Amentum (AMTM) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend TOST or AMTM?

Toast currently has a consensus target price of $40.09, suggesting a potential upside of 6.39%. Amentum has a consensus target price of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 37.12%. Given Amentum's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amentum is more favorable than Toast.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Toast	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.39
Amentum	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do insiders & institutionals 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 insiders. Comparatively, 18.7% of Amentum shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to TOST or AMTM?

In the previous week, Toast had 39 more articles in the media than Amentum. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Toast and 13 mentions for Amentum. Amentum's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Toast's score of 0.46 indicating that Amentum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Toast	14 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Amentum	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, TOST or AMTM?

Amentum has higher revenue and earnings than Toast.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Toast	$4.96B	3.58	-$246M	-$0.01	-3,764.44
Amentum	$9.82B	0.50	-$82M	N/A	N/A

Is TOST or AMTM more profitable?

Toast has a net margin of 0.40% compared to Amentum's net margin of 0.00%. Toast's return on equity of 1.54% beat Amentum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Toast	0.40%	1.54%	0.93%
Amentum	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TOST or AMTM?

Toast received 69 more outperform votes than Amentum when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave Amentum an outperform vote while only 38.71% of users gave Toast an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Toast	Outperform Votes 72 38.71%	Underperform Votes 114 61.29%
Amentum	Outperform Votes 3 50.00%	Underperform Votes 3 50.00%

Summary

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