Amentum (AMTM) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AMTM or GFL?

GFL Environmental received 107 more outperform votes than Amentum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.06% of users gave GFL Environmental an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Amentum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Amentum	Outperform Votes 3 37.50%	Underperform Votes 5 62.50%
GFL Environmental	Outperform Votes 110 70.06%	Underperform Votes 47 29.94%

Which has higher earnings and 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	$9.82B	0.47	-$82M	N/A	N/A
GFL Environmental	$7.86B	2.43	$33.63M	-$1.55	-31.37

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%

Does the media prefer AMTM or GFL?

In the previous week, Amentum had 5 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Amentum and 11 mentions for GFL Environmental. Amentum's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat GFL Environmental's score of 0.91 indicating that Amentum is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amentum	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GFL Environmental	5 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 AMTM or GFL?

Amentum presently has a consensus target price of $26.20, suggesting a potential upside of 39.58%. GFL Environmental has a consensus target price of $49.63, suggesting a potential upside of 2.05%. Given Amentum's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amentum is more favorable than GFL Environmental.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amentum	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
GFL Environmental	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

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

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

Summary

GFL Environmental beats Amentum on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.