Reviewing Amentum (AMTM) and Its Rivals

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

Institutional and 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of shares of all “ENGINRG/R&D SVS” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Amentum and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amentum	1	4	5	0	2.40
Amentum Competitors	48	528	1041	25	2.64

Amentum presently has a consensus target price of $27.30, suggesting a potential upside of 12.64%. As a group, “ENGINRG/R&D SVS” companies have a potential upside of 11.04%. Given Amentum’s higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Amentum is more favorable 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%	30.78%	7.17%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Amentum and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amentum	$8.39 billion	-$82.00 million	62.14
Amentum Competitors	$8.28 billion	$330.08 million	31.93

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.

Summary

Amentum rivals beat Amentum on 8 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.