Ametek Inc (NYSE: AME) is -1.69% 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 $177.71 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.5%.
Currently trading at $177.21, the stock is -0.49% and 4.18% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.11 million and changing -0.28% at the moment leaves the stock 0.12% off its SMA200. AME registered 4.50% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -8.83%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $170.1034 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $177.00565.
The stock witnessed a 4.08% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -4.23%, and is -0.98% 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 0.90% over the week and 1.35% over the month.
Ametek Inc (AME) has around 21500 employees, a market worth around $40.91B and $6.94B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 29.02 and Fwd P/E is 23.33. Profit margin for the company is 20.43%. Distance from 52-week low is 22.20% and -10.65% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (12.20%).
with sales reaching $1.74B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 3.64% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 1.58% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 0.13% in year-over-year returns.
1377.0 institutions hold shares in Ametek Inc (AME), with institutional investors hold 90.24% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 230.88M, and float is at 229.78M with Short Float at 1.18%. Institutions hold 89.91% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 25.75 million shares valued at $$4.29 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.1252 of the AME Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 17.63 million shares valued at $$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).
