Reviewing Amentum (AMTM) & Its Peers

Amentum (NYSE:AMTM) is one of 25 publicly-traded companies in the “ENGINRG/R&D SVS” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Amentum to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Amentum and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amentum	1	4	5	0	2.40
Amentum Competitors	47	525	1040	25	2.64

Amentum presently has a consensus price target of $27.30, suggesting a potential upside of 9.57%. As a group, “ENGINRG/R&D SVS” companies have a potential upside of 10.62%. Given Amentum’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amentum has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Amentum and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amentum	0.41%	10.90%	4.18%
Amentum Competitors	6.89%	32.24%	7.17%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Amentum and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amentum	$12.68 billion	-$82.00 million	63.88
Amentum Competitors	$8.61 billion	$330.08 million	32.25

Amentum has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its rivals. Amentum is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

39.9% of Amentum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of shares of all “ENGINRG/R&D SVS” companies are held by institutional investors. 18.7% of Amentum shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of shares of all “ENGINRG/R&D SVS” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Amentum rivals beat Amentum on 9 of the 12 factors compared.

About Amentum

Amentum Holdings, Inc. provides engineering and technology solutions to address challenges in science, security, and sustainability. It serves various markets, such as energy and environment, space, intelligence, defense, civilian, commercial, and international markets. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is headquatered in Chantilly, Virginia.