Brokerages Set AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) Target Price at $211.00

Shares of AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the fourteen ratings firms that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price target among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $211.00.

AME has been the topic of several recent research reports. TD Cowen raised shares of AMETEK from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and upped their price target for the company from $158.00 to $180.00 in a report on Tuesday, September 2nd. KeyCorp lifted their price objective on AMETEK from $205.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Wall Street Zen upgraded AMETEK from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, November 1st. DA Davidson raised their price target on AMETEK from $210.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Barclays upped their price objective on AMETEK from $200.00 to $205.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st.

Insider Activity

In other AMETEK news, insider Ronald J. Oscher sold 26,290 shares of AMETEK stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $200.05, for a total value of $5,259,314.50. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 40,226 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,047,211.30. The trade was a 39.52% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO David A. Zapico sold 88,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.39, for a total value of $17,282,320.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 348,955 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $68,531,272.45. This trade represents a 20.14% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 0.57% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On AMETEK

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in AME. Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its stake in AMETEK by 2.0% in the 3rd quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 2,766 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $520,000 after buying an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. Biltmore Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of AMETEK by 1.1% during the 3rd quarter. Biltmore Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,771 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $897,000 after acquiring an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group boosted its position in shares of AMETEK by 3.2% in the third quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 1,735 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $326,000 after acquiring an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. Cim LLC increased its position in AMETEK by 0.7% during the third quarter. Cim LLC now owns 7,645 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,437,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Finally, HighPoint Advisor Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 3.0% in the 3rd quarter. HighPoint Advisor Group LLC now owns 2,070 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $389,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 87.43% of the company’s stock.

AMETEK Trading Down 0.4%

Shares of AME opened at $196.40 on Friday. AMETEK has a twelve month low of $145.02 and a twelve month high of $204.15. The company has a current ratio of 1.63, a quick ratio of 1.04 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The firm has a market capitalization of $45.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.63, a PEG ratio of 2.64 and a beta of 1.12. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $189.67 and its two-hundred day moving average is $184.49.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The technology company reported $1.89 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.13. AMETEK had a return on equity of 16.53% and a net margin of 20.60%.The business had revenue of $1.89 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.81 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.66 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 10.8% on a year-over-year basis. AMETEK has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.900-1.950 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.320-7.370 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that AMETEK will post 7.15 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

AMETEK Announces Dividend

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

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.