AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) Stock Has Consensus Price Target of $266.69 According to Analysts

Shares of AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) have been given a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” by the seventeen ratings firms that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, eleven have given a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $266.69.

AME has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. DA Davidson increased their target price on AMETEK from $265.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on AMETEK from $260.00 to $291.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on AMETEK from $303.00 to $316.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Robert W. Baird set a $275.00 target price on AMETEK in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, KeyCorp raised their price target on shares of AMETEK from $260.00 to $295.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider David Hermance sold 6,608 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $254.00, for a total value of $1,678,432.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 42,509 shares in the company, valued at $10,797,286. This trade represents a 13.45% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.54% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Florida Financial Advisors LLC increased its holdings in AMETEK by 2.2% during the 4th quarter. Florida Financial Advisors LLC now owns 1,974 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $406,000 after purchasing an additional 43 shares during the last quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of AMETEK by 18.3% during the 1st quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC now owns 323 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $69,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. ICW Investment Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of AMETEK by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. ICW Investment Advisors LLC now owns 7,831 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,608,000 after buying an additional 51 shares in the last quarter. FUKOKU MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE Co grew its position in shares of AMETEK by 4.6% during the fourth quarter. FUKOKU MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE Co now owns 1,158 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $238,000 after buying an additional 51 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sivia Capital Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of AMETEK by 2.5% in the fourth quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 2,070 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $425,000 after buying an additional 51 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 87.43% of the company’s stock.

AMETEK Stock Performance

Shares of AME opened at $247.51 on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $242.43 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $233.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a current ratio of 1.21 and a quick ratio of 0.76. The firm has a market capitalization of $56.73 billion, a PE ratio of 36.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.14 and a beta of 0.99. AMETEK has a one year low of $179.24 and a one year high of $261.16.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The technology company reported $2.09 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.99 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $2.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.95 billion. AMETEK had a return on equity of 16.93% and a net margin of 20.04%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 15.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.78 EPS. AMETEK has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.080-2.100 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 8.200-8.300 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that AMETEK will post 8.32 EPS for the current fiscal year.

AMETEK Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.34 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. AMETEK’s payout ratio is currently 19.88%.

AMETEK Company Profile

AMETEK, Inc (NYSE: AME) is a diversified manufacturer of industrial technology products and solutions. The company develops equipment used to monitor, measure, test, control and analyze processes across a range of industrial and commercial applications.

AMETEK operates through two primary business groups: Electronic Instruments, which provides analytical, monitoring, testing and measurement equipment; and Electromechanical, which supplies automation systems, motors, power systems, aerospace and defense products, engineered materials and other specialized components.