AME vs GTX vs FTV Stock Comparison

Ametek, Garrett Motion and Fortive Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AME Ametek Inc/
$246.27 -1.9% 1M +31.9% 1Y
Market cap
$57.11B
P/E
36.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.86B
Div. yield
0.01%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
7 wins
GTX Garrett Motion Inc.
$22.01 -14.4% 1M +29.1% 1Y
Market cap
$4.15B
P/E
11.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.75B
Div. yield
–
Industrial Machinery Industrials
5 wins
FTV Fortive Corp
$61.62 +9.8% 1M +24.6% 1Y
Market cap
$19.43B
P/E
36.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.32B
Div. yield
0.00%
Industrial Machinery Industrials

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Ametek leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Ametek 7, Garrett Motion 5). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMEGTXFTVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $57.11B $4.15B $19.43B AME
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 36.2x 11.6x 36.4x GTX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 30.0x 12.1x 19.3x GTX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +12.7% +8.5% +5.6% AME
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 20.0% 9.5% 12.4% AME
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.8% 64.2% 7.4% GTX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 1.9x 2.5x AME
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% AME
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +31.9% +29.1% +24.6% AME
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +13.3%/yr +26.4%/yr -3.8%/yr GTX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 23.9% 44.3% 26.7% AME
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 62/100 66/100 47/100 GTX

Percentile Scorecard

AMEGTXFTV

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

AxisAMEGTXFTV
Valuation 18 #167 of 203 98 #6 of 203 45 #112 of 203
Growth 60 #76 of 188 47 #100 of 188 19 #153 of 188
Profitability 93 #14 of 183 78 #42 of 183 73 #50 of 183
Financial Health 69 #69 of 217 15 #185 of 217 39 #133 of 217
Shareholder Returns 68 #49 of 153 91 #14 of 153 61 #61 of 153
Overall 62 66 47
  • AME ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • GTX ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • FTV ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAMEGTXFTVSPY
1 month -1.9%-14.4%+9.8% -0.2%
3 months +2.0%-26.4%-4.0% +3.9%
6 months +7.6%+8.5%-0.2% +8.2%
Year to date +20.0%+26.3%+11.6% +12.9%
1 year +31.9%+29.1%+24.6% +12.3%
3 years +76.9%+209.1%-5.2% +87.4%
3 years, per year +21.0%+45.7%-1.8% +23.3%
5 years +86.6%+222.7%-17.8% +67.9%
5 years, per year +13.3%+26.4%-3.8% +10.9%
10 years +457.3%—+29.8% +261.1%
10 years, per year +18.7%—+2.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAMEGTXFTVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 23.9%44.3%26.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 22.8%37.3%26.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.981.660.60 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.340.660.92 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -27.3%-40.5%-46.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.7%-39.2%-4.0% -1.2%
52-week high $258.54$36.23$64.16 $779.14
52-week low $184.19$15.64$49.16 $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.

MultipleAMEGTXFTV
P/E now vs peer median 35.8xmedian 25.2x 11.5xmedian 25.2x 35.1xmedian 25.2x
P/S now vs peer median 7.2xmedian 1.9x 1.1xmedian 1.9x 4.3xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 23.6xmedian 14.0x 8.2xmedian 14.0x 17.6xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 30.9xmedian 21.7x 11.3xmedian 21.7x 19.9xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 2.3x -6.1xmedian 2.3x 3.1xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 4.11median 1.32 0.10median 1.32 -4.25median 1.32

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 monthsAMEGTXFTV
Revenue $7.86B $3.75B $4.32B
Gross profit $2.86B $779.00M $2.73B
Operating income $2.04B $536.00M $786.70M
Net income $1.58B $357.00M $534.40M
Free cash flow $1.82B $365.00M $937.60M
R&D – – $262.00M
EPS (diluted) $6.86 $1.87 $1.74
Cash & equivalents $495.45M $158.00M $374.20M
Total debt $2.04B $1.37B $3.51B
Shares (diluted) 229.86M 190.59M 307.60M
Enterprise value $55.23B $3.44B $17.90B

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
MetricAMEGTXFTV
P/E 35.8x 11.5x 35.1x
P/FCF 30.9x 11.3x 19.9x
P/Operating cash flow 28.8x 9.3x 17.7x
P/S 7.2x 1.1x 4.3x
P/B 5.0x -6.1x 3.1x
P/Tangible book 8.0x -6.1x 4.6x
EV/EBITDA 23.6x 8.2x 17.6x
EV/EBIT 28.5x 9.9x 27.7x
EV/Revenue 7.4x 1.4x 5.0x
EV/FCF 31.8x 14.6x 23.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 29.6x 12.0x 20.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.11 0.10 -4.25

