Amentum Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AMTM) Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Hold" from Analysts

Key Points

• Analysts have a consensus “Hold” rating on Amentum, with one sell, seven hold, six buy and one strong-buy recommendation. The average 12-month price target is $32.00.
• Amentum shares opened at $22.26, near the lower end of their 52-week range of $19.80 to $38.11, while the stock’s market capitalization stood at approximately $5.44 billion.
• The company slightly exceeded quarterly expectations, reporting EPS of $0.60 versus a $0.58 consensus and revenue of $3.48 billion. Amentum maintained fiscal 2026 EPS guidance of $2.25 to $2.45, and institutional investors own about 39.93% of the stock.

Shares of Amentum Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AMTM - Get Free Report) have been given an average recommendation of "Hold" by the fifteen research firms that are covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seven have assigned a hold recommendation, six have assigned a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $32.00.

AMTM has been the topic of several recent research reports. BNP Paribas Exane started coverage on shares of Amentum in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. They set an "underperform" rating and a $22.00 target price on the stock. Morgan Stanley started coverage on Amentum in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. They issued an "equal weight" rating and a $30.00 price target for the company. Citizens Jmp reissued a "market outperform" rating and issued a $40.00 price objective on shares of Amentum in a research report on Monday, April 13th. Wall Street Zen cut Amentum from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Saturday, July 4th. Finally, Truist Financial reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $35.00 target price (down from $42.00) on shares of Amentum in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th.

Amentum Trading Up 0.3%

NYSE AMTM opened at $22.26 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.10, a PEG ratio of 0.65 and a beta of 0.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83, a quick ratio of 1.48 and a current ratio of 1.48. Amentum has a one year low of $19.80 and a one year high of $38.11. The company's 50 day moving average price is $21.82 and its 200 day moving average price is $26.53.

Amentum (NYSE:AMTM - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May 11th. The company reported $0.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.02. Amentum had a net margin of 1.04% and a return on equity of 11.74%. The company had revenue of $3.48 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.47 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.53 earnings per share. Amentum's revenue for the quarter was down .4% on a year-over-year basis. Amentum has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.250-2.450 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Amentum will post 2.36 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Amentum

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. M&T Bank Corp grew its position in Amentum by 5,325.3% in the fourth quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 462,836 shares of the company's stock valued at $13,422,000 after acquiring an additional 454,305 shares in the last quarter. Delphi Management Inc. MA acquired a new position in shares of Amentum during the fourth quarter worth $1,424,000. Legacy Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Amentum during the fourth quarter worth $284,614,000. New York State Teachers Retirement System boosted its stake in shares of Amentum by 17.8% in the fourth quarter. New York State Teachers Retirement System now owns 166,057 shares of the company's stock valued at $4,816,000 after purchasing an additional 25,139 shares during the period. Finally, Steadtrust LLC purchased a new position in shares of Amentum in the fourth quarter valued at $1,462,000. 39.93% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.

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