---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001037868-21-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AME"
cik: "0001037868"
company_name: "AMETEK INC/"
filed_at: "2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T23:02:30.332230+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AMETEK reports record Q2 sales $1.39B, raises 2021 EPS guidance to $4.62-$4.68

## Summary
- Q2 sales $1.39B (+37% YoY); organic sales +25%; operating income record $316.6M.
- GAAP EPS $1.00; adjusted EPS record $1.15 (+37% YoY).
- Backlog hits record $2.5B; free cash flow conversion 114% of net income.
- EIG sales record $933.9M (+44%); EMG sales $452.4M (+24%), margins record 24.9%.
- 2021 guidance raised: adjusted EPS now $4.62-$4.68 (from $4.48-$4.56); expects Q3 adj. EPS $1.16-$1.18.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001037868-21-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AME
- cik: 0001037868
- company_name: AMETEK INC/
- filed_at: 2021-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037868/000103786821000033/0001037868-21-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037868/000103786821000033/ame-20210803.htm

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