AMETEK, Inc. $AME Position Lessened by RWA Wealth Partners LLC

RWA Wealth Partners LLC trimmed its position in shares of AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) by 5.1% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,817 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 150 shares during the period. RWA Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in AMETEK were worth $485,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of AME. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG grew its position in AMETEK by 23.5% in the fourth quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 183,024 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $32,992,000 after acquiring an additional 34,866 shares in the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP grew its position in AMETEK by 300.4% in the fourth quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 19,219 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $3,464,000 after acquiring an additional 14,419 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP grew its position in AMETEK by 51.0% in the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 95,550 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $17,224,000 after acquiring an additional 32,251 shares in the last quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC grew its position in AMETEK by 49.2% in the fourth quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 13,362 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,409,000 after acquiring an additional 4,404 shares in the last quarter. Finally, State of Tennessee Department of Treasury grew its position in AMETEK by 69.1% in the fourth quarter. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury now owns 51,000 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $9,193,000 after acquiring an additional 20,832 shares in the last quarter. 87.43% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

AME has been the subject of several recent research reports. Melius Research raised shares of AMETEK to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on AMETEK from $209.00 to $212.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective 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 raised their price objective on AMETEK from $210.00 to $215.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Melius downgraded AMETEK from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $192.00 price objective on the stock. in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $208.00.

AMETEK Stock Down 1.1%

AME stock opened at $183.1980 on Thursday. AMETEK, Inc. has a 52-week low of $145.02 and a 52-week high of $198.33. The company has a 50-day moving average of $180.81 and a two-hundred day moving average of $176.97. The stock has a market capitalization of $42.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a current ratio of 1.63 and a quick ratio of 1.04.

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

AMETEK Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Monday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.31 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 15th. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. AMETEK’s payout ratio is 19.97%.

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.