AMTM vs BWXT vs SHC Stock Comparison

Amentum Holdings, BWX Technologies and Sotera Health Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BWXT BWX Technologies, Inc.
$127.14 -10.4% 1M -36.4% 1Y
Market cap
$12.03B
P/E
33.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.51B
Div. yield
0.01%
Nuclear Equipment Industrials
5 wins
SHC Sotera Health Co
$18.10 -1.0% 1M +7.1% 1Y
Market cap
$5.26B
P/E
32.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.22B
Div. yield
–
Diagnostic Labs Healthcare
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

BWX Technologies leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (BWX Technologies 5, Amentum Holdings 3, Sotera Health 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMTMBWXTSHCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.37B $12.03B $5.26B BWXT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.3x 33.9x 32.2x AMTM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.6x 28.3x 19.7x AMTM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.4% +22.7% +8.1% BWXT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 1.4% 10.1% 13.4% SHC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 5.1% 10.6% 9.1% BWXT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.2x 2.6x 3.3x BWXT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -6.1% -36.4% +7.1% SHC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +17.0%/yr -7.0%/yr BWXT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 46.4% 44.9% 28.4% SHC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 63/100 58/100 AMTM

Percentile Scorecard

AMTMBWXTSHC

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

AxisAMTMBWXTSHC
Valuation 100 #1 of 100 60 #25 of 61 50 #47 of 93
Growth 95 #6 of 97 61 #23 of 58 67 #30 of 88
Profitability 58 #41 of 96 89 #7 of 55 80 #18 of 87
Financial Health 25 #80 of 106 41 #42 of 71 35 #65 of 100
Shareholder Returns – – –
Overall 69 63 58
  • AMTM ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • BWXT ranked among 71 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • SHC ranked among 103 companies in Healthcare Providers

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAMTMBWXTSHCSPY
1 month +10.2%-10.4%-1.0% -1.0%
3 months -3.6%-27.2%+4.3% +2.9%
6 months -15.9%-43.0%+16.2% +6.4%
Year to date -25.0%-26.4%+2.6% +11.4%
1 year -6.1%-36.4%+7.1% +13.1%
3 years —+68.9%+39.1% +79.4%
3 years, per year —+19.1%+11.6% +21.5%
5 years —+118.8%-30.4% +67.7%
5 years, per year —+17.0%-7.0% +10.9%
10 years —+228.0%— +255.2%
10 years, per year —+12.6%— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureAMTMBWXTSHCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 46.4%44.9%28.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.6%46.5%26.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.091.930.99 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.13-0.810.25 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.7%-46.7%-78.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -42.1%-46.7%-7.5% -2.5%
52-week high $37.53$238.42$19.57 $779.14
52-week low $18.12$127.14$13.13 $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.

MultipleAMTMBWXTSHC
P/E now vs peer median 26.0xmedian 26.2x 32.8xmedian 24.1x 31.6xmedian 25.3x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 2.9x 3.3xmedian 2.2x 4.2xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.4xmedian 14.7x 24.0xmedian 17.4x 12.8xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.2xmedian 24.9x 36.8xmedian 27.4x 45.8xmedian 22.7x
P/B now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 2.4x 8.7xmedian 1.8x 7.8xmedian 3.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.92 1.99median 0.76 0.84median 0.66

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 monthsAMTMBWXTSHC
Revenue $14.13B $3.51B $1.22B
Gross profit $1.45B $775.94M $668.51M
Operating income $596.00M $426.23M $411.34M
Net income $204.00M $355.38M $163.48M
Free cash flow $474.00M $316.76M $112.70M
R&D – $15.56M –
EPS (diluted) $0.83 $3.86 $0.57
Cash & equivalents $459.00M $608.20M $356.72M
Total debt $3.83B $7.08B $2.14B
Shares (diluted) 245.00M 92.01M 288.15M
Enterprise value $3.80B $10.33B $3.94B

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
MetricAMTMBWXTSHC
P/E 26.0x 32.8x 31.6x
P/FCF 11.2x 36.8x 45.8x
P/Operating cash flow 10.5x 22.4x 17.7x
P/S 0.4x 3.3x 4.2x
P/B 1.1x 8.7x 7.8x
P/Tangible book 1.7x 11.4x 13.1x
EV/EBITDA 8.4x 24.0x 12.8x
EV/EBIT 14.6x 30.6x 16.9x
EV/Revenue 0.6x 3.7x 5.7x
EV/FCF 18.3x 41.2x 61.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 17.2x 25.2x 23.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.99 0.84

