Amentum (AMTM) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TOST or AMTM?

82.9% of Toast shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.9% of Amentum shares are held by institutional investors. 13.3% of Toast shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.7% of Amentum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TOST or AMTM more profitable?

Toast has a net margin of 3.04% compared to Amentum's net margin of 0.00%. Toast's return on equity of 11.01% beat Amentum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Toast	3.04%	11.01%	6.97%
Amentum	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor TOST or AMTM?

In the previous week, Toast had 6 more articles in the media than Amentum. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Toast and 6 mentions for Amentum. Toast's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Amentum's score of 1.04 indicating that Toast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do analysts rate TOST or AMTM?

Toast presently has a consensus target price of $41.21, indicating a potential downside of 5.44%. Amentum has a consensus target price of $25.22, indicating a potential upside of 3.69%. Given Amentum's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amentum is more favorable than Toast.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Toast	0 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Amentum	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has better valuation & earnings, TOST or AMTM?

Toast has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Amentum.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Toast	$4.96B	4.38	$19M	$0.23	189.48
Amentum	$8.39B	0.71	-$82M	N/A	N/A

Summary

Toast beats Amentum on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.