Company Analysis

Ametek, Inc. (AME)

NYSE: AME · Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, and Control · Berwyn, PA · filing with the SEC since 1998
Grade7.0
◀ Past 7.6● Present 7.6▶ Future 5.5

The grade of Ametek, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
7.0/10
◀ Past7.630% of the headline
● Present7.640% of the headline
▶ Future5.530% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Ametek, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
8.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+6.4% a year over 4 filed years; profitable in 4 of 4.

weight 45% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ametek, Inc.'s 4 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $6.2 billion in fiscal 2022 to $7.4 billion in fiscal 2025, up 6.4% a year; it rose in 3 of 3 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 4 of 4 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span6.4%top 44% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 3% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 18% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count steady. 27% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 10 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 54th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Ametek, Inc.'s diluted share count held steady, and dividends and buybacks returned about 27% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 10 sales and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $1 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 38% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 46% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.6/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 14%: 14¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 34%: owes 34¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 68th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Ametek, Inc. earned about 14 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 17 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 34 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 32% of its family
  • return on equitytop 9% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 50% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
8.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 13% of 17 in its family; net margin 20%.

weight 33% of this tense · 87th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ametek, Inc.'s standing among 17 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $7.4 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 16% by size; a net margin of 20% ranks in the top 3%; revenue growth of 6.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 21% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$7.40Btop 16% of its family
  • net margin20.0%top 3% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth6.4%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
7.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 25% of 13 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2016.

weight 22% of this tense · 75th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Ametek, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Zapico, David A (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, as filed), filing under that title since 2016-05-05, 10.5 years (top 23% of its family); the 18 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.5 years (top 35%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 18 people in charge now (top 18%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge4 in three years among 18 peopletop 18% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.5 yearstop 35% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10.5 yearstop 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 44% of 17 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 44th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Ametek, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $458 million against debt of $1.1 billion leaves -3.8% of its assets as net cash, top 47% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 22.6% of revenue (top 26%); a gross margin of 36% (bottom 38%); research spending of 3.2% of revenue (bottom 10%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-3.8%top 47% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue22.6%top 26% of its family
  • gross margin36.0%bottom 38% of its family
  • research spending against revenue3.2%bottom 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 37% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Ametek, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 6.4% a year over the last three filed years against 6.4% over all 4, speeding up (top 32% of its family); the newest year grew 6.6% (top 44%); research spending grew 5.9% a year (top 34%); capital spending grew -2.1% a year (top 38%) (its annual reports). Ametek, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Electronic Instruments Group at $4.9 billion (67%), Electromechanical Group at $2.5 billion (34%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.0 points a yeartop 32% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth6.6%top 44% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending5.9%top 34% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-2.1%top 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 32% of 15 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 68th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Ametek, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $7.4 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0.4% above the $7.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 43% of its family); net income of $1.5 billion against a prior three-year average of $1.3 billion (top 17%); a net margin of 20% against 19.5% before (top 23%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace0.4%bottom 43% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+15%top 17% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.5 pointstop 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton AME · research, not advice