Amentum Holdings Inc (AMTM) is looking forward to a strong quarter

With 1.82 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.54 million shares. During the session, the Specialty Business Services company that operates in wider Industrials sector, reached to the highest price of $19.215 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $18.1. The 52-week range on AMTM shows that it touched its highest point at $34.50 and its lowest point at $16.01 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $24.60.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of AMTM was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 9.08%, but this was up by 3.35% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -18.93% while six-month performance fell -28.82%. For the next quarter, that number is 0.47. This implies an EPS growth rate of 4.88% for this year and 9.01% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 243.30 million AMTM shares are outstanding with a float of 195.75 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-31, short shares totaled 9.88 million, which was 405.99998 higher than short shares on 1740700800. In addition to Mr. Steven J. Demetriou as the firm’s Executive Chair, Mr. John E. Heller serves as its CEO & Director.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.92475 of AMTM’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-12-27, AMTM reported revenue of $3416000000.0 and operating income of $111000000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $261000000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.05.

Analysts Ratings:

In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With AMTM analysts setting a high price target of 30.0 and a low target of 20.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 24.6. Based on these targets, AMTM could surge 62.16% to reach the target high and rise by 8.11% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 32.97% from current levels.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $0.52049 being high and $0.51286 being low. For AMTM, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.5164. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.54 and the low estimate is $0.5. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.53.