AMETEK (AME) Competitors

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

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

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

Which has more risk & volatility, ETN or AME?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ETN or AME?

Eaton received 313 more outperform votes than AMETEK when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.53% of users gave AMETEK an outperform vote while only 66.24% of users gave Eaton an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eaton	Outperform Votes 926 66.24%	Underperform Votes 472 33.76%
AMETEK	Outperform Votes 613 71.53%	Underperform Votes 244 28.47%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	4.34	$3.79B	$9.50	29.02
AMETEK	$6.94B	5.39	$1.38B	$5.93	27.35

Do analysts recommend ETN or AME?

Eaton presently has a consensus target price of $350.22, suggesting a potential upside of 27.02%. AMETEK has a consensus target price of $198.60, suggesting a potential upside of 22.45%. Given Eaton's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is ETN or AME a better dividend stock?

Eaton pays an annual dividend of $4.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. 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.

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%

Does the media refer more to ETN or AME?

In the previous week, Eaton had 30 more articles in the media than AMETEK. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for Eaton and 32 mentions for AMETEK. AMETEK's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Eaton's score of 1.19 indicating that AMETEK is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Eaton	45 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AMETEK	26 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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