FARO Technologies
10-K - Feb 17, 2026
The Company spent $933.2 million in cash, net of cash acquired, to acquire Kern Microtechnik ("Kern") in January 2025 and to acquire all outstanding shares of FARO Technologies ("FARO") common stoc...
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CIK 1037868 · Diversified Industrial Compounders
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Market data as of N/A
Financials: LTM / latest available company filings
Sources: FMP, AME filings, SEC EDGAR
$53,267
Market cap ($MM)
$54,963
Enterprise value ($MM)
$7,598
Revenue · LTM ($MM)
$2,258
EBITDA · LTM ($MM)
30%
EBITDA margin
7.2x
EV / revenue
24.3x
EV / EBITDA
0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA
Coverage
The analytical read on the name and the balance-sheet capacity behind the program.
Key points
Balance sheet & capacity
Indicative capacity read: 0.3x net debt / EBITDA with EBITDA of $2.3B.
$481
Cash & equiv. ($MM)
$1,063
Total debt ($MM)
$581
Net debt ($MM)
0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA
Valuation
AME versus the scaled public Diversified Industrial Compounders comparables.
Indexed share-price performance
AME versus available Diversified Industrial Compounders peers and SPY.
+70%
AME
N/A
Peer med.
+79%
SPY
Indexed to 100 from May 28, 2021 through May 26, 2026. Source: FMP month-end close history.
| Company | Ticker | Revenue ($MM) | EBITDA ($MM) | Margin | Market cap ($MM) | EV ($MM) | EV / rev | EV / EBITDA | Net debt / EBITDA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMETEK, Inc. | AME | $7,598 | $2,258 | 30% | $53,267 | $54,963 | 7.2x | 24.3x | 0.3x |
Financials via Financial Modeling Prep (SEC-derived TTM). EV/EBITDA distribution: each dot a live peer, band = interquartile range, line = median. Impossible values (EBITDA > revenue, negative-EBITDA multiples) shown NM.
M&A program
AME's disclosed acquisition footprint and the deals behind it.
Disclosed acquisitions
102
Active years
20
Named deals
2
Avg / active year
5.1
Acq. cash outflow ($MM)
N/A
Banker read
Annual acquisitions + disclosed spend
AME count bars show acquisition cadence; the spend line shows when the program required larger capital deployment.
Program diagnostics
Recent / prior
7 / 9
Last three years is down 22% vs prior three.
Peak count year
FY18
6 disclosed acquisitions in the peak visible year.
Recent spend
$3.3B
is up 31% vs prior three; peak FY23 at $2.2B.
Named evidence
2 rows
2.0% selected source-cited transaction coverage.
Selected transactions
| Date | Target | Segment | Consideration ($MM) | Strategic rationale | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2025 | FARO Technologies | Diversified industrial compounders | $1,024 | The Company spent $933.2 million in cash, net of cash acquired, to acquire Kern Microtechnik ("Kern") in January 2025 and to acquire all outstanding shares of FARO Technologies... | 10-K† |
| Feb 1, 2017 | Rauland-Borg | Diversified industrial compounders | $340 | In February 2017, the Company acquired Rauland-Borg for approximately $340 million in cash, with a potential $30 million contingent payment due upon the achievement of certain m... | 10-K† |
Acquisitions disclosed/extracted from SEC filings; not necessarily full M&A history. Disclosed acquisition cash outflow is cumulative "payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired" from the 10-K cash-flow statements (a cash outflow, not deal value). Built on 4 SEC-backed facts across 2 cited filings.
Evidence
A collapsed investigation trail for the SEC filings behind the financials, annual M&A cadence, named transactions, and management language.
Annual 10-Ks
23
Named deal filings
2
Recent SEC filings
0
Evidence clips
2
| Fiscal year | Filing date | Form | Status | Count | Cash spend | Purchase consideration | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Feb 17, 2026 | Annual M&A 10-K | quarantined (1 issue) | 2 | $933MM | $1.1B | SEC filing |
| FY2024 | Feb 20, 2025 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 1 | $118MM | $118MM | SEC filing |
| FY2023 | Feb 22, 2024 | Annual M&A 10-K | quarantined (1 issue) | 4 | $2.2B | $2.2B | SEC filing |
| FY2022 | Feb 21, 2023 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 2 | $430MM | $430MM | SEC filing |
| FY2021 | Feb 22, 2022 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 6 | $2.0B | $2.0B | SEC filing |
| FY2020 | Feb 18, 2021 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 1 | $117MM | $117MM | SEC filing |
| FY2019 | Feb 20, 2020 | Annual M&A 10-K | warning (1 warn) | 2 | $1.1B | $1.1B | SEC filing |
| FY2018 | Feb 21, 2019 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 6 | $1.1B | $1.1B | SEC filing |
| FY2017 | Feb 22, 2018 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 3 | $557MM | $582MM | SEC filing |
| FY2016 | Feb 23, 2017 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 5 | $391MM | $391MM | SEC filing |
| FY2015 | Feb 25, 2016 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 2 | $356MM | $357MM | SEC filing |
| FY2014 | Feb 24, 2015 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 5 | $574MM | $574MM | SEC filing |
| FY2013 | Feb 26, 2014 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 3 | $414MM | $414MM | SEC filing |
| FY2012 | Feb 21, 2013 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 7 | $748MM | $748MM | SEC filing |
| FY2011 | Feb 23, 2012 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 5 | $474MM | $475MM | SEC filing |
| FY2010 | Feb 24, 2011 | Annual M&A 10-K | warning (1 warn) | 6 | $539MM | N/A | SEC filing |
| FY2009 | Feb 25, 2010 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 3 | $72.9MM | $72.9MM | SEC filing |
| FY2008 | Feb 26, 2009 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 6 | $463MM | $463MM | SEC filing |
| FY2007 | Feb 27, 2008 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 7 | $301MM | $301MM | SEC filing |
| FY2006 | Feb 28, 2007 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 5 | $178MM | $178MM | SEC filing |
| FY2005 | Mar 6, 2006 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 5 | $341MM | $341MM | SEC filing |
| FY2004 | Mar 8, 2005 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 2 | $142MM | $144MM | SEC filing |
| FY2003 | Mar 12, 2004 | Annual M&A 10-K | accepted | 4 | $164MM | $164MM | SEC filing |
| Filing date | Form | Targets / topics | Support | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2026 | 10-K | FARO Technologies | Annual M&ANamed deals | SEC filing |
| Feb 23, 2017 | 10-K | Rauland-Borg | Annual M&ANamed deals | SEC filing |
FARO Technologies
10-K - Feb 17, 2026
The Company spent $933.2 million in cash, net of cash acquired, to acquire Kern Microtechnik ("Kern") in January 2025 and to acquire all outstanding shares of FARO Technologies ("FARO") common stoc...
Rauland-Borg
10-K - Feb 23, 2017
In February 2017, the Company acquired Rauland-Borg for approximately $340 million in cash, with a potential $30 million contingent payment due upon the achievement of certain milestones. Rauland-B...
Annual M&A counts and disclosed spend are extracted from SEC acquisition disclosures and cash-flow statements; named-deal rows carry direct filing links where the filing identifies the target or consideration.