Amentum Holdings Inc. (AMTM): The Latest Casualty Of Increased Volatility?

Amentum Holdings Inc. (NYSE:AMTM) does about 4.51M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 3153520 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 4.35B USD. Its current market price is $28.38, marking an increase of 5.50% compared to the previous close of $26.90. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $34.50 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $23.58. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $31 and a low of $31.

Amentum Holdings Inc. (AMTM) has the current price is -17.74% off the 52-week high compared with 20.36% distance from its 52-week low. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 6.95%.

The median price target is 8.45% away from the current levels at $31.

The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on October 14, 2024 when Truist initiated the stock to “Buy” and issued a price target of $31.

The current price level is 5.79%, 5.79%, and 5.79% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the AMTM price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. Its price is -3.83% year-to-date.

Its 12-month price target is $31. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $31, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $31.

The company has a return on investment of 7.40% and return on equity of 16.00%. Price to sales ratio is 0.77.