AMETEK (NYSE:AME) Issues FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 8.200-8.300 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 8.140. The company issued revenue guidance of -, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.0 billion. AMETEK also updated its Q3 2026 guidance to 2.080-2.100 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have issued reports on AME. Mizuho set a $270.00 target price on AMETEK in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Wall Street Zen downgraded AMETEK from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, May 10th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $265.00 price objective on AMETEK in a report on Thursday, June 18th. Robert W. Baird set a $244.00 price objective on shares of AMETEK in a report on Friday, May 1st. Finally, DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $265.00 target price on shares of AMETEK in a research note on Monday, May 4th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $256.29.

AMETEK Price Performance

Shares of AME traded up $1.77 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $245.54. 341,646 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,271,125. The company has a market cap of $56.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.39 and a beta of 0.98. AMETEK has a 1 year low of $179.24 and a 1 year high of $257.40. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $233.95 and a 200 day moving average price of $228.88. The company has a current ratio of 1.14, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The technology company reported $2.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.99 by $0.10. AMETEK had a return on equity of 16.63% and a net margin of 20.11%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 15.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $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. As a group, equities research analysts predict that AMETEK will post 8.14 earnings per share for the current year.

AMETEK Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th were given a dividend of $0.34 per share. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th. AMETEK’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 20.54%.

Institutional Trading of AMETEK

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in AME. Compound Planning Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 16.8% during the 4th quarter. Compound Planning Inc. now owns 2,236 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $459,000 after acquiring an additional 321 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its position in AMETEK by 18.8% during the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 230,397 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $47,303,000 after purchasing an additional 36,529 shares in the last quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV lifted its stake in AMETEK by 6.3% during the fourth quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 25,291 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $5,541,000 after purchasing an additional 1,504 shares during the last quarter. Vident Advisory LLC boosted its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 3.7% in the 4th quarter. Vident Advisory LLC now owns 9,114 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,871,000 after purchasing an additional 329 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 16.3% in the 4th quarter. Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC now owns 4,136 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $849,000 after purchasing an additional 579 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 87.43% of the company’s stock.

About AMETEK

AMETEK, Inc is a global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices that serves a broad range of industries. Headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, the company designs and produces precision instruments, electronic measurement devices, specialty sensors, and electric motors and motion control systems. Its product portfolio includes analytical and monitoring instruments, calibration equipment, power supplies, embedded electronics, and industrial motors and drives used for critical applications.

The company operates through two primary business platforms — an electronic instruments group focused on analytical, test and measurement and sensor products, and an electromechanical group that supplies motors, actuators, and related power and motion solutions.