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

Key Points

• AMETEK, Inc. has received a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from analysts, with six holding and seven buying recommendations, as well as an average target price of $205.00.
• The company reported strong quarterly earnings of $1.78 per share, surpassing estimates, and boasts a year-over-year revenue increase of 2.5%.
• AMETEK also declared a quarterly dividend of $0.31 per share, with a 0.7% yield and a payout ratio of 19.97%.

AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME - Get Free Report) has been given a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" by the thirteen ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and seven have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $205.00.

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Robert W. Baird raised their price target on AMETEK from $190.00 to $198.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Monday, August 4th. Mizuho raised their price target on AMETEK from $212.00 to $225.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on AMETEK from $185.00 to $198.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Friday, August 8th. KeyCorp raised their price target on AMETEK from $195.00 to $205.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Melius Research upgraded AMETEK to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, July 14th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Darwin Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of AMETEK during the 2nd quarter valued at about $25,000. Bares Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in AMETEK in the 1st quarter worth approximately $26,000. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. lifted its holdings in AMETEK by 628.6% in the 2nd quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 153 shares of the technology company's stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 132 shares in the last quarter. Olde Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in AMETEK in the 1st quarter worth approximately $29,000. Finally, NewSquare Capital LLC lifted its holdings in AMETEK by 129.7% in the 2nd quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 170 shares of the technology company's stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. 87.43% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

AMETEK Stock Performance

Shares of AMETEK stock opened at $186.15 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.63, a quick ratio of 1.04 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The firm has a market capitalization of $42.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.98, a P/E/G ratio of 2.70 and a beta of 1.11. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $185.34 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $177.69. AMETEK has a 12 month low of $145.02 and a 12 month high of $198.33.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The technology company reported $1.78 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.69 by $0.09. AMETEK had a return on equity of 16.53% and a net margin of 20.60%.The firm had revenue of $1.78 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.74 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.66 earnings per share. The company's 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. On average, equities analysts forecast that AMETEK will post 7.15 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

AMETEK Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 15th were given a $0.31 dividend. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 15th. AMETEK's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 19.97%.

About AMETEK

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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