Amentum (AMTM) Competitors

Amentum (NYSE:AMTM) and GFL Environmental (NYSE:GFL) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and community ranking.

Do analysts prefer AMTM or GFL?

Amentum presently has a consensus target price of $25.22, suggesting a potential upside of 10.04%. GFL Environmental has a consensus target price of $54.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.44%. Given Amentum's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amentum is more favorable than GFL Environmental.

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
GFL Environmental	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AMTM or GFL?

39.9% of Amentum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.7% of GFL Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. 18.7% of Amentum shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of GFL Environmental shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is AMTM or GFL more profitable?

Amentum has a net margin of 0.00% compared to GFL Environmental's net margin of -7.54%. GFL Environmental's return on equity of 3.50% beat Amentum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amentum	N/A	N/A	N/A
GFL Environmental	-7.54%	3.50%	1.25%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AMTM or GFL?

GFL Environmental has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Amentum.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amentum	$11.26B	0.50	-$82M	N/A	N/A
GFL Environmental	$7.99B	2.31	$33.63M	$4.88	10.30

Does the media refer more to AMTM or GFL?

In the previous week, GFL Environmental had 1 more articles in the media than Amentum. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for GFL Environmental and 10 mentions for Amentum. Amentum's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat GFL Environmental's score of 0.46 indicating that Amentum is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amentum	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GFL Environmental	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AMTM or GFL?

GFL Environmental received 119 more outperform votes than Amentum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.84% of users gave GFL Environmental an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave Amentum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Amentum	Outperform Votes 6 42.86%	Underperform Votes 8 57.14%
GFL Environmental	Outperform Votes 125 71.84%	Underperform Votes 49 28.16%

Summary

GFL Environmental beats Amentum on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.