BWXT vs AMTM vs ATS Stock Comparison

BWX Technologies, Amentum Holdings and Ats 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
6 wins
ATS ATS Corp /ATS
$18.94 -1.4% 1M -29.8% 1Y
Market cap
$1.86B
P/E
54.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.12B
Div. yield
–
Industrial Machinery Industrials

Head to Head

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BWX Technologies leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (BWX Technologies 6, Amentum Holdings 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBWXTAMTMATSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $12.03B $5.37B $1.86B BWXT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 33.9x 26.3x 54.7x AMTM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 28.3x 8.6x 18.6x AMTM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +22.7% +11.4% +14.8% BWXT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 10.1% 1.4% 1.6% BWXT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.6% 5.1% 3.7% BWXT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.6x 3.2x 3.5x BWXT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -36.4% -6.1% -29.8% AMTM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +17.0%/yr — — –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.9% 46.4% 51.9% BWXT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 63/100 69/100 52/100 AMTM

Percentile Scorecard

BWXTAMTMATS

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

AxisBWXTAMTMATS
Valuation 60 #25 of 61 100 #1 of 100 88 #26 of 203
Growth 61 #23 of 58 95 #6 of 97 79 #41 of 188
Profitability 89 #7 of 55 58 #41 of 96 45 #104 of 187
Financial Health 41 #42 of 71 25 #80 of 106 24 #170 of 222
Shareholder Returns – – 24 #116 of 153
Overall 63 69 52
  • BWXT ranked among 71 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • AMTM ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • ATS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBWXTAMTMATSSPY
1 month -10.4%+10.2%-1.4% -1.0%
3 months -27.2%-3.6%-28.2% +2.9%
6 months -43.0%-15.9%-42.7% +6.4%
Year to date -26.4%-25.0%-31.2% +11.4%
1 year -36.4%-6.1%-29.8% +13.1%
3 years +68.9%—-46.6% +79.4%
3 years, per year +19.1%—-18.9% +21.5%
5 years +118.8%—— +67.7%
5 years, per year +17.0%—— +10.9%
10 years +228.0%—— +255.2%
10 years, per year +12.6%—— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureBWXTAMTMATSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.9%46.4%51.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 46.5%43.6%62.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.931.091.54 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.81-0.13-0.57 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -46.7%-51.7%-64.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -46.7%-42.1%-46.5% -2.5%
52-week high $238.42$37.53$35.38 $779.14
52-week low $127.14$18.12$17.29 $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.

MultipleBWXTAMTMATS
P/E now vs peer median 32.8xmedian 24.1x 26.0xmedian 26.2x 54.6xmedian 25.9x
P/S now vs peer median 3.3xmedian 2.2x 0.4xmedian 2.9x 0.9xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 24.0xmedian 17.4x 8.4xmedian 14.7x 12.2xmedian 13.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 36.8xmedian 27.4x 11.2xmedian 24.9x 10.3xmedian 21.1x
P/B now vs peer median 8.7xmedian 1.8x 1.1xmedian 2.4x 1.5xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 1.99median 0.76 —median 0.92 -1.71median 1.19

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 monthsBWXTAMTMATS
Revenue $3.51B $14.13B $2.12B
Gross profit $775.94M $1.45B $594.19M
Operating income $426.23M $596.00M $119.42M
Net income $355.38M $204.00M $33.97M
Free cash flow $316.76M $474.00M $180.36M
R&D $15.56M – –
EPS (diluted) $3.86 $0.83 $0.35
Cash & equivalents $608.20M $459.00M $140.09M
Total debt $7.08B $3.83B $3.79B
Shares (diluted) 92.01M 245.00M 98.14M
Enterprise value $10.33B $3.80B $1.18B

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
MetricBWXTAMTMATS
P/E 32.8x 26.0x 54.6x
P/FCF 36.8x 11.2x 10.3x
P/Operating cash flow 22.4x 10.5x 9.1x
P/S 3.3x 0.4x 0.9x
P/B 8.7x 1.1x 1.5x
P/Tangible book 11.4x 1.7x 2.4x
EV/EBITDA 24.0x 8.4x 12.2x
EV/EBIT 30.6x 14.6x 21.7x
EV/Revenue 3.7x 0.6x 1.2x
EV/FCF 41.2x 18.3x 14.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 25.2x 17.2x 12.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.99 – -1.71

