AMTM vs BWXT vs GEV Stock Comparison

Amentum Holdings, BWX Technologies and GE Vernova Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BWXT BWX Technologies, Inc.
$138.01 +0.1% 1M -35.4% 1Y
Market cap
$11.94B
P/E
33.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.51B
Div. yield
0.01%
Nuclear Equipment Industrials
2 wins
GEV GE Vernova Inc.
$888.10 -7.8% 1M +53.7% 1Y
Market cap
$226.95B
P/E
21.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$44.04B
Div. yield
–
Power Equipment Industrials
7 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

GE Vernova leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (GE Vernova 7, BWX Technologies 2, Amentum Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMTMBWXTGEVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.30B $11.94B $226.95B GEV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.0x 33.6x 21.9x GEV
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.7x 30.7x — AMTM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.4% +22.7% +16.9% BWXT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 1.4% 10.1% 23.5% GEV
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 5.1% 10.6% 18.1% GEV
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.2x 2.6x -3.3x GEV
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +2.7% -35.4% +53.7% GEV
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +19.5%/yr — –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 46.3% 45.0% 53.8% BWXT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 65/100 84/100 GEV

Percentile Scorecard

AMTMBWXTGEV

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMTMBWXTGEV
Valuation 100 #1 of 100 64 #23 of 62 77 #15 of 62
Growth 94 #7 of 96 64 #22 of 59 98 #2 of 59
Profitability 54 #44 of 95 91 #6 of 55 93 #5 of 55
Financial Health 25 #79 of 105 42 #42 of 72 61 #29 of 72
Shareholder Returns – – 93 #3 of 29
Overall 68 65 84
  • AMTM ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • BWXT ranked among 72 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • GEV ranked among 72 companies in Clean Energy Equipment

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMTMBWXTGEVSPY
1 month +21.5%+0.1%-7.8% +0.7%
3 months +1.5%-16.6%-9.6% +3.7%
6 months -15.9%-36.2%-18.0% +7.1%
Year to date -24.0%-20.2%+35.9% +12.8%
1 year +2.7%-35.4%+53.7% +11.9%
3 years —+88.7%— +85.2%
3 years, per year —+23.6%— +22.8%
5 years —+143.2%— +67.6%
5 years, per year —+19.5%— +10.9%
10 years —+254.9%— +262.0%
10 years, per year —+13.5%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAMTMBWXTGEVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 46.3%45.0%53.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.6%46.5%53.8% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.111.942.15 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.06-0.791.00 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.7%-46.7%-38.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -41.2%-42.1%-24.4% -1.2%
52-week high $37.53$238.42$1,174.86 $779.14
52-week low $18.12$127.14$547.96 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMTMBWXTGEV
P/E now vs peer median 26.4xmedian 26.9x 35.6xmedian 26.6x 22.8xmedian 26.6x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 3.0x 3.6xmedian 2.6x 5.3xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.4xmedian 15.0x 25.8xmedian 18.9x 51.9xmedian 18.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.4xmedian 27.2x 39.9xmedian 30.1x 13.7xmedian 30.1x
P/B now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 2.5x 9.5xmedian 1.9x 18.7xmedian 1.9x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.93 2.16median 0.97 —median 0.97

