AMETEK (AME) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer ETN or AME?

Eaton currently has a consensus price target of $357.83, indicating a potential downside of 0.73%. AMETEK has a consensus price target of $197.86, indicating a potential upside of 2.34%. Given AMETEK's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AMETEK is more favorable than Eaton.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eaton	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76
AMETEK	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

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	$24.61B	5.79	$3.22B	$9.40	38.35
AMETEK	$6.60B	6.78	$1.31B	$5.74	33.68

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ETN or AME?

Eaton received 312 more outperform votes than AMETEK when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.86% of users gave AMETEK an outperform vote while only 66.52% of users gave Eaton an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eaton	Outperform Votes 912 66.52%	Underperform Votes 459 33.48%
AMETEK	Outperform Votes 600 71.86%	Underperform Votes 235 28.14%

Does the media prefer ETN or AME?

In the previous week, Eaton had 34 more articles in the media than AMETEK. MarketBeat recorded 59 mentions for Eaton and 25 mentions for AMETEK. AMETEK's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Eaton's score of 1.07 indicating that AMETEK is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Eaton	41 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AMETEK	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ETN or AME more profitable?

AMETEK has a net margin of 19.27% compared to Eaton's net margin of 15.32%. Eaton's return on equity of 21.97% beat AMETEK's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eaton	15.32%	21.97%	10.84%
AMETEK	19.27%	16.88%	10.36%

Which has more risk and volatility, ETN or AME?

Eaton has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMETEK has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ETN or AME a better dividend stock?

Eaton pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. AMETEK pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Eaton pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AMETEK pays out 19.5% 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.

Summary

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