Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC Purchases 2,121 Shares of AMETEK, Inc. $AME

Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC lifted its position in shares of AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) by 23.0% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 11,360 shares of the technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,121 shares during the period. Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC’s holdings in AMETEK were worth $2,056,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in AME. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its stake in AMETEK by 7.3% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 5,654 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $973,000 after purchasing an additional 384 shares during the last quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in AMETEK by 201.0% in the 1st quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC now owns 295 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $51,000 after purchasing an additional 197 shares during the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. lifted its stake in AMETEK by 12.5% in the 1st quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 38,618 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $6,648,000 after purchasing an additional 4,281 shares during the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. raised its stake in shares of AMETEK by 14.9% during the first quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 22,878 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $3,898,000 after acquiring an additional 2,965 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of AMETEK by 1.3% during the first quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 519,797 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $89,478,000 after acquiring an additional 6,753 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 87.43% of the company’s stock.

AMETEK Stock Down 1.2%

Shares of AME opened at $186.96 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $43.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.69 and a beta of 1.11. AMETEK, Inc. has a 12-month low of $145.02 and a 12-month high of $198.33. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $186.02 and its 200 day moving average price is $179.63. The company has a current ratio of 1.63, a quick ratio of 1.04 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) last issued its quarterly 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. The company had revenue of $1.78 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.74 billion. AMETEK had a net margin of 20.60% and a return on equity of 16.53%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.66 earnings per share. AMETEK has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.060-7.200 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that AMETEK, Inc. will post 7.15 earnings per share for the current year.

AMETEK Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 15th were paid a dividend of $0.31 per share. 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 is 19.97%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Melius downgraded shares of AMETEK from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $192.00 price target for the company. in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Robert W. Baird raised their price target on shares of AMETEK from $190.00 to $198.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, August 4th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of AMETEK in a research note on Friday. Mizuho raised their price target on shares of AMETEK from $212.00 to $225.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Melius Research raised shares of AMETEK to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $207.42.

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.