AMETEK, Inc. $AME Shares Acquired by R Squared Ltd

R Squared Ltd increased its holdings in AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) by 283.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 7,484 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 5,534 shares during the quarter. AMETEK comprises approximately 0.7% of R Squared Ltd’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 21st largest holding. R Squared Ltd’s holdings in AMETEK were worth $1,354,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 1.3% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 26,484,263 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $4,559,001,000 after acquiring an additional 336,491 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its holdings in AMETEK by 21.1% in the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 10,970,047 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,888,385,000 after purchasing an additional 1,908,742 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in AMETEK by 2.8% during the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 5,747,368 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $989,352,000 after purchasing an additional 154,682 shares during the period. Flossbach Von Storch SE raised its stake in shares of AMETEK by 1.2% during the 1st quarter. Flossbach Von Storch SE now owns 3,770,066 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $648,979,000 after buying an additional 45,714 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 127.2% in the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,479,397 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $598,943,000 after buying an additional 1,947,831 shares during the period. 87.43% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

AME has been the subject of several recent research reports. Melius cut AMETEK from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $192.00 price target for the company. in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Barclays started coverage on shares of AMETEK in a research note on Wednesday, September 10th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $200.00 price objective on the stock. Mizuho increased their price target on shares of AMETEK from $212.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on shares of AMETEK from $219.00 to $229.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on shares of AMETEK from $209.00 to $212.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, AMETEK presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $207.42.

AMETEK Stock Up 2.3%

AME stock opened at $189.24 on Friday. AMETEK, Inc. has a 52 week low of $145.02 and a 52 week high of $198.33. The company has a quick ratio of 1.04, a current ratio of 1.63 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $185.91 and a 200-day simple moving average of $179.06. The stock has a market capitalization of $43.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.47, a P/E/G ratio of 2.65 and a beta of 1.11.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The technology company reported $1.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.69 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $1.78 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.74 billion. AMETEK had a return on equity of 16.53% and a net margin of 20.60%.AMETEK’s revenue was up 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.66 EPS. AMETEK has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.060-7.200 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that AMETEK, Inc. will post 7.15 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

AMETEK Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 15th were issued a $0.31 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 15th. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. AMETEK’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 19.97%.

About AMETEK

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.