Epoch Investment Partners Inc. Purchases New Position in AMETEK, Inc. $AME

Epoch Investment Partners Inc. acquired a new position in shares of AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 7,998 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,447,000.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Baird Financial Group Inc. increased its position in shares of AMETEK by 16.1% during the second quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 16,784 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $3,037,000 after acquiring an additional 2,323 shares during the period. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 68.8% in the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,523 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $457,000 after buying an additional 1,028 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in AMETEK by 22.3% during the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 4,254,475 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $769,890,000 after acquiring an additional 775,078 shares during the period. CW Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 80.7% during the second quarter. CW Advisors LLC now owns 22,595 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $4,089,000 after purchasing an additional 10,089 shares during the period. Finally, Maren Capital LLC boosted its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 5.8% in the 2nd quarter. Maren Capital LLC now owns 804,473 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $145,578,000 after acquiring an additional 44,098 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 87.43% of the company’s stock.

AMETEK Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of NYSE AME opened at $199.70 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $191.20 and a 200 day moving average price of $185.33. The stock has a market capitalization of $45.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.84 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a quick ratio of 0.72, a current ratio of 1.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. AMETEK, Inc. has a 52 week low of $145.02 and a 52 week high of $204.15.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The technology company reported $1.89 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.13. AMETEK had a return on equity of 16.66% and a net margin of 20.50%.The company had revenue of $1.89 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.81 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.66 earnings per share. AMETEK’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 and its FY 2025 guidance at 7.320-7.370 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that AMETEK, Inc. will post 7.15 EPS for the current fiscal year.

AMETEK Dividend Announcement

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

AME has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price target on shares of AMETEK from $212.00 to $229.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Truist Financial boosted their price target on AMETEK from $219.00 to $229.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. TD Cowen raised shares of AMETEK from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $158.00 to $180.00 in a research note on Tuesday, September 2nd. Wall Street Zen upgraded AMETEK from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, November 1st. Finally, KeyCorp upped their price objective on AMETEK from $205.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $211.00.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO David A. Zapico sold 88,000 shares of AMETEK stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.39, for a total value of $17,282,320.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 348,955 shares in the company, valued at approximately $68,531,272.45. This trade represents a 20.14% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Ronald J. Oscher sold 26,290 shares of AMETEK 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 transaction, the insider directly owned 40,226 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,047,211.30. This represents a 39.52% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Corporate insiders own 0.57% of the company’s stock.

AMETEK Company 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.