Critical Contrast: Weir Group (OTCMKTS:WEGRY) and Amentum (NYSE:AMTM)

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

Volatility & Risk

Weir Group has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amentum has a beta of -0.01, meaning that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Weir Group and Amentum”s gross 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	0.63	$66.00 million	$0.27	137.35

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

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%

Insider & Institutional 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Weir Group and Amentum, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	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 target price of $34.50, indicating a potential downside of 6.97%. Given Amentum’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amentum is more favorable than Weir Group.

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.