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMEGTXFTV
Revenue growth (1Y) 12.7% 8.5% 5.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.0% -0.6% -10.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.4% 10.0% 4.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 7.9% 2.2% -7.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 11.2% 12.8% 9.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 8.2% 2.2% -9.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 9.6% 18.6% -30.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 8.5% -1.1% -12.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 10.4% 27.7% -22.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.7% 120.7% -8.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 8.1% 7.3% -30.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.0% -0.9% -6.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 8.4% 10.9% -34.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.0% -1.5% -7.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMEGTXFTV
Gross margin 36.4% 20.8% 63.2%
EBITDA margin 31.2% 17.2% 28.6%
Operating margin 25.9% 14.3% 18.2%
Pretax margin 24.3% 12.0% 15.6%
Net margin 20.0% 9.5% 12.4%
FCF margin 23.2% 9.7% 21.7%
Operating cash flow margin 24.9% 11.8% 24.4%
Return on equity 14.2% – 8.8%
Return on assets 9.6% 14.7% 4.6%
Return on invested capital 12.8% 64.2% 7.4%
Return on capital employed 14.8% 56.1% 7.6%
Asset turnover 0.5x 1.5x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.2x 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 0.7% 2.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMEGTXFTV
Debt / assets 12.3% 55.3% 30.2%
Debt / equity 0.2x -2.0x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 1.9x 2.5x
Debt / FCF 1.1x 3.7x 3.7x
Liabilities / assets 32.1% 127.3% 47.7%
Equity / assets 67.9% -27.3% 52.3%
Interest coverage 21.1x 5.1x 12.8x
Current ratio 1.2x 1.0x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.7x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.1x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 8.36 2.33 3.33

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMEGTXFTV
Dividend yield 0.5% 1.5% 0.4%
Net buyback yield 0.7% 6.6% 10.6%
Shareholder yield 1.2% 8.0% 11.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 18.9% – 10.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) 16.3% – 6.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) 9.4% – -48.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 11.3% – -17.0%

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.

ConsensusAMEGTXFTV
Forward P/E 30.0xFY2026 12.1xFY2026 19.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.20FY2026 $1.82FY2026 $3.20FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.4%FY2026 +11.0%FY2026 +18.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +8.4% +13.2% -3.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.96BFY2026 $3.58BFY2026 $4.63BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.5%FY2026 0.0%FY2026 +11.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +18.3% +16.2% -6.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMEGTXFTV
Held by institutions 89.6% 96.8% 100.0%
Institutions holding 1,195 458 803
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.3% +0.8% +2.8%
Institutions buying 615 239 350
Institutions selling 399 139 301
Buyers to sellers 1.54 1.72 1.16

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.

AMEGTXFTV
AME 1.00 0.50 0.37
GTX 0.50 1.00 0.06
FTV 0.37 0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AME, GTX and FTV?

Ametek (AME) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ametek (AME) $57.11B, Garrett Motion (GTX) $4.15B, Fortive (FTV) $19.43B.

Which stock is cheaper, AME, GTX and FTV?

Garrett Motion (GTX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ametek (AME) 36.2x, Garrett Motion (GTX) 11.6x, Fortive (FTV) 36.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Garrett Motion (GTX) is cheapest (Ametek (AME) 30.0x, Garrett Motion (GTX) 12.1x, Fortive (FTV) 19.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ametek (AME) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ametek (AME) +12.7%, Garrett Motion (GTX) +8.5%, Fortive (FTV) +5.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ametek (AME) has the highest net margin (Ametek (AME) 20.0%, Garrett Motion (GTX) 9.5%, Fortive (FTV) 12.4%). On return on invested capital, Garrett Motion (GTX) leads (Ametek (AME) 12.8%, Garrett Motion (GTX) 64.2%, Fortive (FTV) 7.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ametek (AME) returned the most: Ametek (AME) +31.9%, Garrett Motion (GTX) +29.1%, Fortive (FTV) +24.6%. Over five years, Garrett Motion (GTX) compounded fastest (Ametek (AME) +13.3%/yr, Garrett Motion (GTX) +26.4%/yr, Fortive (FTV) -3.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Ametek (AME) has the highest dividend yield: Ametek (AME) 0.01%, Garrett Motion (GTX) 0.00%, Fortive (FTV) 0.00%. Garrett Motion (GTX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ametek (AME) has been the steadiest (Ametek (AME) 23.9%, Garrett Motion (GTX) 44.3%, Fortive (FTV) 26.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AME, GTX and FTV?

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 7. 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.