Facts You Need to Understand AMETEK Stock

By Naomi Wentworth • Tuesday, September 26 15:16 • Permanent Link

AMETEK logged a -2.5% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $148.69 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -2.0%. AME's trading volume is 659,722 compared to the stock's average volume of 896,611.

AMETEK trades -14.81% away from its average analyst target price of $174.54 per share. The 13 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $156.0 to $195.0, and on average have given AMETEK a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying AME should be aware of the facts below:

AMETEK's current price is 146.5% above its Graham number of $60.33, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
AMETEK has moved 33.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 18.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 5.34, AMETEK has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 27.8 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
AME has a forward P/E ratio of 22.2 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $6.71 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 2.44 — a number near or below 1 signifying that AMETEK is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 4.24 compared to its sector average of 3.78
AMETEK, Inc. manufactures and sells electronic instruments and electromechanical devices in North America, Europe, Asia, and South America.
Based in Berwyn, the company has 19,600 full time employees and a market cap of $34.3 Billion. AMETEK currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.6%.

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