AMETEK (AME) Competitors

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

Is AME or ETN a better dividend stock?

AMETEK pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Eaton pays an annual dividend of $4.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. AMETEK pays out 20.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eaton pays out 43.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of AME or ETN?

87.4% of AMETEK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Eaton shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of AMETEK shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Eaton shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, AME or ETN?

AMETEK has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eaton has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AME or ETN?

Eaton received 314 more outperform votes than AMETEK when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.53% of users gave AMETEK an outperform vote while only 66.26% of users gave Eaton an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AMETEK	Outperform Votes 613 71.53%	Underperform Votes 244 28.47%
Eaton	Outperform Votes 927 66.26%	Underperform Votes 472 33.74%

Does the media prefer AME or ETN?

In the previous week, Eaton had 9 more articles in the media than AMETEK. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Eaton and 21 mentions for AMETEK. AMETEK's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Eaton's score of 1.28 indicating that AMETEK is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AMETEK	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Eaton	23 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AME or ETN more profitable?

AMETEK has a net margin of 19.83% compared to Eaton's net margin of 15.25%. Eaton's return on equity of 22.62% beat AMETEK's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AMETEK	19.83%	16.94%	10.73%
Eaton	15.25%	22.62%	11.10%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AME or ETN?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AMETEK	$6.94B	5.53	$1.38B	$5.93	28.05
Eaton	$24.88B	4.52	$3.79B	$9.50	30.20

Do analysts prefer AME or ETN?

AMETEK presently has a consensus price target of $198.60, indicating a potential upside of 19.38%. Eaton has a consensus price target of $350.22, indicating a potential upside of 22.06%. Given Eaton's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Eaton is more favorable than AMETEK.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AMETEK	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Eaton	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Summary

Eaton beats AMETEK on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.