters "AC Drivers" for controlling the power supply to machines.

Manz AG (according to @Aktienfox insolvent)

$M5Z (+0 %) Industry 4.0

Manz manufactures and develops machines and systems for production and is one of the world's leading suppliers.

Manz AG is one of the prime stocks in the Industry 4.0 investment trend

Family-owned company

High-tech provider of production systems. The company is divided into 3 divisions: Electronics, Solar and Energy Storage. Dieter Manz, as Chairman and CEO, currently holds 37.3% of the voting rights.

$COH (+2,35 %)

Anyone investing in these areas should be aware of this. We will have drawdowns.

It has always been the same with new technologies in the past.

But patience will be rewarded in the long term.

And we should be prepared now so as not to miss the boat.

After my first post on humanoid robots received a lot of positive feedback, I went into more detail. I have subsequently added my favorites in each sector.

Extended analysis of the value chain including shovel manufacturers and potential hidden champions

New categorySecondary key sectors (sales, marketing, financing)

In additionTop 25 companies worldwide, as well as Top 10 Europe and Top 10 Asia

I have also added a video link for beginners. This will give you an idea of how far the development of humanoid robotics has already progressed.

https://www.stern.de/panorama/wissen/humanoider-roboter---wie-reagiert-er-auf-beleidigungen--35996156.html

Thank you for your attention and your support 🙏

🌐 1. value chain of humanoid robots (with hidden champions)

1. research & chip design

$ARM (+1,05 %) ARM (UK) - CPU-IP, energy-efficient processors

$SNPS (+0,03 %) Synopsys (US) - EDA software, chip design

$CDNS (+2,04 %) Cadence (US) - EDA & Simulation

$PTC PTC (US) - Engineering Software, CAD/PLM

$DSY (-10,66 %) Dassault Systèmes (FR) - 3D Design & Digital Twin

$SIE (-0,37 %) Siemens (DE) - Industrial Software & Lifecycle Mgmt

$ADBE (-0,2 %) Adobe (US) - Design, AR/UX

ANSYS (US) - multiphysical simulation - acquisition by Synopsis

Altair (US) - CAE, simulation, digital twin - acquisition by Siemens

$HXGBY (+0,49 %)
Hexagon (SE) - Metrology & Simulation

$AWE (+2,2 %) Alphawave IP Group (UK) - High-speed chip IP for AI/robotics

1.Synopsis, 2.Siemens and 3.Adobe are my top 3 in this sector

2. manufacturing technology & equipment

$ASML (+2,17 %) ASML (NL) - Lithography (EUV)

$AMAT (+2,2 %) Applied Materials (US) - Semiconductor equipment

$8035 (+1,46 %) Tokyo Electron (JP) - wafer fabrication

$KEYS (+1,16 %) Keysight Technologies (US) - Metrology

$6857 (-1,13 %) Advantest (JP) - Chip test systems

$TER (+4,54 %) Teradyne (US) - test systems + cobots

$6954 (+0,66 %) Fanuc (JP) - Industrial robots, CNC

$CAT (+1,47 %) Caterpillar (US) - autonomous machines

$KU2G KUKA (DE) - industrial robots

Comau (IT) - automation - not listed on the stock exchange

$ROK (+1,87 %) Rockwell Automation (US) - industrial automation

$JBL (+3,61 %) Jabil (US) - contract manufacturing (EMS/ODM)

$KIT (+15,5 %) Kitron (NO) - European EMS/ODM manufacturer

$AIXA (+0,25 %) Aixtron (DE) - deposition equipment for compound semiconductors

$LRCX (+1,93 %)
Lam Research (US) - Etch/deposition systems

$MKSI (+4,56 %)
MKS Instruments (US) - Plasma/vacuum technology

$ASM (+2,79 %)
ASM International (NL) - Deposition systems

1.ASML, 2.Keysight Technologies, 3.Fanuc are my top 3 in this sector

3. chip manufacturing (foundries)

$TSM (+0,6 %) TSMC (TW) - leading foundry

$SMSN Samsung Electronics (KR) - foundry + memory

$GFS (+1,47 %) GlobalFoundries (US) - specialty chips

$INTC (+11,6 %)
Intel Foundry Services (US) - new western foundry player

$981
SMIC (CN) - largest Chinese foundry

$UMC
UMC (TW) - Power/RF/Embedded chips

1.TSMC, 2.Intel, 3.Samsung Electronics are my top 3 in this sector

4. computing & control unit ("brain")

$NVDA (+1,16 %) Nvidia (US) - GPUs, AI chips

$INTC (+11,6 %) Intel (US) - CPUs, FPGAs

$AMD (+3,4 %) AMD (US) - CPUs, GPUs

$MRVL (-0,07 %) Marvell (US) - Network Chips

$MU (+4,36 %) Micron (US) - Memory

$DELL (+3,14 %) Dell Technologies (US) - Edge & Infrastructure

Graphcore (UK) - AI chips (IPU) - not a listed company

Cerebras (US) - Wafer-scale engine - not a listed company

SiPearl (FR) - European HPC chip - not a listed company

1.Nvidia, 2.Marvell, 3.Micron are my top 3 in this sector

5. sensors ("senses")

