Savant Capital LLC Buys 10,290 Shares of AMETEK, Inc. $AME

Savant Capital LLC boosted its stake in shares of AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) by 266.1% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 14,157 shares of the technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 10,290 shares during the quarter. Savant Capital LLC’s holdings in AMETEK were worth $2,562,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in AME. Invesco Ltd. lifted its holdings in AMETEK by 127.2% during the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,479,397 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $598,943,000 after purchasing an additional 1,947,831 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 21.1% during the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 10,970,047 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,888,385,000 after buying an additional 1,908,742 shares in the last quarter. Nuveen LLC bought a new position in shares of AMETEK in the first quarter valued at approximately $94,051,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 28.6% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 2,178,233 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $374,961,000 after acquiring an additional 484,803 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. bought a new stake in AMETEK during the 1st quarter worth approximately $72,872,000. Institutional investors own 87.43% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have commented on AME shares. Barclays boosted their price objective on AMETEK from $200.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Truist Financial increased their price objective on shares of AMETEK from $219.00 to $229.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. TD Cowen upgraded shares of AMETEK from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $158.00 to $180.00 in a research report on Tuesday, September 2nd. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on shares of AMETEK from $212.00 to $229.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Finally, KeyCorp raised 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. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $211.00.

Insider Activity at AMETEK

In related news, insider Ronald J. Oscher sold 26,290 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 31st. The stock was 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 owned 40,226 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,047,211.30. This represents a 39.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 0.57% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

AMETEK Stock Up 0.8%

Shares of NYSE AME opened at $197.95 on Tuesday. AMETEK, Inc. has a 1 year low of $145.02 and a 1 year high of $204.15. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $188.15 and its 200-day moving average is $182.48. 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 $45.57 billion, a PE ratio of 31.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.64 and a beta of 1.12.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 30th. The technology company reported $1.89 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.13. AMETEK had a net margin of 20.60% and a return on equity of 16.53%. The business had revenue of $1.89 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.81 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.66 earnings per share. AMETEK’s 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. FY 2025 guidance at 7.320-7.370 EPS. Equities analysts expect that AMETEK, Inc. will post 7.15 EPS for the current year.

AMETEK Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 5th will be given a $0.31 dividend. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 5th. AMETEK’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 19.56%.

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.