AMETEK, Inc. $AME Shares Acquired by Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC

Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC lifted its stake in shares of AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) by 23.0% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 11,360 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 2,121 shares during the quarter. Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC’s holdings in AMETEK were worth $2,056,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its holdings in AMETEK by 7.3% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 5,654 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $973,000 after purchasing an additional 384 shares in the last quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 201.0% in the first quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC now owns 295 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $51,000 after acquiring an additional 197 shares during the period. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. raised its stake in shares of AMETEK by 12.5% during the first quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 38,618 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $6,648,000 after purchasing an additional 4,281 shares during the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. raised its stake in shares of AMETEK by 14.9% during the first quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 22,878 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $3,898,000 after purchasing an additional 2,965 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of AMETEK by 1.3% during the first quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 519,797 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $89,478,000 after purchasing an additional 6,753 shares during the last quarter. 87.43% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

AMETEK Stock Down 1.2%

AME opened at $186.96 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.04, a current ratio of 1.63 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The firm has a market cap of $43.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.11, a PEG ratio of 2.69 and a beta of 1.11. AMETEK, Inc. has a 52 week low of $145.02 and a 52 week high of $198.33. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $186.02 and its 200 day simple moving average is $179.63.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The technology company reported $1.78 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.69 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $1.78 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.74 billion. AMETEK had a return on equity of 16.53% and a net margin of 20.60%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.66 earnings per share. AMETEK has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.060-7.200 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that AMETEK, Inc. will post 7.15 EPS for the current fiscal year.

AMETEK Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Monday, September 15th were paid a dividend of $0.31 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 15th. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. AMETEK’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 19.97%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

AME has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Truist Financial increased their price objective on AMETEK from $219.00 to $229.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on AMETEK from $185.00 to $198.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, August 8th. TD Cowen upgraded AMETEK from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and raised their price target for the company from $158.00 to $180.00 in a research report on Tuesday, September 2nd. Melius Research upgraded AMETEK to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Finally, Melius cut AMETEK from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $192.00 price target for the company. in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $207.42.

About AMETEK

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.