Ametek Inc (NYSE: AME) is -4.72% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $145.02 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 $171.57 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.18%.
Currently trading at $171.75, the stock is 4.09% and 0.86% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.26 million and changing 0.10% at the moment leaves the stock -2.20% off its SMA200. AME registered 1.28% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -5.64%.
The stock witnessed a 6.68% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -6.92%, and is 0.99% up 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 1.41% over the week and 2.20% over the month.
Ametek Inc (AME) has around 21500 employees, a market worth around $39.65B and $6.94B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 28.13 and Fwd P/E is 22.61. Profit margin for the company is 20.43%. Distance from 52-week low is 18.43% and -13.40% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (12.20%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 3.62% this year.
Ametek Inc (AME) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 230.88M, and float is at 229.77M with Short Float at 1.01%.
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 11.1252% 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 7.6186 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 AMATO THOMAS A, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that AMATO THOMAS A sold 710 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 27 ’25 at a price of $176.64 per share for a total of $0.13 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 10560.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 03 ’25, Kohlhagen Steven W (Director) disposed off 1,320 shares at an average price of $189.41 for $0.25 million. The insider now directly holds 22,029 shares of Ametek Inc (AME).
