Ametek management check
AME · Industrials · Electrical Components & Equipment
Filings as of
4 good · 3 to watch · 0 flagged, across the seven questions below.
- Watch
Have owners done well?
Trailed its chosen peers$100 invested at the start of fiscal 2021 grew to $175, against $190 for the peer group the company picked itself.
- Watch
Does pay follow performance?
Pay only loosely tracked returnsOver 5 years, the CEO's pay actually paid (equity valued at the share price) had a correlation of 0.18 with shareholder return. 1 means pay moved in step; below 0, the opposite way.
- Watch
What does the CEO cost owners?
1.1% of net income$16.5m of reported pay in fiscal 2025, against $1.5bn of net income.
- Good
Do they own the stock?
Insiders are buying1 insider bought $1.0m on the open market in the last six months, with their own money, near the lows. Sales: $1.7m.
- Good
Are owners being diluted?
Share count shrinkingDiluted shares changed -0.1% a year over the last three fiscal years. Stock-based pay was 0.6% of revenue in the latest year.
- Good
Is leadership stable?
3 leadership filings in 3 years3 filings under 8-K item 5.02 (officers or directors leaving or joining, or new pay arrangements) in the last 3 years.
- Good
Are the books clean?
No red flags on fileNo restatements, auditor changes or late filings since 2021.
Against the S&P 500
Each check's score (0–100) and how it compares: the share of ranked S&P 500 companies it matches or beats, and the median in Industrials.
| Check | Score | At or above | Sector median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner returns | 40 | 55 | |
| Pay for performance | 59 | 86 | |
| CEO cost | 46 | 48 | |
| Skin in the game | 80 | 55 | |
| Dilution | 51 | 62 | |
| Stable leadership | 100 | 75 | |
| Clean books | 100 | 100 |
Closest peers
Others in Electrical Components & Equipment, by management score. Ametek is 42nd of 81 in its sector.
- 108BEBloom Energy76
- 135VRTVertiv73
- 152ETNEaton Corporation72
- 198EMREmerson Electric69
- 208AMEAmetek68
- 283ROKRockwell Automation62
Pay versus performance
From the proxy statement filed March 11, 2026. "Actually paid" values stock awards at the share price, so it rises and falls with the stock.
| Fiscal year | CEO | CEO pay | Actually paid | Other executives (avg) | $100 became | Peers | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | $16.5m | $21.3m | $3.0m | $175 | $190 | $1.5bn |
| 2024 | — | $14.6m | $14.8m | $2.1m | $153 | $159 | $1.4bn |
| 2023 | — | $14.5m | $19.6m | $2.8m | $139 | $135 | $1.3bn |
| 2022 | — | $13.1m | $13.7m | $2.9m | $117 | $114 | $1.2bn |
| 2021 | — | $12.9m | $23.4m | $2.9m | $122 | $121 | $990.1m |
Its other key measures: Adjusted Earnings Per Share, Relative Total Shareholder Return, Return on Tangible Capital.
Insiders and the CEO's stake
1 insider bought $1.0m on the open market in the last six months, with their own money, near the lows. Sales: $1.7m.
- BoughtNick L StanageDirector$1.0mAug 11, 2026
- SoldDavid F. HermancePRESIDENT - ELECTROMECHANICAL$1.7mAug 7, 2026
Leadership and governance on file
- May 8, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Nov 10, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jan 16, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Aug 8, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Feb 10, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jan 31, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Nov 5, 2021Leadership change8-K 5.02
Latest shareholder vote results: May 11, 2026, including the say-on-pay vote.
Where the money went
Over 2021–2025: $2.2bn returned to owners in buybacks and dividends, 34% of net income, and $235.3m of pay in stock.
| Fiscal year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.5bn | $6.2bn | $6.6bn | $6.9bn | $7.4bn |
| Net income | $990.1m | $1.2bn | $1.3bn | $1.4bn | $1.5bn |
| Stock-based pay | $46.1m | $47.4m | $46.2m | $47.9m | $47.8m |
| Buybacks | $14.7m | $332.8m | $7.8m | $212.0m | $434.0m |
| Dividends | $184.6m | $202.2m | $230.3m | $258.8m | $285.3m |
| Diluted shares | 233m | 232m | 232m | 232m | 231m |
Educational only, not investment advice. Figures are as filed with the SEC: pay from the proxy's pay-versus-performance table, capital allocation from 10-K XBRL data, insider trades from Form 4s over the last six months, events from the last 5 years of filings. The peer group is the one the company chose. See the method.