AMETEK, Inc. $AME Shares Sold by Aviso Financial Inc.

Aviso Financial Inc. reduced its position in shares of AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) by 20.0% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 28,384 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 7,105 shares during the period. Aviso Financial Inc.’s holdings in AMETEK were worth $5,136,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of AME. Banco Santander S.A. grew its stake in AMETEK by 20.8% during the 1st quarter. Banco Santander S.A. now owns 45,365 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $7,809,000 after purchasing an additional 7,799 shares in the last quarter. M.D. Sass LLC grew its position in shares of AMETEK by 2.1% during the first quarter. M.D. Sass LLC now owns 366,994 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $63,174,000 after buying an additional 7,666 shares in the last quarter. Raiffeisen Bank International AG increased its stake in shares of AMETEK by 16.5% during the first quarter. Raiffeisen Bank International AG now owns 44,647 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $7,607,000 after buying an additional 6,318 shares during the period. KBC Group NV raised its holdings in AMETEK by 3.2% in the second quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 289,634 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $52,412,000 after acquiring an additional 9,063 shares in the last quarter. Finally, FORA Capital LLC lifted its stake in AMETEK by 103.5% in the first quarter. FORA Capital LLC now owns 5,314 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $915,000 after acquiring an additional 2,703 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 87.43% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

AME has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on shares of AMETEK from $212.00 to $229.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Truist Financial raised their price target on AMETEK from $219.00 to $229.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of AMETEK in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on AMETEK from $185.00 to $198.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, August 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded AMETEK from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, November 1st. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, AMETEK currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $211.00.

AMETEK Trading Up 0.1%

NYSE AME opened at $195.14 on Tuesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $189.27 and its two-hundred day moving average is $184.23. AMETEK, Inc. has a one year low of $145.02 and a one year high of $204.15. 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 firm has a market cap of $44.92 billion, a PE ratio of 31.42, a P/E/G ratio of 2.64 and a beta of 1.12.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The technology company reported $1.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $1.89 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.81 billion. AMETEK had a return on equity of 16.53% and a net margin of 20.60%.The business’s revenue was up 10.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.66 earnings per share. AMETEK has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.900-1.950 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.320-7.370 EPS. Analysts expect that AMETEK, Inc. will post 7.15 earnings per share for the current year.

AMETEK Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 5th will be issued a $0.31 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 5th. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.6%. AMETEK’s payout ratio is presently 19.56%.

Insider Buying and Selling at AMETEK

In related news, insider Ronald J. Oscher sold 26,290 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, October 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $200.05, for a total transaction of $5,259,314.50. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 40,226 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,047,211.30. This trade represents a 39.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 0.57% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

AMETEK Profile

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.