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What AMETEK Investors Need to Know

Industrials sector company AMETEK posted a -0.2% performance today, while the S&P 500 returned 0.8%.

AMETEK, Inc. manufactures and sells electronic instruments and electromechanical devices worldwide. The company is based in Berwyn and has 18,500 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $33,227,488,429. AMETEK currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 0.6% per year.

15 analysts are following AMETEK and have set target prices ranging from $148 to $170 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, AME is trading -6.88% away from its average analyst target price of $155.37 per share.

Over the last year, AME's share price has increased by 3.7%, which represents a difference of 16.1% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $147.01 per share whereas its 52 week low is $106.17. With an average free cash flow of $1,089,547,666.7 that have been growing at an average rate of 3.1% over the last four years, AMETEK is in a position to continue its strong stock performance trend.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ MM) Capital expenditures ($ MM) Free Cash Flow ($ MM) YoY Growth (%)
2021-12-31 1,160 -111 1,050 -13.01
2020-12-31 1,281 -74 1,207 19.24
2019-12-31 1,114 -102 1,012 n/a
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