Head to Head Survey: Amentum (NYSE:AMTM) & Weir Group (OTCMKTS:WEGRY)

Weir Group (OTCMKTS:WEGRY) and Amentum (NYSE:AMTM) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Weir Group and Amentum’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Weir Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Amentum	0.46%	11.57%	4.50%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Weir Group and Amentum, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Weir Group	0	3	1	2	2.83
Amentum	0	7	7	0	2.50

Amentum has a consensus price target of $34.50, suggesting a potential downside of 3.77%. Given Amentum’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amentum is more favorable than Weir Group.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

39.9% of Amentum shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.4% of Amentum shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Weir Group has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amentum has a beta of -0.01, meaning that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Weir Group and Amentum”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Weir Group	$3.20 billion	N/A	$398.96 million	N/A	N/A
Amentum	$14.39 billion	0.61	$66.00 million	$0.27	132.78

Weir Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Amentum.

Summary

Amentum beats Weir Group on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Weir Group

The Weir Group PLC produces and sells highly engineered original equipment worldwide. It operates in two segments, Minerals and ESCO. The Minerals segment offers engineering, manufacturing, and service processing technology for the use in abrasive high-wear mining applications; and differentiated technology for the use in infrastructure and general industrial markets. The ESCO segment provides ground engaging tools for large mining machines. This segment also offers cloud-based Artificial Intelligence solutions to the mining industry; manufactures and distributes highly engineered wear parts; and offers aftermarket services to the mining industry. The company offers its products under the Accumin, All-Cast, Aspir, Bucyrus Blades, Carbide Plus, Cavex, Delta Industrial, Enduron, ESCO, EverSharp, GEHO, GeoVor, Infinity, Isogate, Kwik-Lok, Lewis, Linacure, Linagard, Linard, Linatex, Loadmaster, MaxTemp, Motion Metrics, Multiflo, Nemisys, Posilok, Production Master, ProFill, Sand,aster, Super V, SV2, Synertrex, TopLock, Trio, UltraEdge, Ultrlok, Uni-Lok, Vulco, Warman, and Whisler Plus brands. The Weir Group PLC was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Glasgow, the United Kingdom.

About Amentum

Amentum Holdings, Inc. provides engineering and technology solutions to address challenges in science, security, and sustainability. It serves various markets, such as energy and environment, space, intelligence, defense, civilian, commercial, and international markets. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is headquatered in Chantilly, Virginia.