$6758 (+0,26 %) Sony (JP) - image sensors

$6861 (-0,12 %) Keyence (JP) - Industrial sensors

$STM (-12,4 %) STMicroelectronics (FR/IT) - Sensors, MCUs

$TDY Teledyne (US) - optical/infrared sensors

$CGNX (+3,64 %) Cognex (US) - Machine Vision

$HON (+6,73 %) Honeywell (US) - sensor technology, security

ANYbotics (CH) - autonomous sensor fusion - not a listed company

$AMBA (+4,91 %) Ambarella (US) - video & computer vision SoCs for real-time image recognition

$OUST
Velodyne Lidar (US) - Lidar sensors - acquisition by Ouster

$AMS (-4,16 %)
OSRAM (AT/DE) - optical sensors

1.Teledyne, 2.Keyence, 3.Ouster are my top 3 in this sector

6. actuators & power electronics ("muscles")

$IFX (-2,31 %) Infineon (DE) - Power Electronics

$ON (-0,34 %) onsemi (US) - Power & Sensors

$TXN (+0,46 %) Texas Instruments (US) - Mixed-Signal Chips

$ADI (+0,25 %) Analog Devices (US) - Signal Processing

$PH (+3,27 %) Parker-Hannifin (US) - Hydraulics/Pneumatics

$MP (-1,66 %) MP Materials (US) - Magnets

$APH (+5,1 %) Amphenol (US) - Connectors

$6481 (-3,17 %) THK (JP) - Linear guides & actuators

$6324 (-6,52 %)
Harmonic Drive (JP) - Precision gears & servo drives for robotics

$6594 (-9,62 %)
Nidec (JP) - Electric motors

$6506 (-0,61 %)
Yaskawa (JP) - Drives & Robotics

$SU (+1,63 %)
Schneider Electric (FR) - Energy & control solutions

$ZIL2 (+3,34 %)
ElringKlinger (DE) - Battery & fuel cell technology, lightweight construction

1.Parker-Hannifin, 2.MP Materials, 3.Infinion are my top 3 in this sector

7. communication & networking ("nerves")

$QCOM (+0,21 %) Qualcomm (US) - mobile communications, edge AI

$ANET (+5,04 %) Arista Networks (US) - Networks

$CSCO (-0,46 %) Cisco (US) - Networks, Security

$EQIX (+0,28 %) Equinix (US) - Data centers

NTT Docomo (JP) - 5G/6G carrier - not a listed company

$VZ Verizon (US) - Telecommunications

$SFTBY SoftBank (JP) - Carrier + Robotics

$ERIC B (+0,88 %)
Ericsson (SE) - 5G/IoT infrastructure

$NOKIA (+10,84 %)
Nokia (FI) - 5G/6G for industry

$HPE (+0,6 %)
Juniper Networks (US) - Network technology - acquisition by HP

1.Arista Networks, 2.SoftBank, 3.Cisco are my top 3 in this sector

8. energy supply

$3750 (-1,16 %) CATL (CN) - Batteries

$6752 (-0,95 %) Panasonic (JP) - Batteries

$373220 LG Energy (KR) - Batteries

$ALB (+6,83 %) Albemarle (US) - Lithium

$LYC (+5,04 %) Lynas (AU) - Rare earths

$UMICY (+1,46 %) Umicore (BE) - recycling

WiTricity (US) - inductive charging - not a listed company

$ABBN (+3,15 %) Charging (CH) - charging infrastructure

$SLDP
Solid Power (US) - Solid state batteries

Northvolt (SE) - European batteries - not a listed company

$PLUG
Plug Power (US) - fuel cells

$KULR (+1,72 %)
KULR Technology (US) - Thermal management & battery safety for mobile systems

1.Albemarle, 2.CATL, 3.Panasonic are my top 3 in this sector

9. cloud & infrastructure

$AMZN (+1,02 %) Amazon AWS (US) - Cloud, AI

$MSFT (-0,03 %) Microsoft Azure (US) - Cloud, AI

$GOOG (+1,14 %) Alphabet Google Cloud (US) - Cloud, ML

$VRT
Vertiv Holdings (US) - Data center infrastructure (UPS, cooling, edge)

$ORCL (+2,66 %)
Oracle Cloud (US) - ERP + Cloud

$IBM (+3,79 %)
IBM Cloud (US) - Hybrid cloud + AI

$OVH (-6,02 %)
OVHcloud (FR) - European cloud

1.Alphabet, 2.Microsoft, 3.Oracle are my top 3 in this sector

10. software & data platforms

$PLTR (+2,84 %) Palantir (US) - Data integration

$DDOG (+2 %) Datadog (US) - Monitoring

$SNOW (+4,86 %) Snowflake (US) - Data Cloud

$ORCL (+2,66 %) Oracle (US) - Databases, ERP

$SAP (+2,92 %) SAP (DE) - ERP systems

$SPGI S&P Global (US) - financial/market data

ROS2 Foundation - robotics middleware - not listed on the stock exchange

$NVDA (+1,16 %) NVIDIA Isaac (US) - robotics development - part of Nvidia

$INOD (+3,5 %) Innodata (US) - data annotation & AI training data

$PATH (+2,39 %)
UiPath (RO/US) - Robotic process automation

$AI (+1,65 %)
C3.ai (US) - AI platform

$ESTC (+1,16 %)
(NL/US) - Search & data analysis

1.S&P Global, 2.Palantir, 3.Datadog are my top 3 in this sector

11. end applications / robots

$ABBN (+3,15 %) ABB (CH/SE) - Industrial Robots

$6954 (+0,66 %) Fanuc (JP) - Industrial robots

$TSLA (+1,82 %) Tesla Optimus (US) - humanoid robot

$9618 (+2,02 %) JD.com (CN) - logistics robot

$AAPL (+0,3 %) Apple (US) - Platform & UX

$700 (+1,98 %) Tencent (CN) - Platform & AI

$9988 (+3,54 %) Alibaba (CN) - logistics & platform

PAL Robotics (ES) - humanoid robots - not a listed company

Neura Robotics (DE) - cognitive humanoid robots - not a listed company

$TER (+4,54 %) Universal Robots (DK) - cobots - belongs to the Teradyne Corporation

