Amentum (AMTM) vs. Its Competitors Head-To-Head Contrast

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

39.9% of Amentum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of shares of all “ENGINRG/R&D SVS” companies are owned by institutional investors. 18.7% of Amentum shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of shares of all “ENGINRG/R&D SVS” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Amentum and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amentum	1	4	5	0	2.40
Amentum Competitors	47	524	1039	24	2.64

Amentum presently has a consensus target price of $27.30, suggesting a potential upside of 12.56%. As a group, “ENGINRG/R&D SVS” companies have a potential upside of 11.81%. Given Amentum’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amentum is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Amentum and its peers’ 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 and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amentum	$8.39 billion	-$82.00 million	62.19
Amentum Competitors	$8.33 billion	$330.08 million	31.60

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

Summary

Amentum peers beat Amentum on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

Amentum Company Profile

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.