AMETEK, Inc. $AME Stock Holdings Cut by UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC

Key Points

• UBS Asset Management reduced its stake in AMETEK, Inc. by 1.7%, now holding approximately 1.49 million shares valued at about $255.98 million.
• AMETEK recently reported a quarterly earnings per share of $1.78, surpassing estimates, with a 20.60% net margin and a 2.5% year-over-year revenue growth.
• The company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.31 per share, representing an annualized yield of 0.7%.

UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC lowered its holdings in AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME - Free Report) by 1.7% in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,487,041 shares of the technology company's stock after selling 25,396 shares during the period. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC owned about 0.64% of AMETEK worth $255,979,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of AMETEK by 127.2% during 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 raised its holdings in AMETEK by 21.1% in the first 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 acquiring an additional 1,908,742 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in AMETEK by 18,368.3% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 973,280 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $167,540,000 after acquiring an additional 968,010 shares during the last quarter. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA acquired a new position in AMETEK during the 1st quarter worth $113,317,000. Finally, Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in shares of AMETEK in the 1st quarter worth about $94,051,000. 87.43% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

AMETEK Stock Performance

Shares of AME stock traded down $2.08 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $189.95. The stock had a trading volume of 813,138 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,072,360. The firm has a market capitalization of $43.87 billion, a PE ratio of 30.59, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.76 and a beta of 1.10. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $183.25 and a 200-day simple moving average of $177.21. AMETEK, Inc. has a twelve month low of $145.02 and a twelve month high of $198.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a current ratio of 1.63 and a quick ratio of 1.04.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The technology company reported $1.78 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.69 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $1.78 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.74 billion. AMETEK had a net margin of 20.60% and a return on equity of 16.53%. AMETEK's quarterly revenue was up 2.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior 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 analysts forecast that AMETEK, Inc. will post 7.15 earnings per share for the current year.

AMETEK Dividend Announcement

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

AME has been the topic of several research analyst reports. TD Cowen raised shares of AMETEK from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating and increased their price target for the stock from $158.00 to $180.00 in a research report on Tuesday, September 2nd. KeyCorp upped their price objective on AMETEK from $195.00 to $205.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on AMETEK from $209.00 to $212.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Robert W. Baird upped their price target on AMETEK from $190.00 to $198.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday, August 4th. Finally, Mizuho lifted their price objective on shares of AMETEK from $212.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, AMETEK presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $205.00.

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.