Engineered Arts (UK) - humanoid robots - not a listed company

$ISRG (+4,41 %) Intuitive Surgical (US) - surgical robotics

$GMED (+0 %)
Globus Medical (US) - surgical robotics (ExcelsiusGPS platform)

$7012 (+7,93 %) Kawasaki Heavy Industries (JP) - industrial robots, automation

$CPNG (-0,06 %) Coupang (KR) - Logistics end user

$IRBT (+4,66 %)
iRobot (US) - consumer robotics (e.g. Roomba), non-humanoid, but navigation/sensor fusion

Boston Dynamics (US) - humanoid & mobile robots-no listed company

Hanson Robotics (HK) - humanoid robots (Sophia) - not a listed company

Agility Robotics (US) - humanoid robot "Digit" - not a listed company

1.Apple, 2.Tencent, 3.Alibaba are my top 3 in this sector

🛠 2. cross enablers (shovel manufacturers) - with hidden champions

Raw materials & battery materials

Albemarle - Lynas - Umicore

$SQM
SQM (CL) - Lithium

$ILU (+8,11 %)
Iluka Resources (AU) - Rare earths

$ARR (-5,43 %)
American Rare Earths (US/AU) - New supply chains

my number 1 in the sector is Albemarle

manufacturing technology

ASML - Applied Materials - Tokyo Electron

$LRCX (+1,93 %)
Lam Research (US) - Plasma/etching processes

$ASM (+2,79 %)
ASM International (NL) - ALD equipment

$MKSI (+4,56 %)
MKS Instruments (US) - Plasma/vacuum technology

my number 1 in the sector is ASML

Quality assurance

Keysight - Advantest - Teradyne

$EMR (+2,29 %)
National Instruments (US) - Measurement technology - from Emerson Electric adopted

$300567
ATE Test Systems (CN) - test systems

$FORM (+3,65 %)
FormFactor (US) - Wafer probing

my number 1 in the sector is Keysight

Motion & Drive

Parker-Hannifin

Festo (DE) - Pneumatics, Soft Robotics - not a listed company

Bosch Rexroth (DE) - Drives, Controls - not a listed company

$6481 (-3,17 %)
THK (JP) - Linear guides

my number 1 in the sector is Parker-Hannifin

Sensors/Imaging

$TDY Teledyne

$BSL (-2,76 %) Basler (DE) - Industrial cameras

FLIR (US) - Thermal imaging sensors - acquisition by Teledyne

ISRA Vision (DE) - Machine Vision - not a listed company

my number 1 in the sector is Teledyne

Magnets & Materials

MP Materials

$6501 (+0,67 %)
Hitachi Metals (JP) - Magnetic materials

VacuumSchmelze (DE) - Magnetic materials - not a listed company

$4063 (-0,66 %)
Shin-Etsu Chemical (JP) - Specialty materials

my number 1 in the sector is MP Materials

Chip Design & Simulation

Synopsys - Cadence - ARM

$SIE (-0,37 %)
Siemens EDA (DE/US)-Mentor Graphics-strategic business unit of Siemens AG

Imagination Tech (UK) - GPU-IP - not a listed company

$CEVA (+3,96 %)
CEVA (IL) - Signal Processor IP

my number 1 in the sector is Synopsys

Engineering & Lifecycle

PTC - Dassault - Siemens

Altair (US) - Simulation - no longer a listed company

$HXGBY (+0,49 %)
Hexagon (SE) - Metrology

$SNPS (+0,03 %)
ANSYS (US) - Simulation - takeover by Synopsys

my number 1 in the sector is Siemens

Networks & Data Centers

Arista - Cisco - Equinix

$HPE (+0,6 %)
Juniper (US) - Networks - Acquisition of HPE

$DTE (-1,7 %)
T-Systems (DE) - Industry cloud

$OVH (-6,02 %)
OVHcloud (FR) - European cloud

my number 1 in the sector is Arista

Cloud infrastructure

AWS - Azure - Google Cloud

$ORCL (+2,66 %)
Oracle Cloud (US) - ERP & databases

$IBM (+3,79 %)
IBM Cloud (US) - Hybrid Cloud

$9988 (+3,54 %)
Alibaba Cloud (CN) - Asian Cloud

$VRT
Vertiv Holdings (US) - Cloud/Infra

my number 1 in the sector is Alphabet (Google)

