Amentum Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AMTM) Stock Has Average Price Target of $29.18 According to Analysts

Amentum Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AMTM) has been assigned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the thirteen analysts that are covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seven have assigned a hold recommendation and five have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1-year price target among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $29.18.

AMTM has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. BTIG Research cut their price objective on Amentum from $35.00 to $30.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. Bank of America decreased their target price on shares of Amentum from $35.00 to $30.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, July 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on shares of Amentum from $31.00 to $26.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, August 17th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $24.00 price target on shares of Amentum in a research report on Thursday, August 20th. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $24.00 price objective on shares of Amentum in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of AMTM. Western Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Amentum in the first quarter valued at about $33,000. NFSG Corp bought a new position in shares of Amentum in the first quarter worth about $35,000. Global Retirement Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Amentum during the second quarter worth about $31,000. Nykredit A S purchased a new stake in shares of Amentum during the second quarter worth about $37,000. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in Amentum by 35.1% during the 4th quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,853 shares of the company’s stock valued at $54,000 after purchasing an additional 481 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 39.93% of the company’s stock.

Amentum Price Performance

Shares of Amentum stock opened at $19.41 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $4.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.38, a P/E/G ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 0.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a current ratio of 1.52. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $21.13 and its 200 day moving average is $23.18. Amentum has a one year low of $19.21 and a one year high of $38.11.

Amentum (NYSE:AMTM) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 10th. The company reported $0.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.61 by $0.06. Amentum had a return on equity of 12.19% and a net margin of 1.44%.The business had revenue of $3.49 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.57 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.56 earnings per share. Amentum’s revenue for the quarter was down 2.0% on a year-over-year basis. Amentum has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.400-2.500 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Amentum will post 2.38 earnings per share for the current year.

Amentum Company Profile

Amentum (NYSE: AMTM) is a global engineering and technical services company that provides mission support to government and commercial customers. Its capabilities include systems engineering, program management, operations and maintenance, logistics, cybersecurity, information technology, intelligence analysis, and professional services.

The company supports customers across the defense, intelligence, space, civilian government, energy, environmental, and industrial markets. Its work includes maintaining and modernizing critical infrastructure and complex platforms, supporting national security missions, managing nuclear and environmental programs, and providing technical services for space and other advanced technology programs.

Amentum was established through the combination of Amentum and Jacobs’ Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber and Intelligence businesses, which was completed in 2024.