Ametek vs Garmin
AME and GRMN side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AME and GRMN compare
Ametek and Garmin are about the same size, with market caps of $55.5B and $54.5B.
On earnings, Garmin is cheaper: it trades at 27.2× trailing earnings, against 35.4× for Ametek.
Garmin grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.6% versus 12.7% for Ametek).
Garmin keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 25.6% compared with 20.0% at Ametek.
Both pay dividends: Ametek yields 0.55% and Garmin 1.4%.
Garmin scores higher on the StockData Score (22 against 17 for Ametek), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AME | GRMN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $55.5B | $54.5B |
| Share price | $242.11 | $283.03 |
| Change, 1 year | 23.0% | 42.5% |
| Change, 5 years | 69.9% | 98.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.90 | 0.96 |
| Employees | 13K | 6,500 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 17 | 22 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Performance score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividend score | 3 | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 35.4× | 27.2× (better) |
| P/S | 7.1× | 6.9× (better) |
| P/B | 4.9× (better) | 5.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | 23.2× | 23.0× (better) |
| P/FCF | 30.4× (better) | 37.2× |
| PEG | 4.16 | 1.40 (better) |
| FCF yield | 3.3% (better) | 2.7% |
| Fair value | $197.95 | $255.38 |
| Margin of safety | −22.3% | −10.8% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 12.7% | 13.6% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 10.3% | 11.6% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 9.6% | 28.4% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 10.1% | 28.5% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 11.2% (better) | 10.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 36.4% | 61.1% (better) |
| Operating margin | 25.9% | 28.8% (better) |
| Net margin | 20.0% | 25.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 23.2% (better) | 18.6% |
| Return on equity | 14.6% | 22.4% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 13.7% | 28.8% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.18 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.63 | – |
| Interest coverage | 21.1× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.21 | 3.05 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 8.25 | 16.00 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.55% | 1.4% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 18.9% | 37.2% |
| Buyback yield | 0.80% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 1.3% | 1.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 89.7% | 57.1% |
| Held by insiders | 0.37% | 17.9% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$10.7M (better) | −$20.0M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 1.6% | 2.0% |
Go deeper
- AME stock overview
- AME income statement
- AME valuation and score
- GRMN stock overview
- GRMN income statement
- GRMN valuation and score
Other comparisons
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.