finance/information infra

S&P Global

$MCO (+1,63 %)
Moody's (US) - Ratings

$MSCI (+1,18 %)
MSCI (US) - Indices

$MORN
Morningstar (US) - Investment Research

my number 1 in the sector is S&P Global

Creative/Experience Infra

Adobe

$ADSK (+1,54 %)
Autodesk (US) - CAD & Design

$U
Unity (US) - 3D/AR simulation

Epic Games (US) - Unreal Engine - not a listed company

my number 1 in the sector is Adobe

Platform & Ecosystem

Apple - Tencent - Alibaba

$META (+0,13 %)
Meta (US) - AR/VR, Social Robotics

ByteDance (CN) - AI & platforms - not a listed company

$9888 (+2,77 %)
Baidu (CN) - AI & Cloud

my number 1 in the sector is Tencent

Infrastructure/Edge

Dell

$HPE (+0,6 %)
HPE (US) - Edge Computing

$SMCI
Supermicro (US) - AI servers

$6702 (+1,97 %)
Fujitsu (JP) - Edge & HPC

my number 1 in the sector is Dell

storage solutions

Micron

$HY9H
SK Hynix (KR) - Memory

$285A (+2,66 %)
Kioxia (JP) - NAND

$WDC
Western Digital (US) - Storage solutions

my number 1 in the sector is Micron

🏛 3. secondary key sectors with hidden champions

Financing & Capital

$GS (+0,87 %) Goldman Sachs (US) - investment bank; ECM/DCM, M&A, growth financing

$MS Morgan Stanley (US) - investment bank; tech banking, capital markets

$BLK (+0,15 %) BlackRock (US) - asset manager; capital allocation, ETFs/index funds

$9984 (-1,65 %) SoftBank Vision Fund (JP) - mega VC; growth equity in robotics/AI

Sequoia Capital (US) - venture capital; early/growth in AI/robotics - this is a classic venture capital fund

DARPA (US) - government R&D funding (robotics/defense) - independent research and development agency

EU Horizon (EU) - research funding/grants for DeepTech - Innovative Europe pillar

China State Funds (CN) - state industry/technology fund

Lux Capital (US) - VC for DeepTech - Uptake (US) - AI-based predictive maintenance

DCVC (US) - Robotics & AI focus - investing exclusively via VC fund investments

Speedinvest (AT) - EU VC for robotics - access to investment only via fund investments

my number 1 in the sector is Softbank

Maintenance & Service

$SIE (-0,37 %) Siemens (DE) - Industrial Service, Lifecycle & Retrofit

$ABBN (+3,15 %) ABB (CH/SE) - Robotics Service, Spare Parts, Field Support

$GEHC (+0,75 %) GE Healthcare (US) - Medtech service incl. robotic systems

Uptake (US) - AI-based predictive maintenance - not a listed company

Augury (US/IL) - condition monitoring, condition diagnostics - not a listed company

$KU2 KUKA Service (DE) - Robotics maintenance

$6954 (+0,66 %) Fanuc Service (JP) - global service network

Boston Dynamics AI Institute (US) - Robotics longevity - funded by Hyundai Motor Group

my number 1 in the sector is Siemens

Marketing & Advertising

$WPP (-2,14 %) WPP (UK) - global advertising group; branding/communications

$OMC Omnicom (US) - marketing/PR network

$PUB (+0,8 %) Publicis (FR) - communications/advertising group

$META (+0,13 %) Meta (US) - Digital Ads (Facebook/Instagram)

$GOOG (+1,14 %) Google Ads (US) - search & display advertising

TikTok / ByteDance (CN) - social ads & distribution - not a listed company

$AAPL (+0,3 %) Apple (US) - Branding/UX; Acceptance & Platform Marketing

$WPP (-2,14 %)
AKQA (UK/US) - Tech branding - Since 2012 majority owned by the WPP Groupbut continues to operate as an autonomous operating unit

R/GA (US) - Innovation marketing - not a listed company

Serviceplan (DE) - largest independent EU agency - not a listed company

my number 1 in the sector is Meta

Law, Regulation & Ethics

ISO (CH) - international standards, robotics standards

TÜV (DE) - certification & safety tests

UL (US) - safety/conformity testing

EU AI Act (EU) - legal framework for AI & robotics

UNESCO AI Ethics (UN) - global ethics guidelines

Fraunhofer IPA (DE) - Robotics safety standards

ANSI (US) - standards

IEC (CH) - Electrical engineering standards

Training & Talent

MIT (US) - Robotics/AI Research & Education

ETH Zurich (CH) - autonomous systems & robotics

Stanford (US) - AI/Robotics labs & spin-offs

Tsinghua University (CN) - Robotics/AI in Asia

CMU (US) - Robotics Institute

EPFL (CH) - Robotics research

TU Munich (DE) - humanoid robot "Roboy"

🌍 Top 25 companies for humanoid robotics

These companies are central to the development & production of humanoid robotsbecause without them, crucial parts of the chain would be missing:

Chips & computing power (brain of the robots)

$NVDA (+1,16 %) Nvidia (US) - AI GPUs & Isaac platform, foundation for robotic AI

$2330 TSMC (TW) - world's most important foundry, produces the AI chips

$ASML (+2,17 %) ASML (NL) - EUV lithography, indispensable for chip production

$005930 Samsung Electronics (KR) - memory, logic, foundry

$HY9H SK Hynix (KR) - DRAM & NAND memory for AI

$MU (+4,36 %) Micron (US) - Memory solutions for AI workloads

my number 1 in the sector is ASML

Sensors & perception (senses of robots)

$SONY Sony (JP) - image sensors, market leader

$6861 (-0,12 %) Keyence (JP) - Industrial sensors & vision systems

$CGNX (+3,64 %) Cognex (US) - Machine Vision, precise image processing

my number 1 in the sector is Keyence

Actuators & motion (muscles of robots)

