Stocks · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
Amentum Holdings, Inc. AMTM
$18.14 -1.84% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $4.43B
Weak trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 23, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 8 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +5.4%).
- Net debt is 3.5× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 8%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 12%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 6%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 45%
- Gross marginBottom 9%
- Operating marginBottom 37%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 20%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 36%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 26%
- Interest coverBottom 42%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 22%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 7%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 10%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 7%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 23%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 21%
- 6-month returnBottom 9%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 18%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 16%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 48%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 14%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 30%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 27%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 49%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 48%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 35%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 26%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 6.8% | -3.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 6.5% | 8.7% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 2.6% | 4.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 0.9% | 3.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -3.9% | 6.8% | ↓ | Bottom 14% |
| Gross margin | 8.7% | 6.5% | ↑ | Bottom 9% |
| Operating margin | 4.1% | 2.6% | ↑ | Bottom 37% |
| Net margin | 1.4% | -1.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.4% | 0.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 4.7% | — | Bottom 45% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 23.3% | — | Top 12% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.48×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -2.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +7.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.52×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 3, 2026 (filed Aug 11, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 8
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +5.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $27.17
- Target vs current price
- +49.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 11
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 45%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | +9.7% | -1.3% | -13.3% | -19.0% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | +3.4% | -2.4% | -6.3% | -7.8% | -4.6% |
| Feb 9, 2026 | +1.9% | -2.5% | -17.4% | -19.3% | -35.2% |
| Nov 24, 2025 | +6.6% | +4.6% | +16.3% | +23.1% | +27.7% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +3.7% | +3.4% | +3.6% | +2.0% | -10.6% |
| May 6, 2025 | +10.4% | +1.3% | -2.1% | -2.4% | +14.4% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | +13.3% | +0.5% | +8.3% | -8.3% | +7.0% |
| Dec 16, 2024 | +88.0% | +3.2% | -16.8% | +1.8% | -22.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | $0.67 | $0.61 | +9.7% | $3.49B |
| May 11, 2026 | $0.60 | $0.58 | +3.4% | $3.48B |
| Feb 9, 2026 | $0.54 | $0.53 | +1.9% | $3.24B |
| Nov 24, 2025 | $0.63 | $0.59 | +6.6% | $3.92B |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.56 | $0.54 | +3.7% | $3.56B |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.53 | $0.48 | +10.4% | $3.49B |
| Feb 4, 2025 | $0.51 | $0.45 | +13.3% | $3.42B |
| Dec 16, 2024 | $0.47 | $0.25 | +88.0% | $2.21B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 21.9× | 33.8× | 25th | Top 22% |
| P/E (forward) | 7.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.2× | — | — | Top 10% |
| EV / Sales | 0.55× | — | — | Top 7% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 10.95% | — | — | Top 7% |
| Earnings yield | 4.58% | — | — | Top 22% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 17.3× – 111.1× since Sep 30, 2023. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -12.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -29.0%
- RSI (14)
- 33.5
- Relative volume
- 1.34×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 42.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 33th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.25
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.40
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -51.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -51.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | -51.7% | 162 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 8, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -50.8% | 101 days | 190 days (Jan 9, 2026) |
| Sep 30, 2024 | Oct 8, 2024 | -23.3% | 6 days | 23 days (Nov 8, 2024) |
| Sep 24, 2024 | Sep 27, 2024 | -13.0% | 3 days | 1 days (Sep 30, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $4.43B
- P/E (TTM)
- 21.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.83
- Revenue (TTM)
- $14.13B
- 52-week range
- $17.72 – $38.11
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.09B | $7.68B | $7.87B | $8.39B | $14.39B |
| Gross profit | $787.0M | $771.0M | $782.0M | $798.0M | $1.03B |
| Operating income | $335.0M | $121.0M | $57.0M | $291.0M | $503.0M |
| Net income | $199.0M | -$84.0M | -$314.0M | -$82.0M | $66.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.21 | -$0.93 | -$3.49 | -$0.90 | $0.27 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.24B | $3.42B | $3.49B | $3.56B | $3.92B | $3.24B | $3.48B | $3.49B |
| Net income | -$272.0M | $12.0M | $4.0M | $10.0M | $40.0M | $44.0M | $54.0M | $66.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$2.96 | $0.05 | $0.02 | $0.04 | $0.16 | $0.18 | $0.22 | $0.27 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $245.0M | $126.0M | $67.0M | $47.0M | $543.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$34.0M | -$18.0M | -$12.0M | -$11.0M | -$27.0M |
| Free cash flow | $211.0M | $108.0M | $55.0M | $36.0M | $516.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $459.0M
- Total assets
- $11.20B
- Total liabilities
- $6.41B
- Total debt
- $3.83B
- Net debt
- $3.37B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $4.70B
As of Jul 3, 2026 (filed Aug 11, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 12,229,137
- Days to cover
- 7.34
- Change vs previous report
- +1.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.