For the quarter ended December 2025, Ametek (AME) reported revenue of $2 billion, up 13.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $2.01, compared to $1.87 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.95 billion, representing a surprise of +2.67%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +3.65%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.94.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Ametek performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Electronic Instruments: $1.37 billion versus $1.34 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +12.7% change.
- Net Sales- Electro mechanical: $628.92 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $603.75 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +15.1%.
- Operating Income- Electronic Instruments: $396.14 million compared to the $398.7 million average estimate based on five analysts.
- Operating Income- Corporate administrative expenses: $-33.12 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $-29.06 million.
- Operating Income- Electromechanical: $142.46 million versus $139.63 million estimated by five analysts on average.
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Shares of Ametek have returned +7.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.8% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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