AMETEK, Inc. $AME Shares Bought by MGO One Seven LLC

Key Points

• MGO One Seven LLC increased its stake in AMETEK, Inc. by 695.3%, owning 9,726 shares valued at approximately $1.76 million after acquiring an additional 8,503 shares.
• Multiple analysts have recently upgraded their target prices for AMETEK, with a consensus target of $207.42, indicating a largely positive outlook with eight analysts rating it as a Buy.
• AMETEK reported earnings per share of $1.78 for its last quarter, surpassing expectations, and set guidance for Q3 2025 between $1.720-$1.760 EPS.

MGO One Seven LLC raised its stake in AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME - Free Report) by 695.3% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 9,726 shares of the technology company's stock after acquiring an additional 8,503 shares during the period. MGO One Seven LLC's holdings in AMETEK were worth $1,760,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of AME. Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in shares of AMETEK by 127.2% during the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,479,397 shares of the technology company's stock worth $598,943,000 after buying an additional 1,947,831 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its position in shares of AMETEK by 21.1% during the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 10,970,047 shares of the technology company's stock worth $1,888,385,000 after buying an additional 1,908,742 shares during the period. Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in shares of AMETEK during the first quarter worth approximately $94,051,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of AMETEK by 28.6% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 2,178,233 shares of the technology company's stock worth $374,961,000 after buying an additional 484,803 shares during the period. Finally, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of AMETEK during the first quarter worth approximately $72,872,000. 87.43% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Weiss Ratings reiterated a "buy (b)" rating on shares of AMETEK in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. DA Davidson boosted their target price on AMETEK from $210.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Robert W. Baird boosted their target price on AMETEK from $190.00 to $198.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Monday, August 4th. Truist Financial boosted their target price on AMETEK from $219.00 to $229.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on AMETEK from $185.00 to $198.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Friday, August 8th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, AMETEK currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $207.42.

AMETEK Price Performance

NYSE AME opened at $185.60 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $42.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.89, a P/E/G ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 1.11. AMETEK, Inc. has a 1 year low of $145.02 and a 1 year high of $198.33. The business's fifty day moving average is $185.57 and its two-hundred day moving average is $178.12. 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 (NYSE:AME - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The technology company reported $1.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.69 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $1.78 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.74 billion. AMETEK had a return on equity of 16.53% and a net margin of 20.60%.The firm's revenue was up 2.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.66 earnings per share. AMETEK has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.060-7.200 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that AMETEK, Inc. will post 7.15 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

AMETEK Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 15th were issued a $0.31 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 15th. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. AMETEK's dividend payout ratio is currently 19.97%.

AMETEK 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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