AMETEK (NYSE:AME) Now Covered by Analysts at Barclays

Barclays initiated coverage on shares of AMETEK (NYSE:AME) in a report issued on Wednesday, MarketBeat.com reports. The brokerage issued an equal weight rating and a $200.00 price objective on the technology company’s stock.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on AME. Mizuho upped their price objective on shares of AMETEK from $212.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price objective on shares of AMETEK from $209.00 to $212.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Melius Research upgraded shares of AMETEK to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, July 14th. Melius cut shares of AMETEK from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $192.00 price objective on the stock. in a report on Monday, July 14th. Finally, TD Cowen raised shares of AMETEK from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $158.00 to $180.00 in a report on Tuesday, September 2nd. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, AMETEK currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $205.00.

AMETEK Price Performance

AME stock opened at $187.43 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $182.98 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $177.14. AMETEK has a 12-month low of $145.02 and a 12-month high of $198.33. The stock has a market capitalization of $43.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.18, a PEG ratio of 2.70 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a current ratio of 1.63, a quick ratio of 1.04 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The technology company reported $1.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.69 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $1.78 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.74 billion. AMETEK had a net margin of 20.60% and a return on equity of 16.53%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.66 earnings per share. AMETEK has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.060-7.200 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that AMETEK will post 7.15 earnings per share for the current year.

AMETEK Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Monday, September 15th will be issued a $0.31 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 15th. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. AMETEK’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 19.97%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On AMETEK

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AME. Darwin Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in AMETEK in the 2nd quarter worth $25,000. Bares Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of AMETEK during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $26,000. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. boosted its position in shares of AMETEK by 628.6% during the 2nd quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 153 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 132 shares during the last quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC boosted its position in shares of AMETEK by 129.7% during the 2nd 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 last quarter. Finally, Olde Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of AMETEK during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $29,000. 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.