Ametek Inc (NYSE: AME) Increases 0.15% Over A Month, But Analysts Still See Upside Potential

Ametek Inc (NYSE:AME) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.31M but it saw 1223208 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 39.29B USD, the company’s current market price of $169.68 came falling about -0.02 while comparing to the previous closing price of $169.71. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $186.32 and as low as $136.89. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $168.63 while lowest mark touched by it was $170.91.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Ametek Inc (AME) gives us an average price of $169.91, while its current price level is -8.93% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 23.95% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $167.39 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $170.54. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.42% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 1.37%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 52.14 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Oppenheimer upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Outperform” from “Perform” on May 22, 2024 while assigning a price target of $200. Truist issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $210.

Over the week, AME’s stock price is moving 0.46% up while it is 0.15% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 2.90% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 13.31%.

Currently, Ametek Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 230.93M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 11.84% and return on equity (ROE) at 15.37%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 29.55 while having a 23.31 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.17. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 4.25 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 5.76. Its return on asset (ROA) is 9.64% on average.