PSIX vs MTD vs AME Stock Comparison

Power Solutions International, Mettler Toledo International and Ametek Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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AME Ametek Inc/
$248.29 -1.4% 1M +34.1% 1Y
Market cap
$57.56B
P/E
36.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.86B
Div. yield
0.01%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Power Solutions International leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Power Solutions International 6, Ametek 3, Mettler Toledo International 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionPSIXMTDAMELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.15B $34.60B $57.56B AME
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 17.0x 38.2x 36.5x PSIX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.6x 33.8x 30.3x PSIX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +13.2% +6.9% +12.7% PSIX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 10.0% 21.9% 20.0% MTD
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 26.5% 47.1% 12.8% MTD
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.0x 1.5x 0.6x PSIX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -40.2% +21.0% +34.1% AME
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +62.5%/yr +2.8%/yr +13.4%/yr PSIX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 110.0% 33.0% 23.9% AME
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 75/100 51/100 63/100 PSIX

Percentile Scorecard

PSIXMTDAME

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

AxisPSIXMTDAME
Valuation 78 #45 of 203 13 #177 of 203 18 #166 of 203
Growth 64 #69 of 188 37 #118 of 188 62 #73 of 188
Profitability 85 #29 of 184 100 #1 of 184 94 #12 of 184
Financial Health 74 #57 of 217 24 #165 of 217 70 #65 of 217
Shareholder Returns – 82 #28 of 153 70 #47 of 153
Overall 75 51 63
  • PSIX ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • MTD ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • AME ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodPSIXMTDAMESPY
1 month +6.7%+10.0%-1.4% +0.9%
3 months +91.0%+22.3%+5.5% +5.9%
6 months -27.4%+37.0%+9.0% +8.5%
Year to date -15.0%+21.9%+20.9% +13.3%
1 year -40.2%+21.0%+34.1% +12.4%
3 years +1,604.6%+74.0%+78.3% +88.1%
3 years, per year +157.5%+20.3%+21.3% +23.5%
5 years +1,029.8%+14.7%+87.5% +68.2%
5 years, per year +62.5%+2.8%+13.4% +11.0%
10 years +415.2%+324.1%+462.6% +263.4%
10 years, per year +17.8%+15.5%+18.9% +13.8%

Risk

MeasurePSIXMTDAMESPY
Volatility, 1Y 110.0%33.0%23.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 118.4%34.0%22.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.540.820.98 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.370.641.43 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -78.0%-43.5%-27.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -50.8%0.0%-4.0% -0.9%
52-week high $98.77$1,699.16$258.54 $779.14
52-week low $25.44$1,025.53$184.19 $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.

MultiplePSIXMTDAME
P/E now vs peer median 16.5xmedian 25.4x 37.8xmedian 25.4x 36.1xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 1.9x 8.9xmedian 1.9x 7.2xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.8xmedian 14.3x 28.6xmedian 14.3x 23.8xmedian 14.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 16.7xmedian 21.8x 42.6xmedian 21.8x 31.2xmedian 21.8x
P/B now vs peer median 5.5xmedian 2.2x 2,873xmedian 2.2x 5.1xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.38median 1.41 5.46median 1.41 4.15median 1.41

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 monthsPSIXMTDAME
Revenue $676.19M $4.13B $7.86B
Gross profit $161.31M $2.49B $2.86B
Operating income $87.91M $1.23B $2.04B
Net income $67.87M $905.61M $1.58B
Free cash flow $67.09M $863.97M $1.82B
R&D $19.16M $208.01M –
EPS (diluted) $2.94 $44.91 $6.86
Cash & equivalents $70.06M $51.40M $495.45M
Total debt $66.19M $2.11B $2.04B
Shares (diluted) 23.07M 20.17M 229.86M
Enterprise value $947.04M $34.36B $55.69B

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
MetricPSIXMTDAME
P/E 16.5x 37.8x 36.1x
P/FCF 16.7x 42.6x 31.2x
P/Operating cash flow 15.1x 37.8x 29.0x
P/S 1.7x 8.9x 7.2x
P/B 5.5x 2,873x 5.1x
P/Tangible book 5.6x -145.4x 8.1x
EV/EBITDA 11.8x 28.6x 23.8x
EV/EBIT 12.7x 31.6x 28.7x
EV/Revenue 1.7x 9.4x 7.4x
EV/FCF 16.6x 45.0x 32.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.0x 39.9x 29.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.38 5.46 4.15

