Insider Selling: AMETEK (NYSE:AME) CEO Sells 28,390 Shares of Stock

AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) CEO David Zapico sold 28,390 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $201.76, for a total transaction of $5,727,966.40. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website.

AMETEK Price Performance

NYSE AME traded down $2.22 on Friday, reaching $201.62. The company had a trading volume of 1,489,808 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,350,552. The stock has a market capitalization of $46.41 billion, a PE ratio of 31.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.85 and a beta of 1.04. AMETEK, Inc. has a 12 month low of $145.02 and a 12 month high of $204.43. The company has a quick ratio of 0.72, a current ratio of 1.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $192.21 and its 200 day moving average price is $185.89.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 30th. The technology company reported $1.89 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.13. AMETEK had a return on equity of 16.66% and a net margin of 20.50%.The firm had revenue of $1.89 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.81 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.66 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 10.8% compared to the same quarter last year. AMETEK has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.900-1.950 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance at 7.320-7.370 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that AMETEK, Inc. will post 7.15 earnings per share for the current year.

AMETEK Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 5th will be paid a $0.31 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 5th. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.6%. AMETEK’s payout ratio is presently 19.56%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On AMETEK

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Darwin Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in AMETEK during the 2nd quarter valued at about $25,000. Bares Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of AMETEK during the first quarter valued at approximately $26,000. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. grew its stake in shares of AMETEK by 628.6% during the second quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 153 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 132 shares during the last quarter. TruNorth Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of AMETEK during the third quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Finally, NewSquare Capital LLC raised its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 129.7% in the second quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 170 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 96 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 87.43% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have recently issued reports on AME shares. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of AMETEK in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Robert W. Baird upped their price target on shares of AMETEK from $198.00 to $204.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of AMETEK from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, November 1st. DA Davidson boosted their target price on shares of AMETEK from $235.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday. Finally, TD Cowen upgraded shares of AMETEK from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and upped their target price for the company from $158.00 to $180.00 in a research report on Tuesday, September 2nd. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $213.08.

AMETEK Company 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.