AMETEK (AME) stock: Winston Score and insider trades

§Winston Score History

AMETEK makes highly specialized electronic instruments and electromechanical devices used in industries like aerospace, defense, healthcare, and energy. Its products include precision sensors, test and measurement equipment, power supplies, and motors — sold mostly to other businesses, not everyday consumers. The company is known for making niche, hard-to-replace components that its customers depend on for critical operations.

AMETEK earns revenue primarily through direct product sales, with a business model built around acquiring smaller, specialized manufacturers and improving their profitability over time. It operates globally, with significant sales in North America, Europe, and Asia, and generates roughly $6 billion in annual revenue. Its main competitive advantage is its focus on highly engineered, low-volume products where switching costs are high and competition is limited — but its acquisition-driven growth strategy means it must keep finding quality targets at reasonable prices, which becomes harder as the company grows larger.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+15.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

Reported EPS Growth

+14.8% YoY

Quarterly reporting periods ended:

30 Jun 2025: $1.55

30 Jun 2026: $1.78

Reported/statutory EPS, not adjusted or underlying earnings. One-off items can affect this figure. Provider rounding can affect the growth rate.

YoY Growth Rate

Reported EPS increased year over year

R&D Spend

$0/ year

↓ Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

0.4%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$1.1B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

AMETEK is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 15%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

Share count broadly stable

−0.7% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 232.8M (2021) → 231.3M (2025)

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

36.0%

Modest — 36.0% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

25.8%

Excellent — 25.8% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

15.1%

Strong — 15.1% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+12.7%

Fast-growing sales (+12.7% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

+10.5%

Earnings growing (+10.5% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

7/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

124%

Turns 124% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

23.2%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (23.2%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.21

Conservative — low debt load (0.21)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

21.31x

Comfortably covers interest (21.3x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

34.9x

Pricey — P/E 34.9

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

+10.3

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (34.9 → 24.6)

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

0.55%

Small dividend — 0.55% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

+9.9%

Dividend growing modestly (9.9% YoY)

Payout Ratio

19%

no trend

Pays out a modest share of profit and keeps the rest to reinvest. Room to keep paying through a weak year.

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AMETEK

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§Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

Share count broadly stable

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Quality

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Stability

Valuation

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