$IFX (-2,31 %) Infineon (DE) - power electronics, motor control

$6594 (-9,62 %) Nidec (JP) - World market leader for electric motors

$PH (+3,27 %) Parker-Hannifin (US) - hydraulics/pneumatics, motion technology

$6481 (-3,17 %) THK (JP) - Linear guides & actuators

my number 1 in the sector is Parker-Hannifin

Communication, cloud & infrastructure (nerves & data flow)

$QCOM (+0,21 %) Qualcomm (US) - Mobile & Edge Chips

$AMZN (+1,02 %) Amazon AWS (US) - Cloud & AI infrastructure

$MSFT (-0,03 %) Microsoft Azure (US) - Cloud, AI services

$CSCO (-0,46 %) Cisco (US) - Networks & Security

$VRT Vertiv Holdings (US) - Data Center Infrastructure

my number 1 in the sector is Microsoft

End Applications & Platforms (robots themselves)

$TSLA (+1,82 %) Tesla (US) - humanoid robot Optimus

$ABBN (+3,15 %) ABB (CH/SE) - Robotics & Automation

$6954 (+0,66 %) Fanuc (JP) - industrial robots & CNC systems

$7012 (+7,93 %) Kawasaki Heavy Industries (JP) - industrial robots

PAL Robotics (ES) - humanoid robots (TALOS, ARI, TIAGo) - not a listed company

Neura Robotics (DE) - cognitive humanoid robots - not a listed company

Universal Robots (DK) - cobots

my number 1 in the sector is Tesla

🇪🇺 Top 10 European key companies for humanoid robotics

$ASML (+2,17 %)
ASML (NL)

World market leader in EUV lithography - no modern chips for AI & robotics without ASML.

$IFX (-2,31 %) Infineon (DE)

Leading in power electronics & motor control - crucial for actuators of humanoid robots.

$STM (-12,4 %)
STMicroelectronics (FR/IT)

Sensors, microcontrollers & power chips - the basis for control & perception.

$SAP (+2,92 %)
SAP (DE)

ERP & data platforms, important for integrating humanoid robots into industrial processes.

$SIE (-0,37 %)
Siemens (DE)

Industrial software, automation, digital twin - key for engineering & lifecycle management.

$KU2 KUKA (EN)

Robotics pioneer, industrial robots & automation - know-how for humanoid motion mechanics.

PAL Robotics (ES) - not a listed company

Specialist for humanoid robots (TALOS, ARI, TIAGo), internationally used in research & service.

Neura Robotics (DE) - Not a listed company

Young high-tech company, develops cognitive humanoid robots with advanced AI (4NE-1).

Universal Robots (DK) - Not a listed company

Market leader for cobots - platform for safe human-robot collaboration.

Engineered Arts (UK) - not a listed company

Develops humanoid robots such as Amecaknown for realistic facial expressions & gestures - important for HRI (Human-Robot Interaction)

🌏 Top 10 Asian key companies for humanoid robotics

$2330
TSMC (Taiwan)

World's largest semiconductor foundry, produces high-end chips (e.g. Nvidia, AMD, Apple) - no AI hardware without TSMC.

$005930
Samsung Electronics (South Korea)

Foundry, memory, logic chips, image sensors - extremely broadly positioned in robotics components.

$HY9H
SK Hynix (KR) - Memory

$SONY
Sony (Japan)

Market leader in CMOS image sensors, essential for robotic vision & perception.

$6861 (-0,12 %)
Keyence (Japan)

Sensor technology & machine vision for industrial automation, widely used in robotics.

$6954 (+0,66 %)
Fanuc (Japan)

Industrial robots & CNC systems, one of the most important manufacturers of robotics hardware worldwide.

$6506 (-0,61 %)
Yaskawa Electric (Japan)

Drives, motion control & robot arms - relevant for humanoid motion control.

$6594 (-9,62 %)
Nidec (Japan)

World market leader for electric motors (from mini motors to high-performance drives).

$7012 (+7,93 %)
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (JP) - Industrial robots

$9618 (+2,02 %)
JD.com (China)

Driver for robotics in e-commerce & logistics, invests in humanoid robotics applications

$APH (+5,1 %)

Amphenol may not be the first name that springs to mind when you think of artificial intelligence - but that's exactly what makes the story so exciting. The company is one of the hidden profiteers of the massive investment boom in data centers and AI infrastructure.

📦 What does Amphenol actually do?

Amphenol supplies essential hardware components such as:

• Point-to-point cables
• power distributors
• sensors

These products are indispensable for modern communication and data center infrastructure - and this is precisely where demand is currently exploding.

💥 Q2 figures: Growth like a start-up

• Turnover in the Communication Solutions division:
• USD 2.9 billion - a plus of 101 % compared to the previous year!

For a company that is almost 100 years old this is a remarkable figure.

🧠 CEO remains optimistic

While many investors fear that AI-driven growth could soon level off, CEO Richard Norwitt sees it differently:

"The demand we are seeing in our markets appears to be continuing to strengthen."

📈 Market reaction

• 5-day performance of the share:
  +2,05 %

🧾 Conclusion

Amphenol is a classic example of a "picks and shovels" profiteer of the AI age: not the software, but the infrastructure behind it.

Those who focus on long-term trends such as cloud, AI and data processing should have this name on their radar.

My YouTube channel for more stock analysis: www.youtube.com/@Verstehdieaktie

Because I'm bored at the moment and I'm also interested in your opinion, I'll throw a few titles in here that I think are all very exciting and usually fly under the radar.