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMTMBWXTSHC
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.4% 22.7% 8.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 14.7% 7.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 11.9% 11.7% 7.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 11.3% 8.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 60.2% 9.9% 21.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 6.2% 23.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 240.0% 20.7% 580.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 16.6% 37.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 289.1% 20.3% 574.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 16.5% 37.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 215.6% 0.0% 9.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 29.3% 61.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 243.5% -12.1% 0.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 67.6% 32.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMTMBWXTSHC
Gross margin 10.2% 22.1% 55.0%
EBITDA margin 7.3% 15.5% 44.6%
Operating margin 4.2% 12.1% 33.8%
Pretax margin 1.9% 12.2% 21.7%
Net margin 1.4% 10.1% 13.4%
FCF margin 3.4% 9.0% 9.3%
Operating cash flow margin 3.6% 14.8% 24.0%
Return on equity 4.2% 27.2% 25.4%
Return on assets 1.8% 8.1% 5.0%
Return on invested capital 5.1% 10.6% 9.1%
Return on capital employed 6.6% 11.6% 13.5%
Asset turnover 1.3x 0.8x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.5x 1.5x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 0.2% 0.9% 3.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMTMBWXTSHC
Debt / assets 34.2% 45.7% 64.7%
Debt / equity 0.8x 1.5x 3.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.2x 2.6x 3.3x
Debt / FCF 8.1x 6.4x 19.0x
Liabilities / assets 57.2% 69.8% 79.9%
Equity / assets 42.8% 30.2% 20.1%
Interest coverage – 12.4x –
Current ratio 1.5x 2.4x 2.8x
Quick ratio 1.9x 2.0x 2.4x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.9x 1.5x
Altman Z-score 2.01 4.49 1.91

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMTMBWXTSHC
Dividend yield – 0.8% –
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield – 0.8% –
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.

ConsensusAMTMBWXTSHC
Forward P/E 8.6xFY2026 28.3xFY2026 19.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.52FY2026 $4.50FY2026 $0.92FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +13.5%FY2026 +12.2%FY2026 +7.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +11.5% +8.4% +21.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.96BFY2026 $3.64BFY2026 $1.33BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -9.9%FY2026 +13.7%FY2026 +14.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.3% +8.9% -4.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMTMBWXTSHC
Held by institutions 89.7% 92.2% 100.0%
Institutions holding 463 846 316
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.7% -0.6% +5.9%
Institutions buying 210 436 220
Institutions selling 154 280 64
Buyers to sellers 1.36 1.56 3.44

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.

AMTMBWXTSHC
AMTM 1.00 0.33 0.31
BWXT 0.33 1.00 0.21
SHC 0.31 0.21 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMTM, BWXT and SHC?

BWX Technologies (BWXT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amentum Holdings (AMTM) $5.37B, BWX Technologies (BWXT) $12.03B, Sotera Health (SHC) $5.26B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMTM, BWXT and SHC?

Amentum Holdings (AMTM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 26.3x, BWX Technologies (BWXT) 33.9x, Sotera Health (SHC) 32.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Amentum Holdings (AMTM) is cheapest (Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 8.6x, BWX Technologies (BWXT) 28.3x, Sotera Health (SHC) 19.7x). 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%, Sotera Health (SHC) +8.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sotera Health (SHC) has the highest net margin (Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 1.4%, BWX Technologies (BWXT) 10.1%, Sotera Health (SHC) 13.4%). On return on invested capital, BWX Technologies (BWXT) leads (Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 5.1%, BWX Technologies (BWXT) 10.6%, Sotera Health (SHC) 9.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sotera Health (SHC) returned the most: Amentum Holdings (AMTM) -6.1%, BWX Technologies (BWXT) -36.4%, Sotera Health (SHC) +7.1%. Over five years, BWX Technologies (BWXT) compounded fastest (BWX Technologies (BWXT) +17.0%/yr, Sotera Health (SHC) -7.0%/yr). 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%, Sotera Health (SHC) 0.00%. Amentum Holdings (AMTM) and Sotera Health (SHC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sotera Health (SHC) has been the steadiest (Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 46.4%, BWX Technologies (BWXT) 44.9%, Sotera Health (SHC) 28.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, BWX Technologies (BWXT) leads on 5. 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.