AMETEK, Inc.
AME
is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2020 results on Feb 4.
For the fourth quarter, the company expects a sales decline in high-single digits on a year-over-year basis. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the same is pegged at $1.2 billion, suggesting a decline of 7.8% from the year-ago quarter’s reported figure.
Further, the company expects adjusted earnings of $1.00-$1.04 per diluted share. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings stands at $1.03 per share, indicating a slump of 4.6% from the year-ago quarter’s reported number.
The company beat estimates in each of the trailing four quarters, the surprise being 8.52%, on average.
Factors to Note
The company’s proper execution of its core growth strategies —includingoperational excellence, global market expansion, investments in product development and acquisitions —is expected to have continued aiding its performance in the fourth quarter.
Moreover, fourth-quarter results are expected to reflect the AMETEK Growth Model’s momentum.
Further, growing research and development spending, and strengthening of engineering initiatives are expected to have driven its organic growth in the soon-to-be-reported quarter.
The company’s focus on strong cash flow generation is anticipated to have continued aiding capital deployment activities, including acquisitions and share repurchases, in the quarter.
Further, positive contributions from acquisitions are likely to have aided its segmental performance.
Sales for the Electronic Instruments Group (“EIG”) segment are expected to have benefited from acquisitions of Gatan, IntelliPower, Motec, Forza, Telular and Spectro Scientific. Further, the strengthening of process businesses, especially the Materials Analysis business, is likely to have contributed to the segment’s topline in the quarter under review.
Sales for the Electromechanical Group (“EMG”) segment are likely to have benefited from the Pacific Design Technologies and FMH Aerospace buyout in the to-be-reported quarter. Further, solid momentum across the company’s engineered materials business is expected to have contributed to the topline of the segment in the quarter under review.
However, widespread disruptions induced by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic are anticipated to have remained headwinds for both segments, which, in turn, are likely to get reflected in the top line of the companyfor the fourth quarter.
What Our Model Says
Our proven model does not conclusively predict an earnings beat for AMETEK this time around. The combination of a positive
Earnings ESP
and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) increases the odds of an earnings beat. But that’s not the case here. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our
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AMETEK has an Earnings ESP of 0.00% and a Zacks Rank #3.
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