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AMETEK, Inc. (AME)

Industrials | Specialty Industrial Machinery | Berwyn, United States | NYSE
236.25 USD -7.42 (-3.045%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 236.78 +0.53 (0.224%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★★★☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:48 a.m. EDT

AMETEK presents a compelling long-term case driven by robust operational performance, yet the short-term setup requires patience. The company is delivering exceptional growth metrics, with revenue expanding at 15% annually and operating margins holding steady at 26%, while the nine-year price trajectory reflects a massive 280% gain. However, the valuation is steep at a 35x trailing P/E, and the return on equity sits at 14.5%, which prevents it from reaching the highest tier of long-term excellence. The recent price action has corrected sharply, dipping below the 50-day moving average, creating a temporary headwind for momentum. Despite this, the 200-day average remains a strong support floor, and options flow suggests traders are targeting higher ground with call positions clustered above 260. The dividend is a modest but highly reliable feature, funded by a mere 19% payout ratio, ensuring capital preservation even if growth slows. For investors seeking a high-quality compounder, the current dip offers an entry point, provided one accepts the premium valuation and waits for the technicals to align with the fundamental strength.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.036429
AutoARIMA0.038629
AutoETS0.039010
AutoTheta0.043083

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 50%
H-stat 6.82
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.236
Excess Kurtosis 0.44
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-14
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-14
Debt to Equity Ratio 20.522
Revenue per Share 34.254
Market Cap 54,149,210,112
Trailing P/E 35.58
Forward P/E 26.10
Beta 1.00
Profit Margins 20.04%
Website https://www.ametek.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:48 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for upside with significant call open interest at 260 and 270 strikes, indicating a bullish target range. Put open interest clusters near current price levels (220-240), acting as a defensive floor. Implied volatility is elevated for near-term calls, suggesting anticipation of movement above the current range.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.15% 0.62% 0.64% 0.65%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-15 0.340000 0.147537
2026-03-16 0.340000 0.158501
2025-12-05 0.310000 0.155155
2025-09-15 0.310000 0.163537
2025-06-13 0.310000 0.175181
2025-03-14 0.310000 0.175996
2024-12-06 0.280000 0.146184
2024-09-16 0.280000 0.166320
2024-06-14 0.280000 0.167645
2024-03-07 0.280000 0.154202
2023-12-07 0.250000 0.160349
2023-09-13 0.250000 0.163945
2023-06-09 0.250000 0.166345
2023-03-09 0.250000 0.179934
2022-12-06 0.220000 0.157345
2022-09-13 0.220000 0.178499
2022-06-09 0.220000 0.185154
2022-03-09 0.220000 0.168569
2021-12-07 0.200000 0.142450
2021-09-13 0.200000 0.153198
2021-06-11 0.200000 0.147210
2021-03-12 0.200000 0.164514
2020-12-04 0.180000 0.154057
2020-09-11 0.180000 0.180162
2020-06-11 0.180000 0.204336
2020-03-12 0.180000 0.266588
2019-12-05 0.140000 0.143325
2019-09-13 0.140000 0.154355
2019-06-13 0.140000 0.163399
2019-03-14 0.140000 0.173590
2018-12-06 0.140000 0.195832
2018-09-13 0.140000 0.173504
2018-06-14 0.140000 0.187066
2018-03-15 0.140000 0.179579
2017-12-05 0.090000 0.126671
2017-09-14 0.090000 0.137910
2017-06-14 0.090000 0.146246
2017-03-15 0.090000 0.166359
2016-12-05 0.090000 0.185261
2016-09-14 0.090000 0.189434
2016-06-14 0.090000 0.192226
2016-03-15 0.090000 0.185567
2015-12-02 0.090000 0.161290
2015-09-14 0.090000 0.170843
2015-06-12 0.090000 0.164354
2015-03-13 0.090000 0.173377
2014-12-03 0.090000 0.173410
2014-09-12 0.090000 0.172745
2014-06-12 0.090000 0.169014
2014-03-13 0.060000 0.113787
2013-12-04 0.060000 0.122125
2013-09-12 0.060000 0.131666
2013-06-12 0.060000 0.142113
2013-03-12 0.060000 0.141743
2012-12-05 0.060000 0.159109
2012-09-12 0.060000 0.169252
2012-06-13 0.060000 0.178430
2012-03-14 0.040000 0.123254
2011-12-06 0.040000 0.139991
2011-09-14 0.040000 0.157192
2011-06-14 0.040000 0.143369
2011-03-15 0.040000 0.147601
2010-12-08 0.040000 0.150880
2010-09-14 0.026667 0.131350
2010-06-14 0.026667 0.143887
2010-03-15 0.026667 0.150227
2009-12-02 0.026667 0.161814
2009-09-14 0.026667 0.173162
2009-06-12 0.026667 0.170505
2009-03-13 0.026667 0.205623
2008-12-03 0.026667 0.183545
2008-09-12 0.026667 0.134110
2008-06-12 0.026667 0.119144
2008-03-13 0.026667 0.140385
2007-12-05 0.026667 0.129507
2007-09-12 0.026667 0.150566
2007-06-13 0.026667 0.154442
2007-03-14 0.026667 0.175904
2006-12-06 0.026667 0.185876
2006-09-13 0.017778 0.136583
2006-06-14 0.017778 0.136056
2006-03-15 0.017778 0.137901
2005-12-06 0.017778 0.140025
