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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001037868-24-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AME"
cik: "0001037868"
company_name: "AMETEK INC/"
filed_at: "2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T13:36:35.761013+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AMETEK Q2 adjusted EPS $1.66 (+6% YoY); lowers FY2024 guidance citing inventory normalization

## Summary
- Q2 sales $1.73B (+5% YoY); GAAP EPS $1.45, adjusted EPS $1.66 (+6%).
- Record operating income $447.5M, margins 25.8% (+40 bps); operating cash flow $381.4M (+14%).
- EIG margins expanded 320 bps to 30.3%; EMG sales record $581.2M (+14%).
- FY2024 adjusted EPS guidance lowered to $6.70-$6.80 (up 5-7% from 2023).
- Q3 adjusted EPS guided $1.60-$1.62 (down 1-2% YoY) citing inventory normalization and project delays.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001037868-24-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AME
- cik: 0001037868
- company_name: AMETEK INC/
- filed_at: 2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037868/000103786824000045/0001037868-24-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037868/000103786824000045/ame-20240801.htm

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