Ametek Inc (NYSE: AME) is -4.08% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $149.03 and a high of $198.33 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The AME stock was last observed hovering at around $177.21 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -4.3%.
Currently trading at $172.91, the stock is -6.16% and -5.57% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.72 million and changing -2.43% at the moment leaves the stock -1.75% off its SMA200. AME registered -4.40% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of 4.83%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $183.1162 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $175.9931.
The stock witnessed a -6.70% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -8.94%, and is -6.10% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.39% over the week and 2.02% over the month.
Ametek Inc (AME) has around 21500 employees, a market worth around $39.88B and $6.94B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 29.17 and Fwd P/E is 22.21. Profit margin for the company is 19.83%. Distance from 52-week low is 16.02% and -12.82% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (12.21%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 4.48% this year
1348.0 institutions hold shares in Ametek Inc (AME), with institutional investors hold 89.26% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 230.70M, and float is at 229.57M with Short Float at 1.11%. Institutions hold 88.91% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 25.75 million shares valued at $4.29 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.1416 of the AME Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 17.63 million shares valued at $2.94 billion to account for 7.6298 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 9.2 million shares representing 3.9736 and valued at over $1.53 billion, while FMR LLC holds 3.9399 of the shares totaling 9.12 million with a market value of $1.52 billion.
Ametek Inc (AME) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Kohlhagen Steven W, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Kohlhagen Steven W sold 1,320 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 03 ’25 at a price of $189.41 per share for a total of $0.25 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 22029.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 26 ’24, Speranza Emanuela (CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER) disposed off 6,747 shares at an average price of $195.90 for $1.32 million. The insider now directly holds 30,460 shares of Ametek Inc (AME).
