Stock · AME · Industrials
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1984 · Revenue 12 mo. $7.9B
Price as of 11/06/2026
AMETEK, Inc. manufactures and sells electronic instruments (EIG) and electromechanical (EMG) devices in the United States and internationally.
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.
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Summary
56.4 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €1.5B (2025), it supports €16.7B. The remaining €30.2B of the market value assume it grows 14.4% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
14.4%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 26.8×, above its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 22.6× to 26.4×, median 24.7×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
No anomaly in the stored figures.
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
7 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, FCF margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 13.93% | 13.10% | Rank 53 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 148.27% | 19.33% | Rank 97 |
| EBIT margin | 26.15% | 11.28% | Rank 91 |
| FCF margin | 22.58% | 8.50% | Rank 94 |
| Gross margin | 36.38% | 28.98% | Rank 68 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 6.63% | 5.15% | Rank 58 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 8.52% | 8.01% | Rank 51 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 11.14% | 12.89% | Rank 44 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 1.76% | 4.02% | Rank 17 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 2.80% | 4.42% | Rank 20 |
| FCF yield | 3.20% | 3.98% | Rank 37 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 7.32 | 2.08 | Rank 8 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 27.97 | 19.47 | Rank 22 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 6.32% | −0.01% | Rank 63 |
| Share price, 6 months | −1.12% | −1.43% | Rank 50 |
| Share price, 3 months | −4.72% | 0.53% | Rank 38 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −11.55% | −16.36% | Rank 67 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 4.83% | 1.39% | Rank 23 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −0.39% | −0.44% | Rank 49 |
| Dividend streak in years | 23 | 5 | Rank 91 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 2.57% | 0.27% | Rank 71 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 66.15% | 39.65% | Rank 90 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 0.82 | 1.38 | Rank 62 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.22 | 0.61 | Rank 82 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 23.04% | 32.95% | Rank 87 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3.8 | 20.6% | $693.6M | 234M | 1.6 |
| 2017 | 4.3 | 21.0% | $758.2M | 232M | 1.5 |
| 2018 | 4.8 | 22.2% | $843.4M | 233M | 2.3 |
| 2019 | 5.2 | 22.8% | $1.0B | 229M | 2.4 |
| 2020 | 4.5 | 22.6% | $1.2B | 231M | 1.2 |
| 2021 | 5.5 | 23.6% | $1.0B | 233M | 2.4 |
| 2022 | 6.2 | 24.4% | $1.0B | 232M | 2.2 |
| 2023 | 6.6 | 25.9% | $1.6B | 232M | 3.0 |
| 2024 | 6.9 | 25.6% | $1.7B | 232M | 2.0 |
| 2025 | 7.4 | 26.2% | $1.7B | 231M | 1.9 |
3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Ametek Inc mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Ametek Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
3 of 7 rules met
5 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Ametek Inc.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 35.7 | 22.5 |
| P/B ratio | 5.0 | 2.9 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 13.9% | 13.1% |
| Equity ratio | 66.2% | 39.7% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.22 | 0.61 |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | 2.0% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| AME | Ametek Incthis page | |
| ROK | Rockwell Automation Inc | Low4.5 |
| CMI | Cummins Inc | Low2.7 |
| IR | Ingersoll Rand Inc | Low3.6 |
| OTIS | Otis Worldwide Corp | locked |
| ITW | Illinois Tool Works Inc | locked |
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