CW Advisors LLC Boosts Holdings in AMETEK, Inc. $AME

CW Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) by 80.7% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 22,595 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 10,089 shares during the period. CW Advisors LLC’s holdings in AMETEK were worth $4,089,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of AME. SouthState Corp lifted its holdings in AMETEK by 47.4% in the second quarter. SouthState Corp now owns 202 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $37,000 after acquiring an additional 65 shares during the period. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 3.9% during the 1st quarter. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,784 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $307,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in shares of AMETEK by 3.0% in the 2nd quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 2,335 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $423,000 after purchasing an additional 69 shares during the period. Federated Hermes Inc. boosted its holdings in AMETEK by 8.3% during the first quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 1,017 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $175,000 after buying an additional 78 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Summit Financial LLC grew its position in AMETEK by 2.6% during the first quarter. Summit Financial LLC now owns 3,451 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $594,000 after buying an additional 89 shares during the period. 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 several recent analyst reports. TD Cowen raised shares of AMETEK from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $158.00 to $180.00 in a research note on Tuesday, September 2nd. Barclays increased their price target on AMETEK from $200.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on AMETEK from $219.00 to $229.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of AMETEK in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Robert W. Baird lifted their price target on shares of AMETEK from $198.00 to $204.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $211.00.

AMETEK Stock Performance

NYSE AME opened at $199.70 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 1.16 and a quick ratio of 0.72. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $191.20 and its 200-day simple moving average is $185.30. The company has a market cap of $45.97 billion, a PE ratio of 31.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 1.04. AMETEK, Inc. has a 1-year low of $145.02 and a 1-year high of $204.15.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 30th. The technology company reported $1.89 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $1.89 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.81 billion. AMETEK had a return on equity of 16.66% and a net margin of 20.50%.The firm’s revenue was up 10.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.66 EPS. AMETEK has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.900-1.950 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance at 7.320-7.370 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that AMETEK, Inc. will post 7.15 EPS for the current fiscal year.

AMETEK Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 5th will be paid a $0.31 dividend. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 5th. AMETEK’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 19.56%.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO David A. Zapico sold 88,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.39, for a total transaction of $17,282,320.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 348,955 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $68,531,272.45. This represents a 20.14% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Ronald J. Oscher sold 26,290 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the insider directly owned 40,226 shares in the company, valued at $8,047,211.30. This trade represents a 39.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 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.