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBWXTAMTMATS
Revenue growth (1Y) 22.7% 11.4% 14.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.7% – 1.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 11.7% 11.9% 24.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.3% – 1.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 9.9% 60.2% 4,708%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 6.2% – -12.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 20.7% 240.0% 228.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 16.6% – -30.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 20.3% 289.1% 227.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 16.5% – -32.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 0.0% 215.6% 32.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 29.3% – 77.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -12.1% 243.5% 37.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 67.6% – 279.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBWXTAMTMATS
Gross margin 22.1% 10.2% 28.0%
EBITDA margin 15.5% 7.3% 10.0%
Operating margin 12.1% 4.2% 5.6%
Pretax margin 12.2% 1.9% 2.4%
Net margin 10.1% 1.4% 1.6%
FCF margin 9.0% 3.4% 8.5%
Operating cash flow margin 14.8% 3.6% 9.6%
Return on equity 27.2% 4.2% 2.7%
Return on assets 8.1% 1.8% 1.1%
Return on invested capital 10.6% 5.1% 3.7%
Return on capital employed 11.6% 6.6% –
Asset turnover 0.8x 1.3x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 2.5x 6.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% 0.2% 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBWXTAMTMATS
Debt / assets 45.7% 34.2% 28.8%
Debt / equity 1.5x 0.8x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.6x 3.2x 3.5x
Debt / FCF 6.4x 8.1x 4.8x
Liabilities / assets 69.8% 57.2% 57.9%
Equity / assets 30.2% 42.8% 42.1%
Interest coverage 12.4x – 1.7x
Current ratio 2.4x 1.5x –
Quick ratio 2.0x 1.9x –
Cash ratio 0.9x 0.2x –
Altman Z-score 4.49 2.01 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBWXTAMTMATS
Dividend yield 0.8% – –
Net buyback yield – – 0.3%
Shareholder yield 0.8% – 0.3%
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.

ConsensusBWXTAMTMATS
Forward P/E 28.3xFY2026 8.6xFY2026 18.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.50FY2026 $2.52FY2026 $1.02FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +12.2%FY2026 +13.5%FY2026 -15.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +8.4% +11.5% +37.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.64BFY2026 $12.96BFY2026 $1.95BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.7%FY2026 -9.9%FY2026 -8.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.9% +3.3% +3.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBWXTAMTMATS
Held by institutions 92.2% 89.7% 83.4%
Institutions holding 846 463 143
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.6% +3.7% -9.9%
Institutions buying 436 210 82
Institutions selling 280 154 46
Buyers to sellers 1.56 1.36 1.78

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.

BWXTAMTMATS
BWXT 1.00 0.33 0.25
AMTM 0.33 1.00 0.11
ATS 0.25 0.11 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BWXT, AMTM and ATS?

BWX Technologies (BWXT) is the largest by market capitalisation: BWX Technologies (BWXT) $12.03B, Amentum Holdings (AMTM) $5.37B, Ats (ATS) $1.86B.

Which stock is cheaper, BWXT, AMTM and ATS?

Amentum Holdings (AMTM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (BWX Technologies (BWXT) 33.9x, Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 26.3x, Ats (ATS) 54.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Amentum Holdings (AMTM) is cheapest (BWX Technologies (BWXT) 28.3x, Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 8.6x, Ats (ATS) 18.6x). 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: BWX Technologies (BWXT) +22.7%, Amentum Holdings (AMTM) +11.4%, Ats (ATS) +14.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

BWX Technologies (BWXT) has the highest net margin (BWX Technologies (BWXT) 10.1%, Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 1.4%, Ats (ATS) 1.6%). On return on invested capital, BWX Technologies (BWXT) leads (BWX Technologies (BWXT) 10.6%, Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 5.1%, Ats (ATS) 3.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Amentum Holdings (AMTM) returned the most: BWX Technologies (BWXT) -36.4%, Amentum Holdings (AMTM) -6.1%, Ats (ATS) -29.8%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

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

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, BWX Technologies (BWXT) has been the steadiest (BWX Technologies (BWXT) 44.9%, Amentum Holdings (AMTM) 46.4%, Ats (ATS) 51.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 6. 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.