After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
AME belongs to the Industrials sector of the NYSE while operating in the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry. The current market capitalization of Ametek Inc is $41.44B. A total of 0.74 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.13M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Speranza Emanuela sold 6,747 shares of AME for 195.90 per share on Nov 26 ’24. After the transaction, the CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER now owns 30,460 company shares. In a previous transaction on Nov 25 ’24, ZAPICO DAVID A sold 98,644 shares at 196.98 per share. AME shares that CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER owns now total 323,744.
Among the insiders who sold shares, ZAPICO DAVID A disposed of 22,720 shares on Nov 26 ’24 at a per-share price of $196.29. This resulted in the CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER holding 323,744 shares of AME after the transaction. In another insider transaction, ZAPICO DAVID A bought 22,270 shares at $200.26 per share on Nov 26 ’24.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Ametek Inc pays an annual dividend of $1.12, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.63%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 31.22. AME’s most recent ex-dividend date was 0.59% when it declared a $0.28 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 12/6/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 9/16/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 0.71%. The AME stock dividend was $0.28 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, AME has a high of $198.33 and a low of $149.03.
As of this writing, AME has an earnings estimate of $1.85 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 13.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $1.9 per share and a lower estimate of $1.83.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. AME’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $346.77M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $2.72B in debt and $1.56B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $41.29, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $6.87B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for AME is Buy with a score of 4.21.
