Reviewing AMETEK (NYSE:AME) & Gauzy (NASDAQ:GAUZ)

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) and Gauzy (NASDAQ:GAUZ) are both technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Profitability

This table compares AMETEK and Gauzy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AMETEK	20.04%	16.93%	11.26%
Gauzy	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares AMETEK and Gauzy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AMETEK	$7.40 billion	7.37	$1.48 billion	$6.84	34.77
Gauzy	$103.53 million	0.07	-$53.18 million	($2.05)	-3.01

AMETEK has higher revenue and earnings than Gauzy. Gauzy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMETEK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

87.4% of AMETEK shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of AMETEK shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for AMETEK and Gauzy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AMETEK	0	5	11	1	2.76
Gauzy	1	0	0	0	1.00

AMETEK presently has a consensus target price of $266.69, indicating a potential upside of 12.14%. Given AMETEK’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AMETEK is more favorable than Gauzy.

Risk and Volatility

AMETEK has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gauzy has a beta of -0.27, indicating that its share price is 127% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AMETEK beats Gauzy on 15 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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. Its EMG segment offers engineered medical components and devices, automation solutions, thermal management systems, specialty metals, and electrical interconnects; single-use and consumable surgical instruments, implantable components, and drug delivery systems; engineered electrical connectors and electronics packaging to protect sensitive devices and mission-critical electronics; precision motion control products for data storage, medical devices, business equipment, and automation; high-purity powdered metals, strips and foils, specialty clad metals, and metal matrix composites; motor-blower systems and heat exchangers for thermal management, military and commercial aircraft, and military ground vehicles; motors for commercial appliances, food and beverage machines, hydraulic pumps, and industrial blowers; and operates a network of aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul facilities. AMETEK, Inc. was incorporated in 1930 and is headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.

About Gauzy

Gauzy Ltd. is a fully-integrated light and vision control company which focused on the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of vision and light control technologies. It operates principally in Germany, France, the United States, Canada, China, Singapore and Dubai. Gauzy Ltd. is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.