---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001037868-26-000141"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AME"
cik: "0001037868"
company_name: "AMETEK INC/"
filed_at: "2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:30:21.705957+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AMETEK reports record Q1 sales $1.93B, raises FY guidance, acquires First Aviation

## Summary
- Q1 sales $1.93B (+11% YoY); GAAP EPS $1.74, adjusted EPS $1.97 (+13%).
- FY 2026 adjusted EPS guidance raised to $7.94-$8.14 (prior $7.87-$8.07), up 7-10% YoY.
- Q2 2026 guidance: adjusted EPS $1.96-$2.00 (up 10-12% YoY), sales up high single digits.
- Agreed to acquire First Aviation Services (~$80M annual sales), a defense/aviation MRO provider.
- Record orders up 23% in Q1; record backlog; core margins expanded 160 bps.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001037868-26-000141
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AME
- cik: 0001037868
- company_name: AMETEK INC/
- filed_at: 2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037868/000103786826000141/0001037868-26-000141-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037868/000103786826000141/ame-20260430.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001037868-26-000141.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  AMETEK INC/ reported first quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: revenue $1.93 billion, EPS $1.74 per diluted share. Guidance raised.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Revenue: $1.93 billion
  - EPS: $1.74 per diluted share
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. AMETEK's first quarter 2026 sales were $1.93 billion, an 11% increase over the first quarter of 2025. On a GAAP basis, first quarter earnings were a record $1.74 per diluted share.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037868/000103786826000141/0001037868-26-000141-index.htm

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