At the time of writing, Ametek Inc [AME] stock is trading at $178.54, up 0.48%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The AME shares have lost -0.93% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 10.08%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Ametek Inc [NYSE: AME] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 14, 2025, when Morgan Stanley initiated its Equal-Weight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $170. Previously, Exane BNP Paribas upgraded its rating to Outperform on January 16, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $210. On December 16, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $225 on the stock. TD Cowen downgraded its rating to a Sell. Oppenheimer upgraded its rating to a Outperform but $200 remained the price target by the analyst firm on May 22, 2024. Truist started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on March 14, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $210. In a note dated November 27, 2023, TD Cowen downgraded an Market Perform rating on this stock and revised its target price from $165 to $160.
For the past year, the stock price of Ametek Inc fluctuated between $145.02 and $198.33. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $212 within the next 12 months. Ametek Inc [NYSE: AME] shares were valued at $178.54 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 18.74% based on the average AME price forecast.
Analyzing the AME fundamentals
According to Ametek Inc [NYSE:AME], the company’s sales were 6.94B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -0.24% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.36% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.26%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.25%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.2%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.1, Equity is 0.15 and Total Capital is 0.14. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.19.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 176.34 points at the first support level, and at 174.14 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 180.25, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 181.97.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Ametek Inc [NYSE:AME] has a current ratio of 1.41. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.86 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.2. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 5.94, the price to book ratio is 4.13 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 29.24.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved AMATO THOMAS A, Director, that happened on Mar 27 ’25 when 710.0 shares were sold. Director, AMATO THOMAS A completed a deal on Mar 27 ’25 to buy 710.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Kohlhagen Steven W sold 1320.0 shares on Mar 03 ’25.
