AMETEK, Inc. (AME) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup
Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $233.19 — A.R:R is negative (-0.4) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (3.6% away).
AMETEK manufactures electronic instruments for process, power, and aerospace markets and electromechanical devices for aerospace/defense, medical, and automation markets through two segments, EIG and EMG, globally. International sales represented 48.2% of 2025 net sales, with... Read more
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $233.19 — A.R:R is negative (-0.4) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (3.6% away). Chart setup: RSI 48 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 4/6 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, earnings proximity no date, semi cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
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3 floor-breakers
Priced at a premium — multiples above sector norms. Needs delivery on growth + margins to justify.static
Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $233.19 — A.R:R is negative (-0.4) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (3.6% away). Chart setup: RSI 48 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $221.59. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $237.16 (+1.7% upside). Prior stop was $221.59. Stop-loss: $221.59.
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Near 52-week high (3.6% away); Expensive valuation.
AMETEK, Inc. trades at a P/E of 35.6 (forward 26.1). TrendMatrix value score: 3.7/10. Verdict: Sell.
25 analysts cover AME with a consensus score of 3.8/5. Average price target: $250.
What does AMETEK, Inc. do?AMETEK manufactures electronic instruments for process, power, and aerospace markets and electromechanical devices for...
AMETEK manufactures electronic instruments for process, power, and aerospace markets and electromechanical devices for aerospace/defense, medical, and automation markets through two segments, EIG and EMG, globally. International sales represented 48.2% of 2025 net sales, with manufacturing operations in 22 countries outside the U.S.