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMTMBWXTGEV
Revenue $14.13B $3.51B $44.04B
Gross profit $1.45B $775.94M $9.57B
Operating income $596.00M $426.23M $2.83B
Net income $204.00M $355.38M $10.37B
Free cash flow $474.00M $316.76M $17.12B
R&D – $15.56M $1.36B
EPS (diluted) $0.83 $3.86 $38.69
Cash & equivalents $459.00M $608.20M $16.76B
Total debt $3.83B $2.02B $2.80B
Shares (diluted) 245.00M 92.01M 268.00M
Enterprise value $3.73B $10.24B $178.04B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMTMBWXTGEV
P/E 26.4x 35.6x 22.8x
P/FCF 11.4x 39.9x 13.7x
P/Operating cash flow 10.7x 24.4x 12.2x
P/S 0.4x 3.6x 5.3x
P/B 1.1x 9.5x 18.7x
P/Tangible book 1.7x 12.4x 28.7x
EV/EBITDA 8.4x 25.8x 51.9x
EV/EBIT 14.7x 33.0x 78.2x
EV/Revenue 0.6x 4.0x 5.0x
EV/FCF 18.5x 44.4x 12.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 17.3x 27.1x 11.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 2.16 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMTMBWXTGEV
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.4% 22.7% 16.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 14.7% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 11.9% 11.7% 30.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 11.3% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 60.2% 9.9% 104.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 6.2% –
Net income growth (1Y) 240.0% 20.7% 504.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 16.6% –
EPS growth (1Y) 289.1% 20.3% 524.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 16.5% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 215.6% 0.0% 460.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 29.3% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 243.5% -12.1% 592.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 67.6% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMTMBWXTGEV
Gross margin 10.2% 22.1% 21.7%
EBITDA margin 7.3% 15.5% 9.7%
Operating margin 4.2% 12.1% 6.4%
Pretax margin 1.9% 12.2% 20.2%
Net margin 1.4% 10.1% 23.5%
FCF margin 3.4% 9.0% 38.9%
Operating cash flow margin 3.6% 14.8% 43.6%
Return on equity 4.2% 27.2% 80.8%
Return on assets 1.8% 8.1% 12.4%
Return on invested capital 5.1% 10.6% 18.1%
Return on capital employed 6.6% 11.6% 13.4%
Asset turnover 1.3x 0.8x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.5x 1.5x 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue 0.2% 0.9% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMTMBWXTGEV
Debt / assets 34.2% 45.7% 3.2%
Debt / equity 0.8x 1.5x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.2x 2.6x -3.3x
Debt / FCF 8.1x 6.4x 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 57.2% 69.8% 85.5%
Equity / assets 42.8% 30.2% 14.5%
Interest coverage – 12.4x 13.0x
Current ratio 1.5x 2.4x 0.8x
Quick ratio 1.9x 2.0x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.9x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 2.02 4.68 2.59

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMTMBWXTGEV
Dividend yield – 0.8% 0.2%
Net buyback yield – – 2.7%
Shareholder yield – 0.8% 2.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 27.0% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 30.3% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 5.9% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 5.0% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMTMBWXTGEV
Forward P/E 8.7xFY2026 30.7xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $2.52FY2026 $4.50FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY +13.5%FY2026 +12.2%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +11.5% +8.4% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.96BFY2026 $3.64BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY -9.9%FY2026 +13.7%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +3.3% +9.2% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMTMBWXTGEV
Held by institutions 89.7% 92.2% 79.1%
Institutions holding 464 847 3,417
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.7% -0.6% +4.0%
Institutions buying 210 437 1,953
Institutions selling 154 280 982
Buyers to sellers 1.36 1.56 1.99

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMTMBWXTGEV
AMTM 1.00 0.34 0.14
BWXT 0.34 1.00 0.55
GEV 0.14 0.55 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMTM, BWXT and GEV?

GE Vernova (GEV) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amentum Holdings (AMTM) $5.30B, BWX Technologies (BWXT) $11.94B, GE Vernova (GEV) $226.95B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMTM, BWXT and GEV?

GE Vernova (GEV) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 26.0x, BWX Technologies (BWXT) 33.6x, GE Vernova (GEV) 21.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Amentum Holdings (AMTM) is cheapest (Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 8.7x, BWX Technologies (BWXT) 30.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

BWX Technologies (BWXT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Amentum Holdings (AMTM) +11.4%, BWX Technologies (BWXT) +22.7%, GE Vernova (GEV) +16.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

GE Vernova (GEV) has the highest net margin (Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 1.4%, BWX Technologies (BWXT) 10.1%, GE Vernova (GEV) 23.5%). On return on invested capital, GE Vernova (GEV) leads (Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 5.1%, BWX Technologies (BWXT) 10.6%, GE Vernova (GEV) 18.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year GE Vernova (GEV) returned the most: Amentum Holdings (AMTM) +2.7%, BWX Technologies (BWXT) -35.4%, GE Vernova (GEV) +53.7%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 0.00%, BWX Technologies (BWXT) 0.01%, GE Vernova (GEV) 0.00%. Amentum Holdings (AMTM) and GE Vernova (GEV) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, BWX Technologies (BWXT) has been the steadiest (Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 46.3%, BWX Technologies (BWXT) 45.0%, GE Vernova (GEV) 53.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMTM, BWXT and GEV?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, GE Vernova (GEV) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.