Premier (PINC) Competitors

Amentum (NYSE:AMTM) and Premier (NASDAQ:PINC) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.

Does the media refer more to AMTM or PINC?

In the previous week, Amentum had 8 more articles in the media than Premier. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Amentum and 10 mentions for Premier. Premier's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Amentum's score of 0.85 indicating that Premier is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amentum	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Premier	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend AMTM or PINC?

Amentum presently has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.96%. Premier has a consensus target price of $22.20, suggesting a potential downside of 9.50%. Given Amentum's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Amentum is more favorable than Premier.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amentum	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Premier	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is AMTM or PINC more profitable?

Premier has a net margin of 5.68% compared to Amentum's net margin of 0.41%. Amentum's return on equity of 10.90% beat Premier's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amentum	0.41%	10.90%	4.18%
Premier	5.68%	8.79%	4.86%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AMTM or PINC?

39.9% of Amentum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.4% of Premier shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.7% of Amentum shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Premier shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AMTM or PINC?

Premier has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Amentum. Premier is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amentum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amentum	$8.39B	0.77	-$82M	$0.39	67.90
Premier	$1.35B	1.50	$119.54M	$0.57	43.04

Summary

Amentum beats Premier on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.