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

Amentum Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AMTM) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the thirteen analysts that are covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and six have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $34.9091.

A number of analysts have recently commented on AMTM shares. Cantor Fitzgerald lifted their price target on Amentum from $35.00 to $40.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 2nd. BTIG Research reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $35.00 target price on shares of Amentum in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Amentum in a report on Monday, December 29th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Amentum from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 14th. Finally, Truist Financial boosted their price objective on shares of Amentum from $34.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 14th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Amentum

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans grew its position in Amentum by 7.0% in the 3rd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 1,805,411 shares of the company’s stock valued at $43,240,000 after purchasing an additional 118,306 shares during the period. Lingohr Asset Management GmbH raised its holdings in Amentum by 1,650.0% during the third quarter. Lingohr Asset Management GmbH now owns 175,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,191,000 after buying an additional 165,000 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Amentum by 9.3% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,513,161 shares of the company’s stock valued at $59,352,000 after buying an additional 213,164 shares in the last quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board grew its holdings in shares of Amentum by 16.3% during the third quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 597,976 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,322,000 after buying an additional 83,804 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Voya Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Amentum by 66.5% during the third quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 1,084,969 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,985,000 after buying an additional 433,397 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 39.93% of the company’s stock.

Amentum Price Performance

AMTM stock opened at $30.65 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $7.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 76.63, a P/E/G ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 0.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 1.42 and a quick ratio of 1.42. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $32.66 and a 200 day simple moving average of $27.60. Amentum has a 1 year low of $16.01 and a 1 year high of $38.11.

Amentum (NYSE:AMTM) last posted its earnings results on Monday, February 9th. The company reported $0.54 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.52 by $0.02. Amentum had a net margin of 0.69% and a return on equity of 11.56%. The firm had revenue of $3.24 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.32 billion. The company’s revenue was down 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. Amentum has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.250-2.450 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Amentum will post 2.1 EPS for the current fiscal 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.