Amentum (AMTM) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AMTM or CPAY?

39.9% of Amentum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Corpay shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.7% of Amentum shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Corpay shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AMTM or CPAY more profitable?

Corpay has a net margin of 25.17% compared to Amentum's net margin of 0.41%. Corpay's return on equity of 39.13% beat Amentum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amentum	0.41%	10.90%	4.18%
Corpay	25.17%	39.13%	7.20%

Do analysts recommend AMTM or CPAY?

Amentum currently has a consensus target price of $26.11, indicating a potential downside of 1.15%. Corpay has a consensus target price of $396.33, indicating a potential upside of 26.83%. Given Corpay's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Corpay 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
Corpay	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AMTM or CPAY?

Corpay has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Amentum. Corpay 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	67.73
Corpay	$3.97B	5.55	$1.00B	$14.72	21.23

Does the media refer more to AMTM or CPAY?

In the previous week, Corpay had 15 more articles in the media than Amentum. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Corpay and 18 mentions for Amentum. Corpay's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Amentum's score of 0.89 indicating that Corpay 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)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Corpay	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Corpay beats Amentum on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.