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    Did TE Connectivity's (TEL) Record Results and Dividend Hike Just Reframe Its AI-Driven Investment Narrative?

    Simply Wall St·12/25/2025 19:23:58
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    • Earlier this month, TE Connectivity plc’s board declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of US$0.71 per ordinary share, payable on March 13, 2026, to shareholders of record as of February 20, 2026.
    • At the same time, institutional commentary highlighted record net sales, operating margins, cash generation, and orders, underlining TE Connectivity’s role in AI, renewables, and electric grid hardening as a key earnings driver.
    • We’ll now examine how TE Connectivity’s record operational performance and AI-linked demand influence the company’s existing investment narrative.

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    TE Connectivity Investment Narrative Recap

    To own TE Connectivity, you need to believe in sustained demand for its connectors and sensors across AI data centers, renewables, and electrification, supported by disciplined capital returns. The latest dividend affirmation reinforces income visibility but does not materially change the core short term catalyst, which remains AI and grid hardening demand, or the key risk, which is a potential slowdown or shift in those high growth end markets.

    The most relevant recent update is Janus Henderson’s commentary highlighting record net sales, operating margins, cash generation, and orders, tied directly to AI strength and energy infrastructure demand. That external validation aligns with TE Connectivity’s own messaging around AI and grid hardening as core growth drivers, while also putting a sharper focus on what could happen if those end markets weaken or competitors gain share.

    Yet beneath the strong AI and energy story, investors still need to be aware of the risk that...

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    TE Connectivity's narrative projects $20.3 billion revenue and $3.1 billion earnings by 2028.

    Uncover how TE Connectivity's forecasts yield a $270.47 fair value, a 17% upside to its current price.

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    Two fair value estimates from the Simply Wall St Community span roughly US$187.61 to US$270.47, underscoring how differently individual investors assess TE Connectivity. Against that spread, the reliance on AI data center and energy grid demand as a primary growth engine raises important questions about how resilient those assumptions are if sector spending were to cool, so it can be worth comparing several viewpoints before deciding how this fits in your portfolio.

    Explore 2 other fair value estimates on TE Connectivity - why the stock might be worth as much as 17% more than the current price!

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