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AME vs. CRWD, ANET, CARR, DOV, FTV, GGG, IEX, IR, ITT, and PH

Should you be buying AMETEK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AMETEK include CrowdStrike (CRWD), Arista Networks (ANET), Carrier Global (CARR), Dover (DOV), Fortive (FTV), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), and Parker-Hannifin (PH).

AMETEK vs. Its Competitors

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

AMETEK has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

AMETEK currently has a consensus target price of $207.42, suggesting a potential upside of 11.70%. CrowdStrike has a consensus target price of $494.02, suggesting a potential upside of 1.04%. Given AMETEK's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AMETEK is more favorable than CrowdStrike.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AMETEK
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
CrowdStrike
2 Sell rating(s)
17 Hold rating(s)
28 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

AMETEK has a net margin of 20.60% compared to CrowdStrike's net margin of -6.84%. AMETEK's return on equity of 16.53% beat CrowdStrike's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AMETEK20.60% 16.53% 10.98%
CrowdStrike -6.84%-1.53%-0.61%

87.4% of AMETEK shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of AMETEK shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 57 more articles in the media than AMETEK. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for CrowdStrike and 16 mentions for AMETEK. CrowdStrike's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat AMETEK's score of 1.26 indicating that CrowdStrike is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AMETEK
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CrowdStrike
50 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

AMETEK has higher revenue and earnings than CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMETEK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AMETEK$6.94B6.18$1.38B$6.2129.90
CrowdStrike$3.95B31.04-$19.27M-$1.19-410.87

Summary

AMETEK beats CrowdStrike on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AME vs. The Competition

MetricAMETEKELEC TEST EQUIPTMENT IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$42.89B$14.61B$32.16B$21.83B
Dividend Yield0.69%0.66%3.23%3.67%
P/E Ratio29.9027.59486.9429.94
Price / Sales6.1816.191,612.6092.45
Price / Cash21.0726.2934.3017.79
Price / Book4.453.847.724.69
Net Income$1.38B$510.76M$820.59M$1.01B
7 Day Performance2.21%0.57%0.74%0.09%
1 Month Performance-2.24%2.21%7.51%1.46%
1 Year Performance8.18%0.41%23,917.40%14.25%

AMETEK Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AME
AMETEK
4.712 of 5 stars
$185.69
+1.9%
$207.42
+11.7%
+6.9%$42.89B$6.94B29.9021,500Positive News
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.4086 of 5 stars
$483.94
-2.4%
$487.11
+0.7%
+58.8%$121.45B$4.34B-406.6610,118Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ANET
Arista Networks
4.8789 of 5 stars
$145.12
-2.9%
$162.00
+11.6%
+41.5%$182.40B$7.95B57.084,412Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
CARR
Carrier Global
4.8497 of 5 stars
$59.11
-1.2%
$78.47
+32.8%
-30.3%$50.30B$22.46B12.8848,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
DOV
Dover
4.9079 of 5 stars
$164.75
-1.1%
$212.42
+28.9%
-15.3%$22.59B$7.75B9.9424,000
FTV
Fortive
4.6529 of 5 stars
$49.64
-0.8%
$62.79
+26.5%
-37.7%$16.80B$6.23B22.3618,000
GGG
Graco
4.4654 of 5 stars
$83.43
-1.6%
$94.50
+13.3%
-6.1%$13.82B$2.11B29.594,300Positive News
IEX
IDEX
4.9637 of 5 stars
$165.77
-0.8%
$201.43
+21.5%
-23.9%$12.48B$3.34B26.789,000
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.4555 of 5 stars
$80.99
-2.9%
$98.00
+21.0%
-24.3%$32.19B$7.24B63.2721,000Analyst Revision
ITT
ITT
4.4928 of 5 stars
$178.66
-1.2%
$190.89
+6.8%
+12.9%$13.94B$3.70B28.0911,700
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.546 of 5 stars
$751.00
-1.6%
$773.67
+3.0%
+14.4%$95.03B$19.85B27.6957,950Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:AME) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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