Amentum Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AMTM) Receives Average Recommendation of “Hold” from Analysts

Shares of Amentum Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AMTM) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the fourteen brokerages that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seven have assigned a hold recommendation and six have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $32.00.

A number of analysts have commented on AMTM shares. Citizens Jmp reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating and set a $40.00 price target on shares of Amentum in a research report on Monday, April 13th. BNP Paribas Exane started coverage on Amentum in a research report on Tuesday. They set an “underperform” rating and a $22.00 price target for the company. Morgan Stanley started coverage on Amentum in a research report on Wednesday, May 13th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $30.00 price target for the company. Truist Financial reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $35.00 price target (down from $42.00) on shares of Amentum in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Amentum from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, May 16th.

Institutional Trading of Amentum

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in AMTM. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Amentum in the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Western Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Amentum in the 1st quarter valued at $33,000. NFSG Corp acquired a new position in shares of Amentum in the 1st quarter valued at $35,000. Financial Consulate Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Amentum in the 4th quarter valued at $38,000. Finally, Sound Income Strategies LLC lifted its stake in shares of Amentum by 45.3% in the 4th quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 1,363 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,000 after purchasing an additional 425 shares during the period. 39.93% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Amentum Stock Down 1.5%

NYSE:AMTM opened at $22.88 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $5.59 billion, a PE ratio of 38.13, a P/E/G ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 0.43. Amentum has a twelve month low of $19.11 and a twelve month high of $38.11. The company has a current ratio of 1.48, a quick ratio of 1.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83. The company’s 50 day moving average is $25.76 and its two-hundred day moving average is $28.64.

Amentum (NYSE:AMTM) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 11th. The company reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.02. Amentum had a return on equity of 11.74% and a net margin of 1.04%.The company had revenue of $3.48 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.47 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.53 EPS. The firm’s revenue was down .4% compared to the same quarter last year. Amentum has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.250-2.450 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Amentum will post 2.33 EPS for the current year.

Amentum Company Profile

Amentum is a government services provider specializing in mission-critical solutions for defense, federal civilian and commercial customers around the globe. The company delivers integrated services that span the full lifecycle of complex programs and facilities, including engineering, program and project management, logistics, operations, maintenance and environmental remediation.

Core offerings include infrastructure support, energy and facilities management, environmental solutions and nuclear services.