Growth

14 metrics
MetricPSIXMTDAME
Revenue growth (1Y) 13.2% 6.9% 12.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 10.6% 1.5% 7.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -7.3% 7.5% 13.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 15.8% 2.0% 7.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) -14.4% 6.3% 11.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 29.0% 0.2% 8.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -38.8% 9.1% 9.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 44.2% 3.7% 8.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -38.8% 12.2% 10.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 43.9% 6.9% 8.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 5.2% 2.5% 8.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 15.8% 0.2% 11.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 7.8% 1.9% 8.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.6% 0.2% 12.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricPSIXMTDAME
Gross margin 23.9% 60.3% 36.4%
EBITDA margin 14.0% 32.9% 31.2%
Operating margin 13.0% 29.7% 25.9%
Pretax margin 12.1% 26.5% 24.3%
Net margin 10.0% 21.9% 20.0%
FCF margin 9.9% 20.9% 23.2%
Operating cash flow margin 11.0% 23.6% 24.9%
Return on equity 34.9% – 14.2%
Return on assets 15.4% 24.7% 9.6%
Return on invested capital 26.5% 47.1% 12.8%
Return on capital employed 27.1% 49.8% 14.8%
Asset turnover 1.5x 1.1x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.1x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.1% 0.6% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricPSIXMTDAME
Debt / assets 14.6% 57.5% 12.3%
Debt / equity 0.3x 164.7x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.0x 1.5x 0.6x
Debt / FCF 1.0x 2.4x 1.1x
Liabilities / assets 55.2% 99.7% 32.1%
Equity / assets 44.8% 0.3% 67.9%
Interest coverage 13.4x 17.7x 21.1x
Current ratio 2.6x 1.1x 1.2x
Quick ratio 1.4x 0.7x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.0x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 5.45 12.00 8.41

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricPSIXMTDAME
Dividend yield – – 0.5%
Net buyback yield – 2.0% 0.7%
Shareholder yield – 2.0% 1.2%
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.

ConsensusPSIXMTDAME
Forward P/E 15.6xFY2026 33.8xFY2026 30.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.11FY2026 $50.31FY2026 $8.20FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -37.6%FY2026 +17.7%FY2026 +10.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +22.5% +5.0% +8.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $656.20MFY2026 $4.52BFY2026 $7.96BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -9.2%FY2026 +12.2%FY2026 +7.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +31.5% +3.8% +18.3%
PSIX estimates →MTD estimates →AME estimates →

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersPSIXMTDAME
Held by institutions 36.4% 94.4% 89.6%
Institutions holding 158 804 1,195
Change in shares held, QoQ +24.1% +3.1% +2.3%
Institutions buying 91 331 615
Institutions selling 45 324 399
Buyers to sellers 2.02 1.02 1.54
PSIX holders →MTD holders →AME holders →

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.

PSIXMTDAME
PSIX 1.00 0.10 0.33
MTD 0.10 1.00 0.34
AME 0.33 0.34 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, PSIX, MTD and AME?

Ametek (AME) is the largest by market capitalisation: Power Solutions International (PSIX) $1.15B, Mettler Toledo International (MTD) $34.60B, Ametek (AME) $57.56B.

Which stock is cheaper, PSIX, MTD and AME?

Power Solutions International (PSIX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Power Solutions International (PSIX) 17.0x, Mettler Toledo International (MTD) 38.2x, Ametek (AME) 36.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Power Solutions International (PSIX) is cheapest (Power Solutions International (PSIX) 15.6x, Mettler Toledo International (MTD) 33.8x, Ametek (AME) 30.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Power Solutions International (PSIX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Power Solutions International (PSIX) +13.2%, Mettler Toledo International (MTD) +6.9%, Ametek (AME) +12.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Mettler Toledo International (MTD) has the highest net margin (Power Solutions International (PSIX) 10.0%, Mettler Toledo International (MTD) 21.9%, Ametek (AME) 20.0%). On return on invested capital, Mettler Toledo International (MTD) leads (Power Solutions International (PSIX) 26.5%, Mettler Toledo International (MTD) 47.1%, Ametek (AME) 12.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ametek (AME) returned the most: Power Solutions International (PSIX) -40.2%, Mettler Toledo International (MTD) +21.0%, Ametek (AME) +34.1%. Over five years, Power Solutions International (PSIX) compounded fastest (Power Solutions International (PSIX) +62.5%/yr, Mettler Toledo International (MTD) +2.8%/yr, Ametek (AME) +13.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Power Solutions International (PSIX) 0.00%, Mettler Toledo International (MTD) 0.00%, Ametek (AME) 0.01%. Power Solutions International (PSIX) and Mettler Toledo International (MTD) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ametek (AME) has been the steadiest (Power Solutions International (PSIX) 110.0%, Mettler Toledo International (MTD) 33.0%, Ametek (AME) 23.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, PSIX, MTD and AME?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Power Solutions International (PSIX) leads on 6. 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.