Brokerages Set AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) Price Target at $255.57

Posted by on Jul 10th, 2026

AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME – Get Free Report) has been given a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” by the fifteen ratings firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, nine have given a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year price target among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $255.5714.

AME has been the topic of several research reports. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $265.00 target price on shares of AMETEK in a research note on Monday, May 4th. Truist Financial lifted their price target on AMETEK from $275.00 to $303.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 2nd. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $265.00 price target on AMETEK in a report on Thursday, June 18th. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on AMETEK from $215.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 12th. Finally, Mizuho set a $270.00 price objective on AMETEK in a report on Friday, May 1st.

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Institutional Trading of AMETEK

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in AMETEK in the 4th quarter valued at $831,372,000. Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its stake in shares of AMETEK by 302.9% during the 4th quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 2,807,664 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $576,441,000 after buying an additional 2,110,818 shares during the last quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. grew its holdings in shares of AMETEK by 539.2% in the 4th quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 1,070,555 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $219,796,000 after acquiring an additional 903,061 shares in the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB increased its position in shares of AMETEK by 825.0% in the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 852,585 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $176,153,000 after acquiring an additional 760,410 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lazard Asset Management LLC increased its position in shares of AMETEK by 35.7% in the third quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 2,645,977 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $497,444,000 after acquiring an additional 695,419 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 87.43% of the company’s stock.

AMETEK Stock Performance

Shares of AME stock opened at $232.92 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a current ratio of 1.14. The company has a market capitalization of $53.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.18, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.25 and a beta of 0.99. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $231.09 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $225.40. AMETEK has a 52 week low of $174.43 and a 52 week high of $244.71.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The technology company reported $1.97 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.90 by $0.07. AMETEK had a net margin of 20.11% and a return on equity of 16.63%. The firm had revenue of $1.93 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.91 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.75 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 11.3% on a year-over-year basis. AMETEK has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.940-8.140 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.960-2.000 EPS. On average, analysts expect that AMETEK will post 8.13 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

AMETEK Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th were paid a dividend of $0.34 per share. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th. AMETEK’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 20.54%.

About AMETEK

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AMETEK, Inc is a global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices that serves a broad range of industries. Headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, the company designs and produces precision instruments, electronic measurement devices, specialty sensors, and electric motors and motion control systems. Its product portfolio includes analytical and monitoring instruments, calibration equipment, power supplies, embedded electronics, and industrial motors and drives used for critical applications.

The company operates through two primary business platforms — an electronic instruments group focused on analytical, test and measurement and sensor products, and an electromechanical group that supplies motors, actuators, and related power and motion solutions.

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