Ametek Inc (NYSE: AME) is -7.22% 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 $162.19 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 5.05%.
Currently trading at $167.24, the stock is 3.20% and -3.95% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.25 million and changing 3.11% at the moment leaves the stock -4.82% off its SMA200. AME registered -5.97% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -1.25%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $174.1116 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $175.7119.
The stock witnessed a -6.93% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -12.18%, and is 5.50% 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 2.43% over the week and 3.44% over the month.
Ametek Inc (AME) has around 21500 employees, a market worth around $38.59B and $6.94B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 28.22 and Fwd P/E is 21.78. Profit margin for the company is 19.83%. Distance from 52-week low is 15.32% and -15.68% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (12.21%).
with sales reaching $1.74B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 3.66% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 2.47% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 0.44% in year-over-year returns.
1355.0 institutions hold shares in Ametek Inc (AME), with institutional investors hold 89.79% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 230.70M, and float is at 229.64M with Short Float at 0.99%. Institutions hold 89.46% 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 11.1252 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).
