AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME – Free Report) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research lowered their Q2 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of AMETEK in a research report issued on Wednesday, August 14th. Zacks Research analyst S. Mete now forecasts that the technology company will post earnings of $1.85 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.87. The consensus estimate for AMETEK’s current full-year earnings is $6.78 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for AMETEK’s FY2026 earnings at $7.83 EPS.
AMETEK (NYSE:AME – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 1st. The technology company reported $1.66 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.64 by $0.02. AMETEK had a net margin of 19.51% and a return on equity of 17.41%. The business had revenue of $1.73 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.78 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.57 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 5.4% on a year-over-year basis.
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AMETEK Price Performance
Shares of AMETEK stock opened at $164.85 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $38.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.97, a PEG ratio of 2.57 and a beta of 1.18. The company has a quick ratio of 0.66, a current ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $166.75 and its 200-day simple moving average is $172.34. AMETEK has a 52 week low of $136.89 and a 52 week high of $186.32.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On AMETEK
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in AME. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main grew its holdings in AMETEK by 11.2% during the 4th quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 1,669,394 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $275,266,000 after purchasing an additional 167,602 shares during the last quarter. Cim LLC bought a new position in shares of AMETEK during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,254,000. Nomura Holdings Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of AMETEK in the fourth quarter worth approximately $768,000. Duality Advisers LP bought a new stake in shares of AMETEK during the 1st quarter worth approximately $1,676,000. Finally, Czech National Bank boosted its holdings in AMETEK by 8.6% during the 2nd quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 44,108 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $7,353,000 after acquiring an additional 3,499 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 87.43% of the company’s stock.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other AMETEK news, Director Steven W. Kohlhagen sold 1,440 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $173.93, for a total transaction of $250,459.20. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 24,809 shares in the company, valued at $4,315,029.37. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 0.61% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
AMETEK Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 30th. Investors of record on Monday, September 16th will be issued a $0.28 dividend. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 16th. AMETEK’s payout ratio is 19.68%.
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.
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