Ametek (AME)
Industrials · Electronic Instruments & Controls · NYSE
A diversified global manufacturer of high-precision electronic instruments and electromechanical devices serving critical end-markets like aerospace, healthcare, and semiconductor manufacturing.
What Ametek does
AMETEK is a global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices. The company operates through two primary segments: Electronic Instruments (EIG), which provides advanced analytical, monitoring, testing, and calibration instrumentation, and Electromechanical (EMG), which produces engineered interconnects, motion control solutions, and specialty motors.
Themes: industrial automation, aerospace and defense supply chain, medtech instrumentation, semiconductor equipment manufacturing, precision engineering
Fundamentals
- Price$247.52 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$56.7B as of 2026-07-28 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return+35.1% 2025-10-08 close $183.19 → 2026-10-08 close $247.52
- P/E36.18 as of 2026-10-08
- Net margin+20.0% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROE+13.9% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.18 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue growth (YoY)+12.7% as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+6.4% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.81 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-08-04 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +0.6%; at least 4 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How AME compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 349 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-10-08
- net profit margintop 10% 417 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- operating margintop 10% 392 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- return on equitymiddle range 432 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 428 covered Industrials peers
- indicated dividend yieldbottom 25% 271 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 10% 417 covered Industrials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Industrials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
AME is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Top 10 score
63.0 #155 of 1,379 scored · #6 of 238 in Industrials
Trend 81st (it is 5.2% below its highest point of the past year) and financial health 78th (free cash flow margin 22.6%, debt to equity 0.2); weakest is valuation (30th, price to earnings 36.2, price to book 5).
Never in this list — passed over at the rebalances below
- Not selected 1 Oct 2026 despite rank 6: it moves too closely with companies this list already holds (NVT, WTS, EME, MLI, ESE, ALSN), 0.53 against a cap of 0.34.
Scores as of 8 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, AME's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 19%, free-cash-flow payout 17%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout19% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout17% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How Ametek looks technically
Ametek (AME) is trading 7.2% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 306 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 15, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 53, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day high about 3 trading days ago.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 7.2% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +7.2% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $244.64 | $244.64 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $230.86 | $230.86 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 22 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 22 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a completed three-part downward correction — a pullback in the A-B-C shape Elliott-wave chartists use; the labelling fails if price closes below 230.01. It is the only labelling that fits, though not with textbook proportions, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible three-wave downward correction, complete (atypical proportions) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 306 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 306 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 15, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 15.2 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 53, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 53.2 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($237.76 to $255.41) — its "stochastic" reading is 55 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 55.3 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish) | 14 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $261.16 | $261.16 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 5.2% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -5.2% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 38.1% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +38.1% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 5.2% below its highest point of the past year | 5.2% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 3 trading days ago | 3 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 41 trading days ago | 41 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $261.16 (set on 2026-08-13) | $261.16 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($179.28 to $258.52), and it has given back only a small part of its rise from last year’s low — 14% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $207.01 to $209.55. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 13.9% |
| From the all-time high | it is 5.2% below its all-time high | -5.2% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 2.3% above a support level at $241.88 — a price it turned at six times since 2026-02-12, most recently on 2026-09-11. Since 2024-10-08 it has 9 such levels below the current price and 0 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -2.3% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $10.91 (set on 2009-03-02) | $10.91 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 2169.4% above its all-time low | +2,169% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 69th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $5.02 between its high and its low — about 2.0% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $5.02 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $231.28 and $258.59 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $231.28 – $244.93 – $258.59 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.0% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.0% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 3.3 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (7.2% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 3.3 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.85× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have raised their average price target by 0.7% since the prior reading | +0.7% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | 3 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 3 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.9% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -0.9% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.5% gap down opened on 2026-09-14 has been "filled" 13 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 5 sessions to close | 13 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 2 sessions in a row, a -2.44% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 3.1 percentage points (the stock gained 4.1% while the market gained 1.0%) | +3.1% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 3.2 percentage points (the stock gained 7.0% while the market gained 3.8%) | +3.2% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 4.1 percentage points (the stock gained 13.3% while the market gained 17.5%) | -4.1% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 20.1 percentage points (the stock gained 35.1% while the market gained 15.0%) | +20.1% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day high, MACD momentum is positive, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 1.5% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is thin, spanning 0.8% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily. | +1.5% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 6% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $232.97 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +6.2% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 1% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-04 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $244.48 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 47 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +1.2% |
Head and shoulders, bearish — forming · entry $231.31 · 70 sessions in
Descending triangle, either side — broke out · entry $237.11 · 65 sessions in
Price levels it has turned at before
AME last closed at $247.52 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 9 prices below its last close and 0 above; the 3 nearest below are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $241.88 | Support | 2.3% below the last close | turned there six times · 2026-02-12 to 2026-09-11 |
| $228.84 | Support | 7.5% below the last close | turned there 8 times · 2026-02-13 to 2026-09-16 |
| $221.62 | Support | 10.5% below the last close | turned there four times · 2026-04-28 to 2026-06-11 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a three-part downward correction — the A-B-C shape chartists use for a pullback — now complete.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $230.01.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones. It was chosen from 3 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
This reading has stood for 12 trading days, since 2026-09-23.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Broke out to a new 20-day high · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · Trading above the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (1.75 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 18 analysts
- Mean price target$280.28 range $217.00 – $318.00; median $283.50
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-04. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for AME
- Consensus EPS estimate$2.10 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-04
- Estimate change, 30 days+$0.00475 (+0.2%) from $2.10, on 2026-08-31, 34-day window
- Readings revised upward63% of 8 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["significant portion of revenue generated outside the United States, exposing the company to foreign currency fluctuations and geopolitical risks.","reliance on acquisitions to drive growth, which entails integration challenges and potential goodwill impairment.","fluctuations in raw material costs and global supply chain disruptions."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of AME's 10-Q filed 2026-08-04 against the prior one filed 2026-04-30.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-08-04) adds a new 'Indicor, LLC Agreement' subsection describing a definitive agreement announced May 5, 2026 to acquire a portfolio of instrumentation businesses from Indicor, LLC for approximately $5.0 billion, with annual sales of approximately $1.1 billion and expected closing in the second half of 2026.
