Contrasting Harris & Harris Group (NASDAQ:TURN) and Amentum (NYSE:AMTM)

Harris & Harris Group (NASDAQ:TURN) and Amentum (NYSE:AMTM) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Harris & Harris Group and Amentum, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Harris & Harris Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Amentum	1	4	5	0	2.40

Amentum has a consensus price target of $27.30, suggesting a potential upside of 20.53%. Given Amentum’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amentum is more favorable than Harris & Harris Group.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

19.8% of Harris & Harris Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.9% of Amentum shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Harris & Harris Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.7% of Amentum shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Harris & Harris Group and Amentum”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Harris & Harris Group	$190,000.00	261.84	-$3.87 million	N/A	N/A
Amentum	$8.39 billion	0.66	-$82.00 million	$0.39	58.08

Harris & Harris Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Amentum.

Profitability

This table compares Harris & Harris Group and Amentum’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Harris & Harris Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Amentum	0.41%	10.90%	4.18%

Summary

Amentum beats Harris & Harris Group on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Harris & Harris Group

180 Degree Capital Corp. is a publicly owned corporate pension plan sponsor. It primarily provides its services to pension and profit sharing plans. The firm is a large advisory firm which provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, pension consulting services. It manages separate client focused equity and balanced funds. It invests in exchange-traded equity securities, non exchange-traded equity securities, cash and cash equivalents and assets of the adviser that are primarily receivables and prepaid expenses. The firm conducts in-house research to make investments. The firm was formerly known as Harris & Harris Group, Inc. 180 Degree Capital Corp. was founded in 1981 and is based in Montclair, New Jersey.

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.