AMETEK, Inc.

NYSE:AME Stock Report

Market Cap: US$51.1b

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 Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow 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.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: AME ($220.74) is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value ($173.65)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: AME is trading above our estimate of future cash flow 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 Ratio34.6x
EarningsUS$1.47b
Market CapUS$51.09b

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 Average47x
ROK Rockwell Automation
54.2x16.83%US$47.8b
VRT Vertiv Holdings Co
67.5x21.77%US$69.2b
EMR Emerson Electric
36.3x11.80%US$84.5b
HUBB Hubbell
30.1x8.51%US$25.7b
AME AMETEK
34.6x8.61%US$51.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: AME is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.6x) compared to the peer average (47x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
STEM Stem
1.5x-97.29%US$159.08m
HLGN Heliogen
0.3xn/aUS$10.50m
DEWY Dewey Electronics
4.8xn/aUS$2.66m
ADNH Advent Technologies Holdings
2.1xn/aUS$1.59m
AME 34.6xIndustry Avg. 32.5xNo. of Companies5PE020406080100+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: AME is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.6x) compared to the US Electrical industry average (32.9x).

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 Ratio34.6x
Fair PE Ratio26.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: AME is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.4x).

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$220.74
US$232.00
+5.10%
7.67%US$271.00US$196.00n/a18
Jan ’27US$205.31
US$223.18
+8.70%
6.75%US$246.00US$196.00n/a17
Dec ’26US$195.61
US$219.94
+12.44%
8.07%US$246.00US$180.00n/a17
Nov ’26US$202.11
US$216.53
+7.13%
8.61%US$246.00US$180.00n/a17
Oct ’26US$187.44
US$205.71
+9.74%
7.33%US$225.00US$168.00n/a17
Sep ’26US$184.80
US$204.69
+10.76%
9.00%US$225.00US$158.00n/a16
Aug ’26US$182.36
US$203.25
+11.46%
9.50%US$225.00US$158.00n/a16
Jul ’26US$183.06
US$192.42
+5.11%
9.43%US$225.00US$158.00n/a17
Jun ’26US$178.74
US$192.44
+7.66%
9.42%US$225.00US$158.00n/a17
May ’26US$167.26
US$189.02
+13.01%
8.68%US$225.00US$158.00n/a18
Apr ’26US$171.89
US$199.15
+15.86%
9.09%US$225.00US$158.00n/a16
Mar ’26US$189.30
US$199.15
+5.20%
9.09%US$225.00US$158.00n/a16
Feb ’26US$184.56
US$200.15
+8.45%
9.57%US$225.00US$158.00n/a16
Jan ’26US$180.26
US$197.30
+9.45%
10.66%US$225.00US$157.12US$205.3117
Dec ’25US$194.38
US$197.07
+1.39%
9.94%US$221.00US$157.12US$195.6115
Nov ’25US$178.43
US$194.67
+9.10%
9.73%US$221.00US$157.12US$202.1115
Oct ’25US$169.10
US$187.32
+10.77%
8.41%US$215.00US$158.00US$187.4415
Sep ’25US$171.05
US$187.25
+9.47%
8.85%US$215.00US$158.00US$184.8015
Aug ’25US$159.13
US$191.12
+20.10%
7.56%US$215.00US$165.00US$182.3615
Jul ’25US$165.57
US$192.12
+16.04%
8.00%US$216.00US$165.00US$183.0615
Jun ’25US$169.58
US$191.93
+13.18%
8.35%US$216.00US$165.00US$178.7414
May ’25US$173.98
US$192.30
+10.53%
8.28%US$216.00US$165.00US$167.2614
Apr ’25US$180.46
US$189.59
+5.06%
7.26%US$210.00US$165.00US$171.8914
Mar ’25US$180.68
US$186.73
+3.35%
6.71%US$209.00US$165.00US$189.3014
Feb ’25US$165.87
US$180.64
+8.91%
7.35%US$209.00US$160.00US$184.5614
Jan ’25US$164.89
US$174.07
+5.57%
6.91%US$200.00US$154.00US$180.2614
US$232
Fair Value
4.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
18
Number of Analysts

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 Analysis2026/01/23 06:19
End of Day Share Price 2026/01/23 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

AMETEK, Inc. is covered by 31 analysts. 18 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
Julian MitchellBarclays
Andrew BuscagliaBerenberg