AME vs CXT vs HOLO Stock Comparison

Ametek, Crane NXT and MicroCloud Hologram Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AME Ametek Inc/
$248.29 -1.4% 1M +34.1% 1Y
Market cap
$57.19B
P/E
36.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.86B
Div. yield
0.01%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
8 wins
CXT Crane NXT, Co.
$58.30 +22.7% 1M -10.4% 1Y
Market cap
$3.43B
P/E
24.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.80B
Div. yield
–
Industrial Machinery Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Ametek leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Ametek 8, Crane NXT 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMECXTHOLOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $57.19B $3.43B $15.68M AME
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 36.3x 24.5x — CXT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 30.3x 12.7x — CXT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +12.7% +17.3% — CXT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 20.0% 7.8% — AME
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.8% 7.4% — AME
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 3.2x — AME
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +34.1% -10.4% -72.0% AME
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +13.4%/yr +10.2%/yr -89.1%/yr AME
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 23.9% 38.9% 67.0% AME
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 63/100 46/100 — AME

Percentile Scorecard

AMECXTHOLO

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMECXTHOLO
Valuation 18 #166 of 203 70 #62 of 203 –
Growth 62 #73 of 188 50 #94 of 188 –
Profitability 94 #12 of 184 60 #74 of 184 –
Financial Health 70 #65 of 217 18 #178 of 217 99 #2 of 127
Shareholder Returns 70 #47 of 153 30 #107 of 153 –
Overall 63 46 –
  • AME ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • CXT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • HOLO ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMECXTHOLOSPY
1 month -1.4%+22.7%-24.7% +0.9%
3 months +5.5%+12.1%-21.3% +5.9%
6 months +9.0%+33.7%-21.3% +8.5%
Year to date +20.9%+23.9%-53.8% +13.3%
1 year +34.1%-10.4%-72.0% +12.4%
3 years +78.3%+14.6%-100.0% +88.1%
3 years, per year +21.3%+4.6%-93.5% +23.5%
5 years +87.5%+62.5%-100.0% +68.2%
5 years, per year +13.4%+10.2%-89.1% +11.0%
10 years +462.6%+146.1%— +263.4%
10 years, per year +18.9%+9.4%— +13.8%

Risk

MeasureAMECXTHOLOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 23.9%38.9%67.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 22.8%41.1%74.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.981.222.45 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.43-0.27-1.07 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -27.3%-47.6%-100.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.0%-10.4%-73.0% -0.9%
52-week high $258.54$65.04$4.52 $779.14
52-week low $184.19$36.13$1.16 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMECXTHOLO
P/E now vs peer median 36.1xmedian 25.4x 23.9xmedian 25.4x —median 37.9x
P/S now vs peer median 7.2xmedian 1.9x 1.9xmedian 1.9x —median 4.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 23.8xmedian 14.3x 12.1xmedian 14.3x —median 34.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 31.2xmedian 21.8x 15.0xmedian 21.8x —median 26.6x
P/B now vs peer median 5.1xmedian 2.2x 2.6xmedian 2.2x 0.0xmedian 3.4x
PEG now vs peer median 4.15median 1.41 -2.28median 1.41 —median 1.24

