Focus Partners Wealth Has $1.72 Million Position in AMETEK, Inc. $AME

Focus Partners Wealth increased its position in AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) by 12.8% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 10,002 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 1,137 shares during the quarter. Focus Partners Wealth’s holdings in AMETEK were worth $1,722,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in AME. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG increased its stake in shares of AMETEK by 23.5% in the fourth quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 183,024 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $32,992,000 after buying an additional 34,866 shares during the period. State of Wyoming increased its position in AMETEK by 17.9% during the 4th quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 2,794 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $504,000 after purchasing an additional 424 shares during the period. Tidal Investments LLC increased its position in AMETEK by 3.9% during the 4th quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 12,398 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $2,235,000 after purchasing an additional 460 shares during the period. Two Sigma Advisers LP increased its position in AMETEK by 2.1% during the 4th quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 313,900 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $56,584,000 after purchasing an additional 6,400 shares during the period. Finally, Vident Advisory LLC increased its position in AMETEK by 11.8% during the 4th quarter. Vident Advisory LLC now owns 6,887 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,242,000 after purchasing an additional 728 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 87.43% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have weighed in on the stock. Barclays assumed coverage on shares of AMETEK in a research report on Wednesday, September 10th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $200.00 target price for the company. TD Cowen raised shares of AMETEK from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and increased their target price for the company from $158.00 to $180.00 in a research report on Tuesday, September 2nd. Melius downgraded shares of AMETEK from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $192.00 target price for the company. in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on shares of AMETEK from $185.00 to $198.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, August 8th. Finally, KeyCorp increased their price target on AMETEK from $195.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, AMETEK presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $205.00.

AMETEK Price Performance

Shares of AME opened at $187.24 on Wednesday. AMETEK, Inc. has a 12-month low of $145.02 and a 12-month high of $198.33. The business’s fifty day moving average is $183.52 and its 200 day moving average is $177.13. The company has a quick ratio of 1.04, a current ratio of 1.63 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The stock has a market cap of $43.24 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.15, a P/E/G ratio of 2.73 and a beta of 1.10.

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

AMETEK Announces Dividend

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

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.