AMETEK, Inc.

AME · Industrials

$248.58
+0.43% today

What a holder would want to know before buying AME: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.

Where the price sits
Low $179.28 · Oct 2025High $258.52 · Aug 2026

Today’s price is 39% above the lowest point of the past year and 4% below the highest.

Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 92% of days and more expensive on 8%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 99% of days.

7% above its average price of the last 200 trading days.

How bad does it get

Fell 20% or more 4 times in 10 years. The deepest fall was 43%; the longest took 17 months to get back to its peak. Every one recovered.

Now 4% below the Aug 2026 peak.

Nov 2024
−23%back in 11 months
Dec 2021
−27%back in 17 months
Jan 2020
−43%back in 8 months
Sep 2018
−22%back in 6 months
What you own

AMETEK, Inc. · Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery · a large company worth $56.99B

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…

Is it making money?
2022
2023
2024
2025

revenue profit

Sales of $7.40B in 2025, with $1.48B of profit. Sales grew in 3 of the last 3 years.

Keeps about 20 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.

Is it healthy?
Cash
$495.45M
Debt
$2.31B
Free cash flow / yr
$1.49B

Would need about 1.5 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.

Is it expensive?

You pay $36 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $26 for every $1 of profit expected next year.

A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.

Pays 0.55% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Sep 15.

What others are doing

20 analysts: 14 say buy, 5 hold, 1 sell. Their average 12-month target is $281.94 (range $217.00–$318.00).

Insiders made 1 purchase and 1 sale in the last 6 months.

Free data from Yahoo Finance, refreshed daily. This is evidence about the business and its price history, not a recommendation.

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