Here we go 👇

$CORT (-0,84 %) Corcept Therapeutics

$HALO (+0,84 %) Halozyme Therapeutics

$KRI (+0,73 %) Kri Kri Milk Industry

$ALCRB (-2,21 %) Carbios

$APH (+5,1 %) Amphenol

$XYL (+1,31 %) Xylem

$MPWR (+6,44 %) Monolithic Power Systems

$VITL (-1,2 %) Vital Farms

These are, of course, shares from a wide variety of sectors and with different "degrees of maturity", but as I have written, I think they are all very exciting.

Do you know them all? Opinions?

P.S. I myself have Corcept, Carbios and Amphenol in my portfolio, and I follow the others more or less regularly.

TL;DR like to roast my deposit, appreciate all opinions!

I always find the many posts here and reading various biographies very interesting, so I've wanted to say a few words for a while now.

Tried early, but started late

I am now 32 and unfortunately started investing seriously far too late, studied far too long, and with the larger salaries finally built up as much as possible and tried to catch up as quickly as possible. "Unfortunately" means for the most part the past calendar year, which is why I put a large part of my money into shares at already high prices and then had very little cash left in the crash to add to it. Fully invested, in other words. During the crash, I mainly reallocated and continued to fully invest what was left over from my monthly salaries.

Yet back in 2011, at the age of 18, I had a share called Facebook and a Starbucks share in my portfolio without much of a clue. I just wanted to know what my mother was actually doing with her shares and how it worked, and with FB and Starbucks I simply chose two companies that "everyone" uses/needs anyway. The idea wasn't that stupid, it worked, and after a short time I was happy about the small profit in absolute terms, sold the shares at DiBa despite the high fees at the time and simply forgot about shares for years - wealth accumulation, a word that wasn't in my vocabulary, the money I had was simply turned upside down as a young adult. Well, young me, just leave the shares lying around or, even better, take a closer look at them and carry on, it "might" have been worth it...

Of priorities and wrong horses

The years went by without any shares, but with lots of fast food and partying, but at least things have changed. At some point, I started to think about the future and wealth accumulation, first taking an interest in interest rates, and then the logical next step was dividends and shares. Unfortunately, it started rather haphazardly. As a student, I started investing small amounts, and of course betting on the wrong horses. Speculative lithium shares were particularly bad in this phase, unfortunately these were large sums even by my standards, from my grandfather's estate. That was bad. However, crypto was a very good horse, more precisely $BTC (+0,43 %) and $ETH (+0,71 %) which (as a computer scientist) I became interested in early on and exited several times with high profits, also thanks to domestic mining. It's just stupid that back then, in the last decade, I would never have imagined how cryptos would develop. If I had, I would have simply left it all, or at least part of it. You learn and you're always smarter afterwards anyway.

Fully invested - excessive, unhealthy, or simply good housekeeping?

So now I'm 32 - and proud of a portfolio that I think I've built up to a good size in a relatively short time. Which has given me other ideas for some time now. I'm still a long way from reaching my goal, but I have to get back on the "invest 100%" path, which has been completely contrary to my past for a long time now, and strangely enough, I'm finding it difficult to do so - something to reflect on. There are too many (supposed?) opportunities every day. So I simply could not $UNH (-0,46 %) after a long period of observation yesterday and of course the savings plans had to run today too. I think I've always been good at budgeting, or let's put it this way, at least good at getting by with the money available to me in a perfectly timed way, but "indulging", not just in company shares, may become a little more prominent again. I don't go without noticeably in everyday life, I need very little, which I don't think is a bad quality to begin with. But I have changed a lot in the area of "consumption" compared to the past. I think it would be good to find a healthy balance. In my opinion, just as you don't just live to work, but work to live, the same applies to saving/investing. I actually read a post here on gq today that described exactly that and I could relate to it very well. So, reflection and taking your foot off the gas is allowed - no, it's a must! I am familiar with frugalists, but I never wanted to be one. I'd be interested to know if anyone else here feels the same way, or did?

Wrong decisions, mistakes... and (hopefully) the right conclusions

Back to the topic! (Not only) on the way to today's portfolio I have made many wrong decisions, as already mentioned, so I thought that a well-kept portfolio roast could do me some good. Other, new opinions and assessments can't be bad!

In particular, in the past I have often missed the opportunity to simply let profits run their course and instead dragged losses around with me for too long (which brings us back to lithium). A thought that I recently had again when I was thinking about when it would make sense to $HIMS (+2,06 %) possibly realize, as an example. $PLTR (+2,84 %) and $NVDA (+1,16 %) are two examples that, like so many others, I naturally had on my radar, but they always seemed too expensive, the setback never came and I really missed the big rallies as a result. At the same time, I also get caught out by FOMO from time to time. So in both good and bad phases, I try not to just see red or green, fear or hope, but simply to evaluate what actually makes sense "from now on". Sometimes you realize a loss in order to try your luck elsewhere, sometimes you should let profits run, sometimes take them, sometimes endure the dip, sometimes be courageous and sometimes defensive. Easier said than done. I find it very nice and helpful to exchange ideas on this platform and how open and "yet" respectful it generally is. Of course, I will most likely never reach some portfolio sizes, but you can always learn something about how some people manage their portfolios, regardless of the absolute figures. You will always make mistakes, but at least you should deal with them correctly and draw the best possible conclusions.

