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Amentum Holdings

AMTM
46
Aerospace & Defense · Industrials
Price
$21.49
+0.88 (+4.27%)
Market Cap
$5.25B
Winston Score
46
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jul 3, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Strong

Share count rising — dilution

+171.1% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 90.0M (2021) → 244.0M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Amentum Holdings is a government services company that helps run complex programs for the U.S. military, intelligence agencies, and other federal clients. It provides technical services like engineering support, nuclear cleanup, IT systems management, and mission support — essentially helping governments operate and maintain large, complicated projects they cannot easily run on their own. Amentum was spun off from AECOM in 2020 and later merged with Jacobs' government services division, making it one of the larger pure-play government services contractors in the United States.

The company earns money through long-term government contracts, where it gets paid for labor, materials, and project management over multi-year periods. It operates primarily in the U.S. but also supports international government clients, with annual revenues exceeding $13 billion. Its main competitive advantage is its existing contract relationships and security clearances, which are difficult for new competitors to replicate quickly. The biggest risk is budget pressure — if the U.S. government cuts defense or civilian agency spending, Amentum's contract pipeline and revenue could shrink meaningfully.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
10.3%
Thin — 10.3% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
4.9%
Thin — 4.9% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
12.2%
Good — 12.2% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-3.9%
Shrinking sales (-3.9% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
248%
Turns 248% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
3.3%
Thin free cash flow (3.3%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.01
Conservative — low debt load (0.01)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
2.43x
Tight — interest eats into profit (2.4x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
25.9x
Growth-priced — P/E 25.9

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+19.0
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (25.9 → 6.9)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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