Maren Capital LLC Increases Stock Position in AMETEK, Inc. $AME

Maren Capital LLC increased its holdings in shares of AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) by 5.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 804,473 shares of the technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 44,098 shares during the period. AMETEK comprises about 8.8% of Maren Capital LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th biggest position. Maren Capital LLC’s holdings in AMETEK were worth $145,578,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bares Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of AMETEK in the 1st quarter worth approximately $26,000. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. raised its stake in AMETEK by 628.6% during the second quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 153 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 132 shares in the last quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC lifted its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 129.7% during the second quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 170 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 96 shares during the period. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 57.7% during the first quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 194 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 71 shares during the period. Finally, SouthState Corp grew its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 47.4% in the 2nd quarter. SouthState Corp now owns 202 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $37,000 after purchasing an additional 65 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 87.43% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

AME has been the subject of several analyst reports. KeyCorp lifted their price target on shares of AMETEK from $205.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Truist Financial lifted their target price on shares of AMETEK from $219.00 to $229.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on AMETEK from $185.00 to $198.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, August 8th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price target on AMETEK from $212.00 to $229.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Finally, TD Cowen upgraded AMETEK from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and lifted their price objective 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 issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $211.00.

AMETEK Stock Up 0.9%

NYSE:AME opened at $197.28 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $45.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.12, a P/E/G ratio of 2.78 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a current ratio of 1.16. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $190.38 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $184.98. AMETEK, Inc. has a 52-week low of $145.02 and a 52-week high of $204.15.

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

AMETEK Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Ronald J. Oscher sold 26,290 shares of AMETEK stock in a transaction on Friday, October 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $200.05, for a total transaction 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 $8,047,211.30. The trade was a 39.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO David A. Zapico sold 88,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated 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 directly owned 348,955 shares in the company, valued at $68,531,272.45. The trade was a 20.14% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. 0.57% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

AMETEK 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.