FY2025 Earnings Estimate for AMETEK Issued By Zacks Research

AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research upped their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for AMETEK in a note issued to investors on Thursday, November 13th. Zacks Research analyst Team now forecasts that the technology company will earn $7.32 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $7.14. The consensus estimate for AMETEK’s current full-year earnings is $7.15 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for AMETEK’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.90 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.84 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.91 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.94 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.11 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $7.80 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $2.01 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $2.08 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $2.05 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $8.23 EPS.

AME has been the subject of several other reports. Truist Financial lifted their price target on AMETEK from $219.00 to $229.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of AMETEK in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Robert W. Baird increased their target price on shares of AMETEK from $198.00 to $204.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price target on AMETEK from $212.00 to $229.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Finally, Mizuho lifted their price objective on AMETEK from $212.00 to $225.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $211.00.

AMETEK Stock Performance

Shares of AME stock opened at $193.10 on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $188.92 and a 200 day simple moving average of $183.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a quick ratio of 1.04 and a current ratio of 1.63. The company has a market capitalization of $44.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.10, a PEG ratio of 2.64 and a beta of 1.12. AMETEK has a 52 week low of $145.02 and a 52 week high of $204.15.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The technology company reported $1.89 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.13. AMETEK had a return on equity of 16.53% and a net margin of 20.60%.The firm had revenue of $1.89 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.81 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.66 earnings per share. The business’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.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On AMETEK

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in AMETEK by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 27,173,705 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $5,108,657,000 after purchasing an additional 176,040 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its stake in shares of AMETEK by 21.1% in the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 10,970,047 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,888,385,000 after acquiring an additional 1,908,742 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its stake in shares of AMETEK by 1.3% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 9,637,303 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,743,966,000 after acquiring an additional 126,105 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 1.8% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,794,236 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,044,009,000 after acquiring an additional 104,139 shares in the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in AMETEK by 2.8% during the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 5,747,368 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $989,352,000 after acquiring an additional 154,682 shares during the last quarter. 87.43% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other AMETEK news, insider Ronald J. Oscher sold 26,290 shares of AMETEK 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 transaction, the insider owned 40,226 shares in the company, valued at $8,047,211.30. The trade was a 39.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.57% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

AMETEK Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 19th. Investors of record on Friday, December 5th will be given a dividend of $0.31 per share. 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 is currently 19.56%.

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.