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMECXTHOLO
Revenue $7.86B $1.80B –
Gross profit $2.86B $759.30M –
Operating income $2.04B $252.60M –
Net income $1.58B $141.40M –
Free cash flow $1.82B $224.00M –
EPS (diluted) $6.86 $2.42 –
Cash & equivalents $495.45M $231.40M $110.42M
Total debt $2.04B $1.45B $1.87M
Shares (diluted) 229.86M 58.00M 13.18M
Enterprise value $55.32B $2.56B -$2.17B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMECXTHOLO
P/E 36.1x 23.9x –
P/FCF 31.2x 15.0x –
P/Operating cash flow 29.0x 12.4x –
P/S 7.2x 1.9x –
P/B 5.1x 2.6x 0.0x
P/Tangible book 8.1x 6.4x 0.0x
EV/EBITDA 23.8x 12.1x –
EV/EBIT 28.7x 18.1x –
EV/Revenue 7.4x 2.5x –
EV/FCF 32.0x 20.4x –
EV/Operating cash flow 29.8x 16.9x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.15 -2.28 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMECXTHOLO
Revenue growth (1Y) 12.7% 17.3% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.0% 10.0% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.4% 14.9% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 7.9% 5.6% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 11.2% 9.4% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 8.2% -4.0% –
Net income growth (1Y) 9.6% -6.6% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) 8.5% -9.9% –
EPS growth (1Y) 10.4% -7.4% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.7% -10.5% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 8.1% 41.3% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.0% -1.1% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 8.4% 52.0% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.0% -4.6% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMECXTHOLO
Gross margin 36.4% 42.1% –
EBITDA margin 31.2% 21.0% –
Operating margin 25.9% 14.0% –
Pretax margin 24.3% 9.8% –
Net margin 20.0% 7.8% –
FCF margin 23.2% 12.4% –
Operating cash flow margin 24.9% 15.0% –
Return on equity 14.2% 11.3% –
Return on assets 9.6% 3.9% –
Return on invested capital 12.8% 7.4% –
Return on capital employed 14.8% 8.6% –
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.5x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.9x –
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 1.4% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMECXTHOLO
Debt / assets 12.3% 40.4% 0.0%
Debt / equity 0.2x 1.1x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 3.2x –
Debt / FCF 1.1x 6.5x –
Liabilities / assets 32.1% 64.8% 2.9%
Equity / assets 67.9% 35.2% 97.1%
Interest coverage 21.1x 3.5x –
Current ratio 1.2x 1.4x 34.6x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.9x 107.3x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.3x 107.0x
Altman Z-score 8.41 1.85 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMECXTHOLO
Dividend yield 0.5% 1.2% –
Net buyback yield 0.7% -0.7% –
Shareholder yield 1.2% 0.5% –
Payout ratio (earnings) 18.9% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 16.3% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 9.4% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 11.3% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMECXTHOLO
Forward P/E 30.3xFY2026 12.7xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $8.20FY2026 $4.59FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY +10.4%FY2026 +13.1%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +8.4% 0.0% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.96BFY2026 $1.85BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY +7.5%FY2026 +11.4%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +18.3% +17.8% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMECXTHOLO
Held by institutions 89.6% 100.0% 3.0%
Institutions holding 1,195 359 16
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.3% +12.7% +135.7%
Institutions buying 615 182 11
Institutions selling 399 111 0
Buyers to sellers 1.54 1.64 –

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMECXTHOLO
AME 1.00 0.34 0.19
CXT 0.34 1.00 0.24
HOLO 0.19 0.24 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AME, CXT and HOLO?

Ametek (AME) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ametek (AME) $57.19B, Crane NXT (CXT) $3.43B, MicroCloud Hologram (HOLO) $15.68M.

Which stock is cheaper, AME, CXT and HOLO?

Crane NXT (CXT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ametek (AME) 36.3x, Crane NXT (CXT) 24.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Crane NXT (CXT) is cheapest (Ametek (AME) 30.3x, Crane NXT (CXT) 12.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Crane NXT (CXT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ametek (AME) +12.7%, Crane NXT (CXT) +17.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ametek (AME) has the highest net margin (Ametek (AME) 20.0%, Crane NXT (CXT) 7.8%). On return on invested capital, Ametek (AME) leads (Ametek (AME) 12.8%, Crane NXT (CXT) 7.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ametek (AME) returned the most: Ametek (AME) +34.1%, Crane NXT (CXT) -10.4%, MicroCloud Hologram (HOLO) -72.0%. Over five years, Ametek (AME) compounded fastest (Ametek (AME) +13.4%/yr, Crane NXT (CXT) +10.2%/yr, MicroCloud Hologram (HOLO) -89.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Ametek (AME) 0.01%, Crane NXT (CXT) 0.00%, MicroCloud Hologram (HOLO) 0.00%. Crane NXT (CXT) and MicroCloud Hologram (HOLO) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ametek (AME) has been the steadiest (Ametek (AME) 23.9%, Crane NXT (CXT) 38.9%, MicroCloud Hologram (HOLO) 67.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AME, CXT and HOLO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ametek (AME) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.