Portfolio restructuring, planned investments / savings plans

And today? After some evaluation, research, regrouping and restructuring, I now have fewer, but still quite a few positions in different sectors, most of which are already of a decent and roughly balanced size. My medium-term plan is now to build up all positions to a certain target size. This is why I am currently running savings plans:

$MPWR (+6,44 %)

$AVGO (+2,3 %)

$ISRG (+4,41 %)

$DXCM (-0,11 %)

$DHR (+2,07 %)

$ALV (+0,06 %)

$9988 (+3,54 %)

$BRK.B (-0,38 %)

$APH (+5,1 %)

$MELI (+2,56 %)

$BLK (+0,15 %)

$RSG (-0,05 %)

$DGE (-1,17 %)

$VKTX (+7,91 %)

ETF/ETC:

$UBU7 (+0,44 %)

$EWG2 (+0,5 %)

Partly with small weekly amounts, until enough cash is available to fill the target position evenly. With $AVGO (+2,3 %) for example, there is not much left. Also $BRK.B (-0,38 %) / $APH (+5,1 %) and others are already approaching the target. In some cases with somewhat larger sums for still small but prioritized positions, until opportunities and/or resources for individual purchases arise, such as the $ALV (+0,06 %) and $RSG (-0,05 %) should be mentioned here, as well as $DGE (-1,17 %) as a turnaround candidate.

Once the aforementioned positions are full, I would like to turn my attention to the more defensive candidates that are already in the portfolio but which I am currently prioritizing - $MCD (-0,98 %) / $KO (-1,23 %) / $CCEP (-1,38 %) / $ULVR (+1,05 %) and others - and finally increase the ETF and gold share in the long term.

$VKTX (+7,91 %) is a bit of a gamble, as I have actually said goodbye to pharma - $ABBV (-0,51 %) / $NOVO B (-0,39 %) / $LLY (+0,99 %) and $MRK (-0,73 %) were still part of the inventory until recently. Instead, I decided to go with $DXCM (-0,11 %) / $ISRG (+4,41 %) / $DHR (+2,07 %) on medical technology.

$BTC (+0,43 %) remains a fixed value in the portfolio, while I $ETH (+0,71 %) (incorrectly entered due to staking - around 0.4 shares or €1000) and $XRP (+0,28 %) would/will sell at corresponding prices.

I still lack around €15,000 in individual stocks at current prices to bring all positions to the current desired/dream target. This will take some time, but is foreseeable. And then I would be really quite proud and happy "as things stand now"! In any case, I now feel very comfortable on the path I have chosen and, as I said, I have to stop myself from forgetting that not all money has to be invested all the time.

Savings rate

To put this into figures, I have averaged a savings rate of around €1500 over the last 24 months, with an average of €100 a month in dividends. 1400€ investment, that's about 82% of my monthly budget after deducting all "unavoidable" fixed costs including fuel and household, but not including consumption such as clothes, going out or vacations. Exaggerated, I can't say otherwise myself. But at least I have a good reason to step on the gas and get the compound interest going.

So what is all this for?

In the long term, my girlfriend and I dream of owning a property somewhere on the Croatian Adriatic, her homeland, and where I was able to spend many wonderful weeks with my parents every year as a child. A beautiful region that I consider an important part of my life, with many great moments and memories that may become even more. I hope to get closer to this goal "quickly" with the depot. The language is already halfway there! :)

In the long term, this would probably involve a little reallocation into value dividend payers, which should help with repayment. However, I would also like to lay the foundations for later distributions today, without neglecting growth. There is probably no perfect mix for this, but you are welcome to rate mine.

So, unfortunately I was once again unable to be brief. Thank you for reading, whoever has made it this far, and for your comments! I'm very excited and wish you all a great weekend.

To give me a better overview, I have looked up the publication dates of all the quarterly figures of the companies in which I am invested.

Of course I don't want to withhold this from you:

May 2025

• 05.05.25 -> Realty Income $O (+0,02 %)
• 06.05.25 -> Ferrari $RACE (+2,13 %)
• 06.05.25 -> Progressive $PGR (+0,08 %)
• 06.05.25 -> Zoetis $ZTS (+0,7 %)
• 07.05.25 -> Novo Nordisk $NOVO B (-0,39 %)
• 08.05.25 -> Main Street Capital $MAIN (-0,96 %)
• 15.05.25 -> Allianz $ALV (+0,06 %)
• 20.05.25 -> Mutares $MUX (-0,09 %)
• 22.05.25 -> NextEra Energy $NEE (+0,5 %)

July 2025

• 10.07.25 -> Progressive $PGR (+0,08 %)
• 21.07.25 -> Prologis $PLD (-0,12 %)
• 23.07.25 -> Amphenol $APH (+5,1 %)
• 24.07.25 -> Greencoat UK Wind $UKW (+0 %)
• 24.07.25 -> NextEra Energy $NEE (+0,5 %)
• 24.07.25 -> Vidrala $VID (-0,62 %)
• 25.07.25 -> Palfinger $PAL (+0,92 %)
• 25.07.25 -> Volkswagen $VOW (-0,33 %)
• 30.07.25 -> HSBC $HSBA (-0,35 %)
• 30.07.25 -> Realty Income $O (+0,02 %)
• 30.07.25 -> Rio Tinto $RIO (-0,58 %)
• 31.07.25 -> Ferrari $RACE (+2,13 %)
• 31.07.25 -> Main Street Capital $MAIN (-0,96 %)
• 31.07.25 -> OMV $OMV (+2,57 %)

