TaskUs (TASK) Competitors

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

Does the media favor AMTM or TASK?

In the previous week, Amentum had 10 more articles in the media than TaskUs. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Amentum and 7 mentions for TaskUs. TaskUs' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Amentum's score of 0.89 indicating that TaskUs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amentum	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TaskUs	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AMTM or TASK more profitable?

TaskUs has a net margin of 5.70% compared to Amentum's net margin of 0.41%. TaskUs' return on equity of 20.37% beat Amentum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amentum	0.41%	10.90%	4.18%
TaskUs	5.70%	20.37%	10.72%

Do analysts prefer AMTM or TASK?

Amentum presently has a consensus target price of $26.11, suggesting a potential upside of 1.70%. TaskUs has a consensus target price of $17.40, suggesting a potential upside of 2.17%. Given TaskUs' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TaskUs is more favorable than Amentum.

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
TaskUs	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in AMTM or TASK?

39.9% of Amentum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.6% of TaskUs shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.7% of Amentum shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.6% of TaskUs shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, AMTM or TASK?

TaskUs has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Amentum. TaskUs 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	0.74	-$82M	$0.39	65.83
TaskUs	$994.98M	1.52	$45.87M	$0.69	24.68

Summary

TaskUs beats Amentum on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.