- Newer filing (2026-08-04) adds discussion that following closing, the Indicor businesses will be integrated into EIG or EMG based on product offerings and market alignment.
- Newer filing (2026-08-04) adds results for the second quarter of 2026 compared with the second quarter of 2025, reporting record sales, operating income, net income, orders, and backlog, with net sales of $2,044.4 million (up 15.0%) and orders of $2,284.0 million (up 28.2%).
- Newer filing (2026-08-04) adds mention of First Aviation Services ('First Aviation') acquired in May 2026 among recent acquisitions, and notes LKC is now referred to as 'LKC Technologies ("LKC")' rather than without quotes.
- Newer filing (2026-08-04) adds disclosure of $16.2 million of pre-tax acquisition-related costs related to FARO, LKC, and First Aviation acquisitions for the second quarter of 2026.
- Newer filing (2026-08-04) adds disclosure that interest expense increased in the second quarter of 2026 primarily due to $10.0 million of fees associated with bridge loan financing related to the Indicor Instrumentation agreement, and that the bridge loan was terminated in June 2026 following execution of the Revolving Credit Agreement and Term Loan Agreement.
- Removed:
- Older filing (2026-04-30) contains results of operations for the first quarter of 2026 compared with the first quarter of 2025, which are not included in the newer filing.
- Older filing (2026-04-30) contains Segment Results discussion for EIG and EMG for the first quarter of 2026, which is not included in the newer filing excerpt provided.
- Reworded:
- Newer filing (2026-08-04) changes tariff discussion reference from 'three months ended March 31, 2026' to 'six months ended June 30, 2026'.
- Newer filing (2026-08-04) changes Recent Trends opening from 'Recent geopolitical developments in the Middle East, including...' to 'Recent geopolitical developments, including...', dropping the phrase 'in the Middle East'.
- Newer filing (2026-08-04) changes the quarterly start summary from 'record operating income, orders, and backlog, as well as strong operating margins' for Q1 2026 to 'record sales, operating income, net income, orders, and backlog, as well as strong operating margins' for Q2 2026.
- Newer filing (2026-08-04) changes acquisition list from 'FARO Technologies ("FARO") in July 2025 and LKC Technologies in January 2026' to 'FARO Technologies ("FARO") in July 2025, LKC Technologies ("LKC") in January 2026, and First Aviation Services ("First Aviation") in May 2026'.
- Notes:
- The newer filing excerpt is truncated mid-sentence at the end of the diluted earnings per share discussion and does not include the Segment Results section that appears in the older filing, so a full comparison of all sections may not be possible.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
1 open-market purchase and 1 open-market sale by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-041 buy ($1M) · 1 sell ($2M) — 1 buying, 1 selling insiders
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-041 buy ($1M) · 1 sell ($2M) — 1 buying, 1 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: mixed (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-11. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about AME's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
U.S. House trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 6 matched disclosures for AME from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
U.S. House trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
7 institutional 13F filers reported holding AME as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 7
- Reported shares held 36,825,333
- Reported value $8,909,521,123
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 4 increased, 3 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
AME had 2,953,231 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
AME had 1.29% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 2.2 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 2,953,231
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 1.29%
- Prior settlement (shares) 2,584,443
- Reported change 14.27%
- Days to cover (reported) 2.2
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Fortive (FTV)
- Honeywell (HON)
- Emerson Electric (EMR)
- Teledyne Technologies (TDY)
- Keysight Technologies (KEYS)
- Danaher (DHR)
- Rockwell Automation (ROK)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Ametek (AME) do?
AMETEK is a global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices. The company operates through two primary segments: Electronic Instruments (EIG), which provides advanced analytical, monitoring, testing, and calibration instrumentation, and Electromechanical (EMG), which produces engineered interconnects, motion control solutions, and specialty motors.
What sector is Ametek (AME) in?
Ametek (AME) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is Electronic Instruments & Controls. It trades on NYSE.
Does AME pay a dividend?
Yes — Ametek (AME) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 0.57% and at least 4 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-09-03). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are Ametek's (AME) competitors?
Notable peers of Ametek (AME) include Fortive, Honeywell, Emerson Electric, Teledyne Technologies and Keysight Technologies. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent U.S. House stock trading in AME?
Yes — we hold 6 matched STOCK Act disclosures for AME from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is Ametek (AME) overbought or oversold right now?
Ametek (AME) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 53, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on AME come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.