Amentum (AMTM) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer AMTM or TOST?

Amentum currently has a consensus target price of $27.30, indicating a potential upside of 8.03%. Toast has a consensus target price of $45.54, indicating a potential upside of 6.94%. Given Amentum's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Amentum is more favorable than Toast.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amentum	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Toast	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Does the media favor AMTM or TOST?

In the previous week, Toast had 3 more articles in the media than Amentum. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Toast and 23 mentions for Amentum. Toast's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Amentum's score of 0.94 indicating that Toast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amentum	7 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Toast	22 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AMTM or TOST more profitable?

Toast has a net margin of 4.07% compared to Amentum's net margin of 0.41%. Toast's return on equity of 14.19% beat Amentum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amentum	0.41%	10.90%	4.18%
Toast	4.07%	14.19%	9.19%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, AMTM or TOST?

Toast has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Amentum. Amentum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toast, 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	0.73	-$82M	$0.39	64.79
Toast	$4.96B	4.38	$19M	$0.34	125.26

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AMTM or TOST?

39.9% of Amentum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.9% of Toast shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.7% of Amentum shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.1% of Toast shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Toast beats Amentum on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.