Keeler Thomas Management LLC Makes New $1.30 Million Investment in AMETEK, Inc. $AME

Keeler Thomas Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 7,200 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,303,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Bares Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in AMETEK in the 1st quarter valued at about $26,000. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. boosted its stake in shares of AMETEK by 628.6% in the second quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 153 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 132 shares during the period. Olde Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of AMETEK in the first quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of AMETEK by 57.7% in the first quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 194 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 71 shares during the period. Finally, Zions Bancorporation National Association UT purchased a new position in shares of AMETEK in the first quarter valued at approximately $42,000. 87.43% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently commented on AME. Truist Financial raised their price objective on shares of AMETEK from $219.00 to $229.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Melius cut shares of AMETEK from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $192.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Monday, July 14th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of AMETEK in a report on Friday. Melius Research raised shares of AMETEK to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, July 14th. Finally, Mizuho raised their price objective on shares of AMETEK from $212.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $207.42.

AMETEK Stock Performance

NYSE:AME opened at $186.96 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $186.02 and its 200 day moving average price is $179.31. AMETEK, Inc. has a 1-year low of $145.02 and a 1-year high of $198.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a current ratio of 1.63 and a quick ratio of 1.04. The firm has a market cap of $43.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.72 and a beta of 1.11.

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The technology company reported $1.78 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.69 by $0.09. AMETEK had a net margin of 20.60% and a return on equity of 16.53%. The firm had revenue of $1.78 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.74 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.66 EPS. AMETEK’s quarterly revenue was up 2.5% on a year-over-year basis. AMETEK has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.720-1.760 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.060-7.200 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that AMETEK, Inc. will post 7.15 EPS for the current year.

AMETEK Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 15th were given a dividend of $0.31 per share. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 15th. AMETEK’s payout ratio is presently 19.97%.

About AMETEK

AMETEK, Inc manufactures and sells electronic instruments and electromechanical devices in the North America, Europe, Asia, and South America, and internationally. The company's EIG segment 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 c devices, uninterruptible power supplies, programmable power and electromagnetic compatibility test equipment, and sensors for gas turbines and dashboard instruments; heavy trucks, instrumentation, and controls for the food and beverage industries; and aircraft and engine sensors, power supplies, embedded computing, monitoring, fuel and fluid measurement, and data acquisition systems for aerospace and defense industry.