Ametek Inc Dividend yield

Ametek Inc is part of Electronic and Electrical Equipment business, which is part of Industrials industry. Ametek Inc is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Ametek Inc stock dividend

Ametek Inc paid a total dividend of 230 million USD last year, for a market value of 36,687 millions (Market Cap 36,621 millions). Ametek Inc dividend per share is 1.00 USD, and his stock market price 159.51 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Ametek Inc has a dividend yield of 0.63%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Industrials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Ametek Inc stocks dividend with other Electronic and Electrical Equipment companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Ametek Inc Dividend Payout

About the ability of Ametek Inc to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.00 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.63%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Ametek Inc payout on ernings is currently 16.86%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Ametek Inccan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Ametek Inc is USD 4.98 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.00, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Ametek Inc, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Industrials industry and Electronic and Electrical Equipment sector companies.

Ametek Inc Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Ametek Inc's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	0.63%	1.00	16.86%	230
2022	0.63%	0.88	17.32%	231
2021	0.54%	0.79	17.79%	231
2020	0.60%	0.73	16.86%	229
2019	0.56%	0.56	14.47%	228
2018	0.83%	0.56	18.79%	232
2017	0.50%	0.36	13.43%	230
2016	0.76%	0.36	12.54%	233
2015	0.64%	0.36	13.19%	242

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Ametek Inc dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Electronic and Electrical Equipment stocks.

Ametek Inc Stock performance

Finally, last moth Ametek Inc showed a return of 0.60% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 32.70% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Electronic and Electrical Equipment firms.