AMTM vs BWXT vs LMT Stock Comparison

Amentum Holdings, BWX Technologies and Lockheed Martin Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BWXT BWX Technologies, Inc.
$131.29 -5.2% 1M -35.4% 1Y
Market cap
$12.29B
P/E
34.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.51B
Div. yield
0.01%
Nuclear Equipment Industrials
3 wins
LMT Lockheed Martin Corp
$635.32 +22.3% 1M +30.9% 1Y
Market cap
$143.69B
P/E
22.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$79.12B
Div. yield
0.02%
Defense Industrials
7 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Lockheed Martin leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Lockheed Martin 7, BWX Technologies 3, Amentum Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMTMBWXTLMTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.33B $12.29B $143.69B LMT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.1x 34.6x 22.1x LMT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.8x 29.2x 21.5x AMTM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.4% +22.7% +7.9% BWXT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 1.4% 10.1% 8.2% BWXT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 5.1% 10.6% 26.5% LMT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.2x 2.6x 1.3x LMT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.02% LMT
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -2.2% -35.4% +30.9% LMT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +18.6%/yr +13.9%/yr BWXT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 46.5% 45.1% 30.0% LMT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 63/100 60/100 AMTM

Percentile Scorecard

AMTMBWXTLMT

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

AxisAMTMBWXTLMT
Valuation 100 #1 of 100 60 #25 of 61 68 #33 of 100
Growth 95 #6 of 97 61 #23 of 58 62 #38 of 97
Profitability 57 #42 of 96 89 #7 of 55 90 #11 of 96
Financial Health 24 #80 of 105 41 #42 of 71 41 #62 of 105
Shareholder Returns – – 40 #39 of 64
Overall 69 63 60
  • AMTM ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • BWXT ranked among 71 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • LMT ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAMTMBWXTLMTSPY
1 month +14.9%-5.2%+22.3% -0.8%
3 months -3.6%-25.6%+9.5% +3.5%
6 months -15.6%-40.9%+23.8% +7.0%
Year to date -23.9%-24.0%+31.4% +12.2%
1 year -2.2%-35.4%+30.9% +13.0%
3 years —+77.4%+43.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year —+21.1%+12.7% +23.1%
5 years —+134.9%+92.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year —+18.6%+13.9% +11.0%
10 years —+239.4%+154.0% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+13.0%+9.8% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAMTMBWXTLMTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 46.5%45.1%30.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.8%46.5%26.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.121.94-0.08 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.05-0.791.03 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.7%-46.7%-33.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -41.2%-44.9%-6.1% -1.8%
52-week high $37.53$238.42$676.70 $779.14
52-week low $18.12$127.14$439.19 $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.

MultipleAMTMBWXTLMT
P/E now vs peer median 26.4xmedian 26.8x 33.9xmedian 25.4x 22.5xmedian 26.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 2.9x 3.4xmedian 2.1x 1.9xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.4xmedian 15.2x 24.7xmedian 17.5x 14.7xmedian 15.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.4xmedian 25.5x 38.0xmedian 27.3x 17.5xmedian 25.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 2.5x 9.0xmedian 1.7x 14.6xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.94 2.06median 0.77 64.50median 0.94

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 monthsAMTMBWXTLMT
Revenue $14.13B $3.51B $79.12B
Gross profit $1.45B $775.94M $9.28B
Operating income $596.00M $426.23M $9.32B
Net income $204.00M $355.38M $6.51B
Free cash flow $474.00M $316.76M $8.38B
R&D – $15.56M –
EPS (diluted) $0.83 $3.86 $28.13
Cash & equivalents $459.00M $608.20M $5.96B
Total debt $3.83B $2.02B $20.50B
Shares (diluted) 245.00M 92.01M 231.50M
Enterprise value $3.76B $10.59B $127.92B

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
MetricAMTMBWXTLMT
P/E 26.4x 33.9x 22.5x
P/FCF 11.4x 38.0x 17.5x
P/Operating cash flow 10.7x 23.2x 14.5x
P/S 0.4x 3.4x 1.9x
P/B 1.1x 9.0x 14.6x
P/Tangible book 1.7x 11.8x 17.6x
EV/EBITDA 8.4x 24.7x 14.7x
EV/EBIT 14.7x 31.5x 17.3x
EV/Revenue 0.6x 3.8x 2.0x
EV/FCF 18.5x 42.4x 19.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 17.3x 25.9x 16.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 2.06 64.50

