AMETEK, Inc. AME

250.74 3.00 1.21% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$66.0B
P/E
36.5×
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AMETEK, Inc. (AME) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, AMETEK, Inc. (AME) trades at a price to free cash flow of 31.5×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.1× (March 2020) to 35.9× (December 2022); the current reading is higher than 94% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 23.8× and above the Industrials sector median of 20.6×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 28.3× 15.55%
FY2024 24.5× 4.33%
FY2023 23.5× (26.67%)
FY2022 32.0× (1.03%)
FY2021 32.3× 40.69%
FY2020 23.0× 2.44%
FY2019 22.4× 21.15%
FY2018 18.5× (16.13%)
FY2017 22.1× 33.83%
FY2016 16.5× (22.52%)

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 30.4× 5.41%
Mar 2026 28.8× 1.78%
Dec 2025 28.3× 7.18%
Sep 2025 26.4× 6.44%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 13.1× High 35.9×
Ten-year median 23.0×
Current reading's percentile 94

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
SYM Symbotic Inc. compare 7.0×
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation compare 14.5×
CMI Cummins Inc. compare 21.5×
IR Ingersoll Rand Inc. compare 24.2×
EMR Emerson Electric Co. compare 25.6×
ITW Illinois Tool Works Inc. compare 26.8×
PH Parker-Hannifin Corporation compare 31.3×
AME AMETEK, Inc. 31.5×
ROK Rockwell Automation, Inc. compare 32.1×
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 23.8×
Industrials sector median 20.6×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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