Vise Technologies Inc. Makes New Investment in AMETEK, Inc. $AME

Vise Technologies Inc. acquired a new position in AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 6,012 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,088,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of AME. CWM LLC grew its stake in shares of AMETEK by 43.0% in the 1st quarter. CWM LLC now owns 18,109 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $3,117,000 after purchasing an additional 5,443 shares during the last quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC increased its position in AMETEK by 3.8% in the 1st quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 12,937 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,227,000 after purchasing an additional 479 shares during the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC increased its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 1.5% during the 1st quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 4,625 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $796,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares during the period. Apollon Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in AMETEK by 9.9% in the first quarter. Apollon Wealth Management LLC now owns 12,871 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,216,000 after purchasing an additional 1,164 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Whittier Trust Co. boosted its stake in AMETEK by 7.2% during the 1st quarter. Whittier Trust Co. now owns 3,126 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $538,000 after acquiring an additional 210 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 87.43% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at AMETEK

In other news, insider Ronald J. Oscher sold 26,290 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.57% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently commented on AME shares. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on AMETEK from $185.00 to $198.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, August 8th. DA Davidson upped their price objective on AMETEK from $210.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of AMETEK in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on AMETEK from $212.00 to $229.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Finally, Mizuho boosted their target price on AMETEK from $212.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, AMETEK presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $211.00.

AMETEK Trading Down 0.5%

AME stock traded down $1.04 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $195.75. 39,244 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,334,148. The company has a market cap of $45.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.50, a P/E/G ratio of 2.64 and a beta of 1.12. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $188.68 and its 200-day moving average is $182.80. AMETEK, Inc. has a 52-week low of $145.02 and a 52-week high of $204.15. The company has a current ratio of 1.63, a quick ratio of 1.04 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) last posted 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 net margin of 20.60% and a return on equity of 16.53%. The business had revenue of $1.89 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.81 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.66 earnings per share. AMETEK’s revenue for the quarter 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. As a group, sell-side 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 dividend payout ratio is 19.56%.

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.