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMTMBWXTLMT
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.4% 22.7% 7.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 14.7% 5.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 11.9% 11.7% 55.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 11.3% 3.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 60.2% 9.9% 52.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 6.2% 3.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 240.0% 20.7% 55.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 16.6% -2.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 289.1% 20.3% 55.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 16.5% 0.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 215.6% 0.0% 59.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 29.3% 10.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 243.5% -12.1% 82.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 67.6% 13.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMTMBWXTLMT
Gross margin 10.2% 22.1% 11.7%
EBITDA margin 7.3% 15.5% 13.9%
Operating margin 4.2% 12.1% 11.8%
Pretax margin 1.9% 12.2% 9.7%
Net margin 1.4% 10.1% 8.2%
FCF margin 3.4% 9.0% 10.6%
Operating cash flow margin 3.6% 14.8% 12.8%
Return on equity 4.2% 27.2% 69.2%
Return on assets 1.8% 8.1% 10.3%
Return on invested capital 5.1% 10.6% 26.5%
Return on capital employed 6.6% 11.6% 23.9%
Asset turnover 1.3x 0.8x 1.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.5x 1.5x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 0.2% 0.9% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMTMBWXTLMT
Debt / assets 34.2% 45.7% 31.8%
Debt / equity 0.8x 1.5x 2.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.2x 2.6x 1.3x
Debt / FCF 8.1x 6.4x 2.4x
Liabilities / assets 57.2% 69.8% 84.4%
Equity / assets 42.8% 30.2% 15.6%
Interest coverage – 12.4x 8.6x
Current ratio 1.5x 2.4x 1.3x
Quick ratio 1.9x 2.0x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.9x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 2.02 4.56 3.81

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMTMBWXTLMT
Dividend yield – 0.8% 2.2%
Net buyback yield – – 0.5%
Shareholder yield – 0.8% 2.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 27.0% 49.2%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 30.3% 38.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 5.9% 1.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 5.0% 1.6%

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.

ConsensusAMTMBWXTLMT
Forward P/E 8.8xFY2026 29.2xFY2026 21.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.52FY2026 $4.50FY2026 $29.52FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +13.5%FY2026 +12.2%FY2026 +37.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +11.5% +8.4% +7.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.96BFY2026 $3.64BFY2026 $85.91BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -9.9%FY2026 +13.7%FY2026 +14.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.3% +9.2% +4.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMTMBWXTLMT
Held by institutions 89.7% 92.2% 75.5%
Institutions holding 463 846 2,779
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.7% -0.6% +0.4%
Institutions buying 210 436 1,336
Institutions selling 154 280 1,026
Buyers to sellers 1.36 1.56 1.30

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.

AMTMBWXTLMT
AMTM 1.00 0.33 0.32
BWXT 0.33 1.00 0.25
LMT 0.32 0.25 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMTM, BWXT and LMT?

Lockheed Martin (LMT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amentum Holdings (AMTM) $5.33B, BWX Technologies (BWXT) $12.29B, Lockheed Martin (LMT) $143.69B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMTM, BWXT and LMT?

Lockheed Martin (LMT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 26.1x, BWX Technologies (BWXT) 34.6x, Lockheed Martin (LMT) 22.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Amentum Holdings (AMTM) is cheapest (Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 8.8x, BWX Technologies (BWXT) 29.2x, Lockheed Martin (LMT) 21.5x). 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%, Lockheed Martin (LMT) +7.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

BWX Technologies (BWXT) has the highest net margin (Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 1.4%, BWX Technologies (BWXT) 10.1%, Lockheed Martin (LMT) 8.2%). On return on invested capital, Lockheed Martin (LMT) leads (Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 5.1%, BWX Technologies (BWXT) 10.6%, Lockheed Martin (LMT) 26.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lockheed Martin (LMT) returned the most: Amentum Holdings (AMTM) -2.2%, BWX Technologies (BWXT) -35.4%, Lockheed Martin (LMT) +30.9%. Over five years, BWX Technologies (BWXT) compounded fastest (BWX Technologies (BWXT) +18.6%/yr, Lockheed Martin (LMT) +13.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Lockheed Martin (LMT) has the highest dividend yield: Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 0.00%, BWX Technologies (BWXT) 0.01%, Lockheed Martin (LMT) 0.02%. Amentum Holdings (AMTM) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Lockheed Martin (LMT) has been the steadiest (Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 46.5%, BWX Technologies (BWXT) 45.1%, Lockheed Martin (LMT) 30.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Lockheed Martin (LMT) 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.