Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for AMETEK Q1 Earnings

AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) – DA Davidson issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of AMETEK in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, February 5th. DA Davidson analyst M. Summerville forecasts that the technology company will post earnings of $1.69 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for AMETEK’s current full-year earnings is $6.80 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for AMETEK’s FY2026 earnings at $7.70 EPS.

AME has been the topic of a number of other reports. BNP Paribas upgraded AMETEK from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $210.00 target price on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Truist Financial lifted their price target on AMETEK from $221.00 to $222.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Robert W. Baird reduced their price objective on shares of AMETEK from $200.00 to $197.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Bank of America raised shares of AMETEK from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $195.00 to $225.00 in a research report on Monday, December 16th. Finally, Mizuho upped their price target on shares of AMETEK from $190.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, AMETEK has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $204.67.

AMETEK Price Performance

NYSE AME opened at $180.05 on Thursday. AMETEK has a 1 year low of $149.03 and a 1 year high of $198.33. The business’s fifty day moving average is $184.84 and its two-hundred day moving average is $176.58. The stock has a market capitalization of $41.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.37, a P/E/G ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 1.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.39.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The technology company reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.85 by $0.02. AMETEK had a net margin of 19.27% and a return on equity of 16.88%. The company had revenue of $1.76 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.82 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.68 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.8% on a year-over-year basis.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On AMETEK

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its stake in shares of AMETEK by 39.4% during the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 70,856 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $12,773,000 after acquiring an additional 20,011 shares in the last quarter. Norden Group LLC boosted its position in AMETEK by 12.0% during the fourth quarter. Norden Group LLC now owns 2,344 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $423,000 after purchasing an additional 251 shares during the period. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in AMETEK by 12.6% during the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 5,720 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,034,000 after purchasing an additional 641 shares during the last quarter. Metis Global Partners LLC raised its position in shares of AMETEK by 3.8% in the fourth quarter. Metis Global Partners LLC now owns 18,862 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $3,400,000 after purchasing an additional 694 shares during the period. Finally, Mutual of America Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of AMETEK by 35.8% in the fourth quarter. Mutual of America Capital Management LLC now owns 54,097 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $9,752,000 after buying an additional 14,252 shares during the last quarter. 87.43% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity

In other AMETEK news, insider David F. Hermance sold 6,243 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $190.99, for a total value of $1,192,350.57. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 36,731 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,015,253.69. The trade was a 14.53 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Emanuela Speranza sold 6,747 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $195.90, for a total transaction of $1,321,737.30. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 30,460 shares in the company, valued at $5,967,114. This represents a 18.13 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 29,200 shares of company stock worth $5,707,620 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 0.61% of the company’s stock.

AMETEK Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 6th were paid a dividend of $0.28 per share. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.62%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 6th. AMETEK’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 19.51%.

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.