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 ($169.9) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($152.7)

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?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

AME key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue6.2x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA20.2x
PEG Ratio3.4x

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 Average45.4x
VRT Vertiv Holdings Co
90.8x30.3%US$36.6b
ROK Rockwell Automation
26.2x11.2%US$31.2b
HUBB Hubbell
30.3x7.0%US$21.3b
EMR Emerson Electric
34.2x14.1%US$64.4b
AME AMETEK
29.8x8.8%US$39.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AME is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.8x) compared to the peer average (45.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a18.7%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AME is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.8x) compared to the US Electrical industry average (21.7x).


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 Ratio29.8x
Fair PE Ratio23x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AME is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (23x).


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$169.90
US$191.31
+12.6%
8.6%US$216.00US$165.00n/a13
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$154.00n/a15
Nov ’24US$142.40
US$171.71
+20.6%
6.6%US$195.00US$153.00n/a16
Oct ’24US$147.76
US$172.77
+16.9%
6.4%US$195.00US$149.00n/a16
Sep ’24US$160.65
US$171.96
+7.0%
6.7%US$195.00US$149.00n/a16
Aug ’24US$159.45
US$165.29
+3.7%
6.6%US$185.00US$149.00n/a15
Jul ’24US$161.88
US$162.69
+0.5%
5.1%US$180.00US$149.00n/a15
Jun ’24US$146.95
US$162.49
+10.6%
4.9%US$180.00US$149.00n/a15
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
Nov ’23US$132.03
US$146.63
+11.1%
8.3%US$170.00US$129.00US$142.4016
Oct ’23US$113.41
US$148.00
+30.5%
8.9%US$180.00US$130.00US$147.7616
Sep ’23US$120.43
US$148.00
+22.9%
8.9%US$180.00US$130.00US$160.6516
Aug ’23US$122.38
US$148.63
+21.4%
11.4%US$180.00US$122.00US$159.4516
Jul ’23US$111.46
US$156.00
+40.0%
8.8%US$180.00US$135.00US$161.8816
Jun ’23US$120.43
US$156.00
+29.5%
8.8%US$180.00US$135.00US$146.9516
May ’23US$126.26
US$162.68
+28.8%
7.2%US$180.00US$136.00US$139.3416

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


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