AMETEK (AME) Competitors

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

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

83.0% of Eaton shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of AMETEK shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Eaton shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of AMETEK shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer ETN or AME?

Eaton presently has a consensus target price of $368.89, indicating a potential upside of 0.07%. AMETEK has a consensus target price of $203.44, indicating a potential upside of 8.27%. Given AMETEK's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AMETEK is more favorable than Eaton.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eaton	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76
AMETEK	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Is ETN or AME a better dividend stock?

Eaton pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. AMETEK pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Eaton pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AMETEK pays out 19.5% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, ETN or AME?

Eaton has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMETEK has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ETN or AME?

In the previous week, Eaton had 32 more articles in the media than AMETEK. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Eaton and 11 mentions for AMETEK. Eaton's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat AMETEK's score of 1.13 indicating that Eaton is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Eaton	37 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AMETEK	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ETN or AME?

Eaton received 310 more outperform votes than AMETEK when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.83% of users gave AMETEK an outperform vote while only 66.55% of users gave Eaton an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eaton	Outperform Votes 917 66.55%	Underperform Votes 461 33.45%
AMETEK	Outperform Votes 607 71.83%	Underperform Votes 238 28.17%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ETN or AME?

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
Eaton	$23.20B	6.28	$3.22B	$9.40	39.22
AMETEK	$6.60B	6.59	$1.31B	$5.74	32.74

Is ETN or AME more profitable?

AMETEK has a net margin of 19.27% compared to Eaton's net margin of 15.32%. Eaton's return on equity of 21.97% beat AMETEK's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eaton	15.32%	21.97%	10.84%
AMETEK	19.27%	16.88%	10.36%

Summary

Eaton beats AMETEK on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.