AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) Receives Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) has earned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the seventeen brokerages that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, eleven have given a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $266.6875.

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on AME shares. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on shares of AMETEK from $260.00 to $291.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of AMETEK from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. Vertical Research assumed coverage on shares of AMETEK in a research note on Tuesday, September 8th. They set a “buy” rating and a $255.00 target price for the company. Seaport Research Partners reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $290.00 price target on shares of AMETEK in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on AMETEK from $235.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, July 10th.

AMETEK Stock Up 1.9%

AME opened at $245.92 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $241.96 and a two-hundred day moving average of $232.71. The stock has a market capitalization of $56.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.95, a PEG ratio of 3.08 and a beta of 0.99. AMETEK has a fifty-two week low of $179.24 and a fifty-two week high of $261.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a current ratio of 1.21.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The technology company reported $2.09 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.99 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $2.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.95 billion. AMETEK had a return on equity of 16.93% and a net margin of 20.04%.AMETEK’s revenue for the quarter was up 15.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.78 EPS. AMETEK has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.080-2.100 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 8.200-8.300 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that AMETEK will post 8.32 earnings per share for the current year.

AMETEK Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be paid a $0.34 dividend. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 15th. AMETEK’s dividend payout ratio is currently 19.88%.

Insider Activity at AMETEK

In other news, insider David Hermance sold 6,608 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $254.00, for a total value of $1,678,432.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 42,509 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,797,286. This trade represents a 13.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.54% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On AMETEK

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in AME. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new position in shares of AMETEK during the 2nd quarter valued at about $4,725,928,000. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,891,236 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,204,722,000 after buying an additional 37,651 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of AMETEK during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $831,372,000. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its holdings in AMETEK by 7.0% in the second quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 2,994,077 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $724,387,000 after acquiring an additional 196,986 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Flossbach Von Storch SE purchased a new position in AMETEK in the second quarter worth approximately $662,352,000. 87.43% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About AMETEK

AMETEK, Inc (NYSE: AME) is a diversified manufacturer of industrial technology products and solutions. The company develops equipment used to monitor, measure, test, control and analyze processes across a range of industrial and commercial applications.

AMETEK operates through two primary business groups: Electronic Instruments, which provides analytical, monitoring, testing and measurement equipment; and Electromechanical, which supplies automation systems, motors, power systems, aerospace and defense products, engineered materials and other specialized components.