Harris & Harris Group (NASDAQ:TURN) versus Amentum (NYSE:AMTM) Financial Contrast

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

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amentum	$8.39 billion	0.69	-$82.00 million	$0.39	61.15
Harris & Harris Group	$11.11 million	4.46	-$3.87 million	N/A	N/A

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Profitability

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

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Amentum and Harris & Harris Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

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

Amentum currently has a consensus price target of $27.30, suggesting a potential upside of 14.47%. Given Amentum’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Amentum is more favorable than Harris & Harris Group.

Summary

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

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.

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.