Seaport Res Ptn Has Negative Forecast for AMETEK Q2 Earnings

AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) – Investment analysts at Seaport Res Ptn cut their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of AMETEK in a report issued on Thursday, October 31st. Seaport Res Ptn analyst S. Graham now expects that the technology company will post earnings per share of $1.81 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.83. The consensus estimate for AMETEK’s current full-year earnings is $6.76 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for AMETEK’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.93 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.01 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $7.98 EPS.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The technology company reported $1.66 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.62 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $1.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.71 billion. AMETEK had a return on equity of 16.88% and a net margin of 19.27%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 5.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.64 EPS.

Several other analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Mizuho increased their price target on shares of AMETEK from $190.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday. Truist Financial raised their target price on AMETEK from $219.00 to $221.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Wolfe Research raised shares of AMETEK to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 18th. Redburn Atlantic upgraded AMETEK to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, August 2nd. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reduced their price objective on shares of AMETEK from $216.00 to $215.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 2nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $195.00.

AMETEK Stock Down 2.7 %

NYSE:AME opened at $178.43 on Monday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $169.17 and its two-hundred day moving average is $168.86. AMETEK has a 52 week low of $141.26 and a 52 week high of $186.32. The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 1.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. The stock has a market capitalization of $41.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.01 and a beta of 1.16.

AMETEK Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 16th were paid a dividend of $0.28 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 16th. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.63%. AMETEK’s dividend payout ratio is presently 19.51%.

Insider Activity at AMETEK

In other AMETEK news, Director Steven W. Kohlhagen sold 1,460 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $171.59, for a total value of $250,521.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 23,349 shares in the company, valued at $4,006,454.91. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 0.61% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of AMETEK

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Assetmark Inc. lifted its position in shares of AMETEK by 9.4% during the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 68,204 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $11,711,000 after purchasing an additional 5,873 shares during the last quarter. Leavell Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of AMETEK by 7.3% in the 3rd quarter. Leavell Investment Management Inc. now owns 4,456 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $765,000 after buying an additional 304 shares during the last quarter. Portside Wealth Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 15.7% in the 3rd quarter. Portside Wealth Group LLC now owns 3,056 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $525,000 after buying an additional 415 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. grew its position in shares of AMETEK by 72.0% during the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,680,309 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $288,526,000 after buying an additional 703,501 shares during the last quarter. Finally, WoodTrust Financial Corp raised its stake in AMETEK by 9.2% during the third quarter. WoodTrust Financial Corp now owns 11,849 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,034,000 after acquiring an additional 1,000 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 87.43% of the company’s stock.

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.