Government engineering solutions provider Amentum Holdings (NYSE: AMTM) will be reporting results this Tuesday morning. Here’s what you need to know.
Amentum beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.5% last quarter, reporting revenues of $3.56 billion, up 2% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates but a slight miss of analysts’ full-year EPS guidance estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Amentum’s revenue to be flat year on year at $3.6 billion, improving from its flat revenue in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.59 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Amentum has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time since going public by 1.9% on average.
Looking at Amentum’s peers in the government & technical consulting segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. UL Solutions delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 7.1%, beating analysts’ expectations by 1.5%, and Jacobs Solutions reported revenues up 6.6%, topping estimates by 0.7%. UL Solutions traded up 9.1% following the results while Jacobs Solutions was down 11.2%.
Read our full analysis of UL Solutions’s results here and Jacobs Solutions’s results here.
Debates over possible tariffs and corporate tax adjustments have raised questions about economic stability in 2025. While some of the government & technical consulting stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 8.3% on average over the last month. Amentum is up 8.6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $28.18 (compared to the current share price of $24.40).
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