August 2025

• 05.08.25 -> Aflac $AFL (-0,13 %)
• 05.08.25 -> DHL Group $DHL (-0,67 %)
• 05.08.25 -> Public Storage $PSA (-1,01 %)
• 06.08.25 -> Novo Nordisk $NOVO B (-0,39 %)
• 07.08.25 -> Allianz $ALV (+0,06 %)
• 12.08.25 -> Mutares $MUX (-0,09 %)
• 12.08.25 -> Zoetis $ZTS (+0,7 %)

October 2025

• 09.10.25 -> Progressive $PGR (+0,08 %)
• 21.10.25 -> Prologis $PLD (-0,12 %)
• 22.10.25 -> Amphenol $APH (+5,1 %)
• 22.10.25 -> NextEra Energy $NEE (+0,5 %)
• 27.10.25 -> Palfinger $PAL (+0,92 %)
• 28.10.25 -> HSBC $HSBA (-0,35 %)
• 29.10.25 -> OMV $OMV (+2,57 %)
• 29.10.25 -> Vidrala $VID (-0,62 %)
• 30.10.25 -> Main Street Capital $MAIN (-0,96 %)
• 30.10.25 -> Volkswagen $VOW (-0,33 %)
• 30.10.25 -> Zoetis $ZTS (+0,7 %)

November 2025

• 03.11.25 -> Public Storage $PSA (-1,01 %)
• 04.11.25 -> Aflac $AFL (-0,13 %)
• 04.11.25 -> Ferrari $RACE (+2,13 %)
• 05.11.25 -> Novo Nordisk $NOVO B (-0,39 %)
• 06.11.25 -> DHL Group $DHL (-0,67 %)
• 10.11.25 -> Realty Income $O (+0,02 %)
• 13.11.25 -> Mutares $MUX (-0,09 %)
• 14.11.25 -> Allianz $ALV (+0,06 %)

January 2026

• 23.01.26 -> NextEra Energy $NEE (+0,5 %)
• 27.01.26 -> Prologis $PLD (-0,12 %)
• 28.01.26 -> Progressive $PGR (+0,08 %)
• 28.01.26 -> Amphenol $APH (+5,1 %)
• 29.01.26 -> Ferrari $RACE (+2,13 %)
• 29.01.26 -> OMV $OMV (+2,57 %)

February 2026

• 04.02.26 -> Aflac $AFL (-0,13 %)
• 04.02.26 -> Novo Nordisk $NOVO B (-0,39 %)
• 13.02.26 -> Allianz $ALV (+0,06 %)
• 17.02.26 -> Zoetis $ZTS (+0,7 %)
• 19.02.26 -> Main Street Capital $MAIN (-0,96 %)
• 24.02.26 -> HSBC $HSBA (-0,35 %)
• 24.02.26 -> Palfinger $PAL (+0,92 %)
• 24.02.26 -> Public Storage $PSA (-1,01 %)
• 24.02.26 -> Realty Income $O (+0,02 %)
• 26.02.26 -> Greencoat UK Wind $UKW (+0 %)
• 26.02.26 -> Vidrala $VID (-0,62 %)

March 2026

• 04.03.26 -> Rio Tinto $RIO (-0,58 %)
• 05.03.26 -> DHL Group $DHL (-0,67 %)
• 17.03.26 -> Volkswagen $VOW (-0,33 %)

April 2026

• 15.04.26 -> Mutares $MUX (-0,09 %)

Ps: Does anyone have the dates of the quarterly figures for $SHEL (+2,04 %) ? Unfortunately I can't find them online.

After making my first small investments of a few hundred euros in the stock market in February '25, I added a larger amount in the course of April. It also took some time to develop an investment strategy; where do I want to invest? What risk do I want to take? Accumulating or distributing? ETFs and/or individual shares? If so, which ones and why? Are there specific countries and/or sectors I would like to focus on?

Only at the end of last week were all the answers to these questions clear: a long-term investment horizon of just over 35 years with relatively low risk. A healthy ETF/share mix of 60/40. Distributing portfolio with high-yield and high-growth positions and with a relative focus on the USA and Europe.

I have a good feeling that I am happy with my strategy in the long term and finally no longer have to constantly turn the entire portfolio inside out.

My ETFs and individual stocks are $HMWO (+0,51 %)
$TDIV (-0,08 %)
$DGSD (+0,21 %)
$MAIN (-0,96 %)
$NOVO B (-0,39 %)
$PGR (+0,08 %)
$PSA (-1,01 %)
$UKW (+0 %)
$APH (+5,1 %)
$DHL (-0,67 %)
$HSBA (-0,35 %)
$MUX (-0,09 %)
$NEE (+0,5 %)
$ZTS (+0,7 %)
$AFL (-0,13 %)
$O (+0,02 %)
$SHEL (+2,04 %)
$VID (-0,62 %)
$RACE (+2,13 %)
$PLD (-0,12 %)
$OMV (+2,57 %)
$PAL (+0,92 %)
$RIO (+1,5 %) and last but not least $VOW (-0,33 %)

#dividende
#dividends
#etfs
#growth
#personalstrategy
#portfoliofeedback

After my basic framework (after buying the house in September) with $AVGO (+2,3 %) , $COST (-0,49 %) , $APH (+5,1 %) , $PH (+3,27 %) , $CVX (+0,47 %) , $EXENS (-1,05 %) & $NOC (+1,54 %) stands again,

Now go buy something in the almighty $HMWO (+0,51 %)