2005-09-14 0.017778 0.152907
2005-06-14 0.017778 0.149889
2005-03-15 0.017778 0.146594
2004-12-06 0.017778 0.184959
2004-09-14 0.017778 0.199007
2004-06-14 0.017778 0.216297
2004-03-10 0.017778 0.247426
2003-12-03 0.008889 0.125472
2003-09-12 0.008889 0.146058
2003-06-12 0.008889 0.155523
2003-03-13 0.008889 0.180943
2002-12-04 0.008889 0.158900
2002-09-12 0.008889 0.183208
2002-06-12 0.008889 0.161379
2002-03-13 0.008889 0.160301
2001-12-05 0.008889 0.194366
2001-09-17 0.008889 0.211867
2001-09-10 0.060000 1.363636
2001-06-13 0.008889 0.199869
2001-03-14 0.008889 0.221405
2000-12-06 0.008889 0.260873
2000-09-13 0.008889 0.279887
2000-06-14 0.008889 0.306713
2000-03-15 0.008889 0.372098
1999-12-07 0.008889 0.300944
1999-09-14 0.008889 0.282356
1999-06-14 0.008889 0.256688
1999-03-15 0.008889 0.327649
1998-12-07 0.008889 0.288292
1998-09-14 0.008889 0.309681
1998-06-12 0.008889 0.205131
1998-03-13 0.008889 0.206899
1997-12-05 0.008889 0.244901
1997-09-12 0.008889 0.251972
1997-06-12 0.008889 0.252635
1997-03-13 0.008889 0.272731
1996-12-05 0.008889 0.285718
1996-09-12 0.008889 0.298140
1996-06-12 0.008889 0.277460
1996-03-13 0.008889 0.352946
1995-12-06 0.008889 0.338032
1995-09-13 0.008889 0.342861
1995-06-14 0.008889 0.352946
1995-03-13 0.008889 0.340430
1994-12-05 0.008889 0.335669
1994-09-12 0.008889 0.380957
1994-06-10 0.008889 0.440372
1994-03-11 0.008889 0.475254
1993-12-06 0.008889 0.516136
1993-09-10 0.025185 1.259250
1993-06-10 0.025185 1.152534
1993-03-11 0.025185 1.123959
1992-12-03 0.025185 1.062492
1992-09-10 0.025185 1.123959
1992-06-10 0.025185 0.957739
1992-03-11 0.025185 1.038160
1991-12-03 0.025185 1.359990
1991-09-10 0.025185 1.387745
1991-06-10 0.023704 1.254918
1991-03-11 0.023704 1.306139
1990-12-03 0.023704 1.600021
1990-09-10 0.023704 1.620273
1990-06-11 0.023704 1.196277
1990-03-12 0.023704 1.280016
1989-12-04 0.023704 1.185200
1989-09-11 0.023704 1.075643
1989-06-12 0.022222 1.008393
1989-03-13 0.022222 1.111100
1988-12-05 0.022222 1.071418
1988-09-12 0.022222 1.100906
1988-06-10 0.022222 0.959990
1988-03-11 0.022222 0.902247
1987-12-10 0.022222 1.100906
1987-09-10 0.018519 0.699319
1987-06-10 0.018519 0.784334
1987-03-11 0.018519 0.796833
1986-12-10 0.018519 0.952406
1986-09-10 0.018519 0.943421
1986-06-10 0.018519 0.877216
1986-03-11 0.018519 0.843904
1985-12-02 0.018519 1.015255
1985-09-10 0.014815 0.909102
1985-06-10 0.014815 0.808091
1985-03-11 0.014815 0.737337
1984-12-03 0.014815 0.833344
1984-09-10 0.014815 0.765560
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.36
dividendYield 0.56
exDividendDate 2026-09-15
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.3
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.005335084
lastDividendValue 0.34
lastDividendDate 2026-06-15
dividendDate 2026-09-30

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.3184893
Address1 1,100 Cassatt Road
All Time High 261.16
All Time Low 1.222222
Ask 242.17
Ask Size 400
Audit Risk 2
Average Analyst Rating 1.8 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,396,840
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,200,258
Average Volume 1,200,258
Average Volume10Days 1,396,840
Beta 0.997
Bid 236.27
Bid Size 200
Board Risk 6
Book Value 49.118
City Berwyn
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 236.25
Current Ratio 1.214
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 244.445
Day Low 236.105
Debt To Equity 20.522
Display Name AMETEK
Dividend Date 1,790,726,400
Dividend Rate 1.36
Dividend Yield 0.56
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,846,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,846,600
Earnings Growth 0.142
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.135
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,846,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,277,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,277,000
Ebitda 2,500,681,984
Ebitda Margins 0.31799
Enterprise To Ebitda 22.385
Enterprise To Revenue 7.118
Enterprise Value 55,978,467,328
Eps Current Year 8.33122
Eps Forward 9.05027
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 6.64
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,789,430,400
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 241.6122
Fifty Day Average Change -5.362198
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.022193408
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 31.84893
Fifty Two Week High 261.16
Fifty Two Week High Change -24.910004
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.095382154
Fifty Two Week Low 179.24
Fifty Two Week Low Change 57.009995
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.31806514
Fifty Two Week Range 179.24 - 261.16
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 459,091,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.62
Float Shares 227,832,946
Forward Eps 9.05027
Forward P E 26.104193
Free Cashflow 1,492,221,312
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 22,500
Fullday Change -7.42
Fullday Change Percent -3.0451
