Navera Investment Management Ltd. Acquires 24,622 Shares of AMETEK, Inc. $AME

Key Points

• Navera Investment Management Ltd. increased its holdings in AMETEK by 3.1%, acquiring an additional 24,622 shares, resulting in a total of 808,859 shares, representing about 2.7% of its investment portfolio.
• AMETEK received positive analyst ratings, with several firms raising their price targets; the average price target now stands at $205.00, and the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy."
• The company reported a quarterly EPS of $1.78, surpassing expectations, and has set guidance for Q3 2025 earnings between 1.720 and 1.760 EPS.

Navera Investment Management Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME - Free Report) by 3.1% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 808,859 shares of the technology company's stock after purchasing an additional 24,622 shares during the quarter. AMETEK comprises about 2.7% of Navera Investment Management Ltd.'s investment portfolio, making the stock its 19th biggest position. Navera Investment Management Ltd. owned approximately 0.35% of AMETEK worth $146,353,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of AME. Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in AMETEK by 127.2% in the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,479,397 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $598,943,000 after buying an additional 1,947,831 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its stake in AMETEK by 21.1% in the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 10,970,047 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $1,888,385,000 after buying an additional 1,908,742 shares during the last quarter. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA acquired a new position in AMETEK in the 1st quarter valued at $113,317,000. Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in AMETEK in the 1st quarter valued at $94,051,000. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its stake in AMETEK by 28.6% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 2,178,233 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $374,961,000 after buying an additional 484,803 shares during the last quarter. 87.43% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on AME shares. Weiss Ratings reiterated a "buy (b)" rating on shares of AMETEK in a research note on Saturday, September 27th. Mizuho raised their price target on shares of AMETEK from $212.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Robert W. Baird raised their price target on shares of AMETEK from $190.00 to $198.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday, August 4th. KeyCorp raised their price target on shares of AMETEK from $195.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Barclays began coverage on shares of AMETEK in a research report on Wednesday, September 10th. They issued an "equal weight" rating and a $200.00 price target on the stock. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, AMETEK presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $205.00.

AMETEK Price Performance

NYSE:AME opened at $181.68 on Wednesday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $185.55 and a 200-day moving average of $177.85. The company has a market capitalization of $41.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.26, a PEG ratio of 2.63 and a beta of 1.11. AMETEK, Inc. has a 52 week low of $145.02 and a 52 week high of $198.33. 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 released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The technology company reported $1.78 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.69 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $1.78 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.74 billion. AMETEK had a net margin of 20.60% and a return on equity of 16.53%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.66 EPS. 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 research analysts anticipate that AMETEK, Inc. will post 7.15 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

AMETEK Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 15th were issued a dividend of $0.31 per share. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend 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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