AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) Receives Average Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts

Key Points

• AMETEK, Inc. has received a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from analysts, with six hold ratings and seven buy ratings among the thirteen firms covering the stock.
• The average twelve-month price target for AMETEK shares is approximately $205.45, reflecting positive sentiment from analysts.
• In its latest quarterly earnings, AMETEK reported $1.78 EPS, surpassing expectations and showing a year-over-year revenue increase of 2.5% to $1.78 billion.

AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME - Get Free Report) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the thirteen ratings firms that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month price target among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $205.4545.

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Melius Research raised shares of AMETEK to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Mizuho upped their price objective on shares of AMETEK from $212.00 to $225.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. TD Cowen raised shares of AMETEK from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating and upped their price objective for the company from $158.00 to $180.00 in a research note on Tuesday, September 2nd. KeyCorp upped their price objective on shares of AMETEK from $195.00 to $205.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of AMETEK from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, May 12th.

AMETEK Trading Down 0.2%

Shares of NYSE AME opened at $187.41 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 1.04 and a current ratio of 1.63. AMETEK has a 52-week low of $145.02 and a 52-week high of $198.33. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $182.63 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $176.98. The stock has a market cap of $43.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.18, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.70 and a beta of 1.10.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The technology company reported $1.78 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.69 by $0.09. AMETEK had a net margin of 20.60% and a return on equity of 16.53%. The company had revenue of $1.78 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.74 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.66 EPS. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.5% on a year-over-year basis. AMETEK has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.060-7.200 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that AMETEK will post 7.15 EPS for the current year.

AMETEK Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Monday, September 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.31 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 15th. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. AMETEK's dividend payout ratio is currently 19.97%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. DAVENPORT & Co LLC boosted its stake in AMETEK by 0.8% during the first quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC now owns 7,125 shares of the technology company's stock worth $1,226,000 after acquiring an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in AMETEK by 1.0% during the first quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 6,260 shares of the technology company's stock worth $1,078,000 after acquiring an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. EWA LLC boosted its stake in AMETEK by 4.9% during the first quarter. EWA LLC now owns 1,382 shares of the technology company's stock worth $238,000 after acquiring an additional 65 shares in the last quarter. Buckhead Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in AMETEK by 0.3% during the first quarter. Buckhead Capital Management LLC now owns 22,830 shares of the technology company's stock worth $3,930,000 after acquiring an additional 65 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SouthState Corp boosted its stake in AMETEK by 47.4% during the second quarter. SouthState Corp now owns 202 shares of the technology company's stock worth $37,000 after acquiring an additional 65 shares in the last quarter. 87.43% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

AMETEK Company Profile

AMETEK, Inc manufactures and sells electronic instruments and electromechanical devices in the North America, Europe, Asia, and South America, and internationally. The company's EIG segment offers advanced instruments for the process, aerospace, power, and industrial markets; process and analytical instruments for the oil and gas, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, automation, and food and beverage industries; instruments to the laboratory equipment, ultra-precision manufacturing, medical, and test and measurement markets; power quality monitoring and c devices, uninterruptible power supplies, programmable power and electromagnetic compatibility test equipment, and sensors for gas turbines and dashboard instruments; heavy trucks, instrumentation, and controls for the food and beverage industries; and aircraft and engine sensors, power supplies, embedded computing, monitoring, fuel and fluid measurement, and data acquisition systems for aerospace and defense industry.

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