Fullday Price 236.78
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.36905998
Gross Profits 2,902,249,984
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00393
Held Percent Institutions 0.92707
Implied Shares Outstanding 229,203,002
Industry Specialty Industrial Machinery
Industry Disp Specialty Industrial Machinery
Industry Key specialty-industrial-machinery
Ir Website http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=104638&p=irol-irhome
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,781,481,600
Last Dividend Value 0.34
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,341,187,200
Last Split Factor 3:2
Long Business Summary AMETEK, Inc. manufactures and sells electronic instruments (EIG) and electromechanical (EMG) devices in the United States and internationally. It operates through EIG and EMG segments. The company offers advanced instruments for the process, aerospace, power, and industrial markets; process and analytical instruments for the oil and gas, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, automation, and food and beverage industries; instruments to the laboratory equipment, ultra-precision manufacturing, medical, and test and measurement markets; power quality monitoring and metering devices, uninterruptible power supplies, programmable power and electromagnetic compatibility test equipment, and gas turbines sensors; dashboard instruments for heavy trucks and other vehicles; instrumentation and controls for food and beverage industries; and aircraft and engine sensors, embedded computing, monitoring, power supplies, fuel and fluid measurement, and data acquisition systems for aerospace and defense industry. It also provides engineered medical components and devices, automation solutions, thermal management systems, specialty metals, and electrical interconnects; single-use and consumable surgical instruments, implantable components, and drug delivery systems; engineered electrical connectors and electronics packaging; precision motion control products for data storage, medical devices, business equipment, automation, and other application; high-purity powdered metals, strips and foils, specialty clad metals, and metal matrix composites; motor-blower systems and heat exchangers for thermal management, military and commercial aircraft, and military ground vehicles; and motors used in commercial appliances, food and beverage machines, hydraulic pumps, and industrial blowers, as well as operates a network of aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul facilities. AMETEK, Inc. was incorporated in 1930 and is headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.
Long Name AMETEK, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 54,149,210,112
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_31860
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 1,576,269,952
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 55,864,087,325
Number Of Analyst Opinions 18
Open 244.36
Operating Cashflow 1,960,338,944
Operating Margins 0.26182
Overall Risk 8
Payout Ratio 0.1901
Peg Ratio 3.09
Phone 610 647 2121
Post Market Change 0.5299988
Post Market Change Percent 0.22433811
Post Market Price 236.78
Post Market Time 1,787,961,563
Previous Close 243.67
Price Eps Current Year 28.357193
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 4.8098454
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 6.8857756
Profit Margins 0.20044
Quick Ratio 0.645
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.75
Region US
Regular Market Change -7.42
Regular Market Change Percent -3.0451
Regular Market Day High 244.445
Regular Market Day Low 236.105
Regular Market Day Range 236.105 - 244.445
Regular Market Open 244.36
Regular Market Previous Close 243.67
Regular Market Price 236.25
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,203
Regular Market Volume 1,746,053
Return On Assets 0.08162
Return On Equity 0.14562
Revenue Growth 0.15
Revenue Per Share 34.254
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 9
Shares Outstanding 229,203,002
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0128999995
Shares Short 2,947,003
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 3,196,479
Short Name AMETEK, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0145000005
Short Ratio 2.51
Source Interval 15
State PA
Symbol AME
Target High Price 316.0
Target Low Price 217.0
Target Mean Price 277.5
Target Median Price 281.0
Total Cash 495,446,016
Total Cash Per Share 2.161
Total Debt 2,310,944,000
Total Revenue 7,863,923,200
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.3
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.005335084
Trailing Eps 6.64
Trailing P E 35.57982
Trailing Peg Ratio 3.111
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 224.8011
Two Hundred Day Average Change 11.448898
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.050929014
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,746,053
Website https://www.ametek.com
Zip 19,312-1177