AMETEK (AME) Competitors

Eaton (NYSE:ETN) and AMETEK (NYSE:AME) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ETN or AME?

Eaton has higher revenue and earnings than AMETEK. AMETEK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eaton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eaton	$24.88B	4.11	$3.79B	$9.50	27.45
AMETEK	$6.94B	5.36	$1.38B	$5.93	27.21

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ETN or AME?

Eaton received 310 more outperform votes than AMETEK when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.66% of users gave AMETEK an outperform vote while only 66.24% of users gave Eaton an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eaton	Outperform Votes 922 66.24%	Underperform Votes 470 33.76%
AMETEK	Outperform Votes 612 71.66%	Underperform Votes 242 28.34%

Do analysts rate ETN or AME?

Eaton currently has a consensus target price of $357.16, suggesting a potential upside of 36.98%. AMETEK has a consensus target price of $204.67, suggesting a potential upside of 26.85%. Given Eaton's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Eaton is more favorable than AMETEK.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eaton	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
AMETEK	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Which has more volatility & risk, ETN or AME?

Eaton has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMETEK has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ETN or AME?

83.0% of Eaton shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of AMETEK shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Eaton shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of AMETEK shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ETN or AME more profitable?

AMETEK has a net margin of 19.83% compared to Eaton's net margin of 15.25%. Eaton's return on equity of 22.62% beat AMETEK's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eaton	15.25%	22.62%	11.10%
AMETEK	19.83%	16.94%	10.73%

Is ETN or AME a better dividend stock?

Eaton pays an annual dividend of $4.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. AMETEK pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Eaton pays out 43.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AMETEK pays out 20.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media prefer ETN or AME?

In the previous week, Eaton had 23 more articles in the media than AMETEK. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Eaton and 32 mentions for AMETEK. AMETEK's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Eaton's score of 1.37 indicating that AMETEK is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Eaton	47 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AMETEK	28 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Eaton beats AMETEK on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.