AMETEK, Inc.

NYSE:AME Stock Report

Market Cap: US$42.4b

AMETEK Valuation

Is AME undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of AME when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: AME ($183.36) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($172.76)

Significantly Below Fair Value: AME is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for AME?

Key metric: As AME is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for AME. This is calculated by dividing AME's market cap by their current earnings.
What is AME's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio31.8x
EarningsUS$1.33b
Market CapUS$42.41b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does AME's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for AME vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average46.6x
VRT Vertiv Holdings Co
77.5x30.6%US$45.1b
ROK Rockwell Automation
34.5x10.7%US$32.7b
EMR Emerson Electric
43.9x19.4%US$71.1b
HUBB Hubbell
30.5x10.1%US$22.9b
AME AMETEK
31.8x9.7%US$42.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AME is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.8x) compared to the peer average (46.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AME's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Electrical Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
KRFG OneSolution Technology
1xn/aUS$1.33m
No more companies available in this PE range
AME 31.8xIndustry Avg. 22.5xNo. of Companies5PE01632486480+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AME is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.8x) compared to the US Electrical industry average (22.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AME's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

AME PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio31.8x
Fair PE Ratio25.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AME is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.5x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst AME forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$183.36
US$199.26
+8.7%
10.1%US$225.00US$157.12n/a16
Dec ’25US$194.38
US$197.07
+1.4%
9.9%US$221.00US$157.12n/a15
Nov ’25US$178.43
US$194.67
+9.1%
9.7%US$221.00US$157.12n/a15
Oct ’25US$169.10
US$187.32
+10.8%
8.4%US$215.00US$158.00n/a15
Sep ’25US$171.05
US$187.25
+9.5%
8.9%US$215.00US$158.00n/a15
Aug ’25US$159.13
US$191.12
+20.1%
7.6%US$215.00US$165.00n/a15
Jul ’25US$165.57
US$192.12
+16.0%
8.0%US$216.00US$165.00n/a15
Jun ’25US$169.58
US$191.93
+13.2%
8.3%US$216.00US$165.00n/a14
May ’25US$173.98
US$192.30
+10.5%
8.3%US$216.00US$165.00n/a14
Apr ’25US$180.46
US$189.59
+5.1%
7.3%US$210.00US$165.00n/a14
Mar ’25US$180.68
US$186.73
+3.3%
6.7%US$209.00US$165.00n/a14
Feb ’25US$165.87
US$180.64
+8.9%
7.4%US$209.00US$160.00n/a14
Jan ’25US$164.89
US$174.07
+5.6%
6.9%US$200.00US$154.00n/a14
Dec ’24US$157.05
US$173.73
+10.6%
6.1%US$195.00US$154.00US$194.3815
Nov ’24US$142.40
US$171.71
+20.6%
6.6%US$195.00US$153.00US$178.4316
Oct ’24US$147.76
US$172.77
+16.9%
6.4%US$195.00US$149.00US$169.1016
Sep ’24US$160.65
US$171.96
+7.0%
6.7%US$195.00US$149.00US$171.0516
Aug ’24US$159.45
US$165.29
+3.7%
6.6%US$185.00US$149.00US$159.1315
Jul ’24US$161.88
US$162.69
+0.5%
5.1%US$180.00US$149.00US$165.5715
Jun ’24US$146.95
US$162.49
+10.6%
4.9%US$180.00US$149.00US$169.5815
May ’24US$139.34
US$160.31
+15.0%
5.5%US$177.00US$145.00US$173.9813
Apr ’24US$145.33
US$160.43
+10.4%
5.5%US$177.00US$145.00US$180.4614
Mar ’24US$141.65
US$160.43
+13.3%
5.5%US$177.00US$145.00US$180.6814
Feb ’24US$145.15
US$155.50
+7.1%
5.4%US$170.00US$138.00US$165.8715
Jan ’24US$139.72
US$152.91
+9.4%
6.9%US$170.00US$135.00US$164.8916
Dec ’23US$143.29
US$151.84
+6.0%
7.4%US$170.00US$135.00US$157.0516

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 02:19
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

AMETEK, Inc. is covered by 32 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Robert MasonBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Andrew BuscagliaBerenberg