AME
HoldPremium GrowerAI pickAMETEK, Inc. · Industrials · United States · $55.0B cap · $334.8M/day traded
$240.03 +0.5% · close 23 Oct · scored 24 Oct
StockRank up 1.2 since 23 Oct.
Premium Grower: Strong business with the market behind it, priced at a premium.
Report expected 29 Oct: the next-year EPS estimate has risen 8.1% over the last 14 weeks.
As of 24 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for AMETEK, Inc. (AME) is 56/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 67, Value 22, Momentum 61, each scored against its sector).
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AMETEK makes niche electronic instruments and electromechanical devices, holding leading positions in hundreds of small markets where its products are a small part of customer costs but critical to performance, which gives it strong pricing power. It has a long record of disciplined acquisitions funded by internal cash flow, and just closed the purchase of Indicor Instrumentation. The second quarter delivered record sales and orders, forward earnings estimates rose about 6.3% in four weeks, and it continues buying back shares. It is well placed for power, grid and data-center testing and automation demand, and its high free-cash conversion means it needs no outside financing in a high-rate world. The main debate is the premium valuation.
ABOUT AMETEK, INC.
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AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices for a wide range of industrial applications. The company's competitive moat is based on its niche market leadership, proprietary technology, and diversified portfolio of highly engineered products that serve critical applications. AMETEK operates through two segments, Electronic Instruments and Electromechanical, and is known for its consistent acquisition strategy to expand its technological capabilities and market reach.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2026E | 2027E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 6.2B | 6.6B | 6.9B | 7.4B | 6.4% | 7.9B | 8.4B | 9.8B | 15.2% |
| EPS | 5.04 | 5.70 | 5.95 | 6.42 | 8.4% | 6.84 | 7.24 | 8.23 | 13.2% |
| Shares | 230.1M | 230.9M | 230.7M | 229.0M | -0.4% | 229.3M | — | — | — |
| Debt | 2.4B | 3.4B | 2.1B | 2.3B | -1.2% | 2.3B | — | — | — |
| Equity | 7.5B | 8.7B | 9.7B | 10.6B | 12.4% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | 1.1B | 1.7B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 16.2% | 2.0B | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | -552.8M | -2.4B | -244.8M | -1.1B | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | -575.7M | 697.3M | -1.6B | -686.3M | — | — | — | — | — |
Above its 200-day average and 8% below its 52-week high.
Calmer than 85% of stocks we rank over the past year (24% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
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SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Industrials, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of AME are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AME | AMETEK, Inc.(you) | $55.0B | 56 | Hold |
| CMI | Cummins Inc. | $71.2B | 54 | Hold |
| ITW | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | $78.5B | 62 | Hold |
| 6954.T | Fanuc Corporation | $33.0B | 54 | Hold |
| ROK | Rockwell Automation, Inc. | $47.4B | 67 | Buy |
| ATCO-A.ST | Atlas Copco AB (publ) | $86.7B | 63 | Hold |
| SAND.ST | Sandvik AB (publ) | $43.8B | 69 | Buy |
| DOV | Dover Corporation | $26.8B | 59 | Hold |
| 6273.T | SMC Corporation | $24.6B | 53 | Hold |
| ENR.DE | Siemens Energy AG | $113.1B | 51 | Hold |
Peer medians: ROE 8.9% · P/E 18.4x · Gross margin 26.2%
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