Contrasting Bowman Consulting Group (BWMN) and The Competition

Bowman Consulting Group (NASDAQ:BWMN) is one of 188 public companies in the “Construction & Engineering” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Bowman Consulting Group to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Risk and Volatility

Bowman Consulting Group has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bowman Consulting Group’s competitors have a beta of 1.56, indicating that their average share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Bowman Consulting Group and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bowman Consulting Group	1	7	0	0	1.88
Bowman Consulting Group Competitors	842	3453	7326	357	2.60

Bowman Consulting Group currently has a consensus target price of $43.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.23%. As a group, “Construction & Engineering” companies have a potential upside of 43.20%. Given Bowman Consulting Group’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bowman Consulting Group has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Bowman Consulting Group and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bowman Consulting Group	$527.60 million	$12.85 million	107.25
Bowman Consulting Group Competitors	$9.53 billion	$456.60 million	-5,802.65

Bowman Consulting Group’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Bowman Consulting Group. Bowman Consulting Group is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Bowman Consulting Group and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bowman Consulting Group	1.30%	2.67%	1.20%
Bowman Consulting Group Competitors	-4.05%	2.58%	3.81%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

63.2% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of shares of all “Construction & Engineering” companies are held by institutional investors. 17.5% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.9% of shares of all “Construction & Engineering” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Bowman Consulting Group competitors beat Bowman Consulting Group on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Bowman Consulting Group Company Profile

Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. provides a range of real estate, energy, infrastructure, and environmental management solutions in the United States. It offers civil and site engineering services, such as conceptual land planning, environmental consulting and permitting, planning/zoning and entitlements, roadway and highway designs, erosion and sediment designs, stormwater management designs, construction administration, traffic studies, floodplain studies, and utility relocation designs; and commissioning and energy efficiency services comprise construction observation, direct systems functional performance testing, system development readiness checklist, post occupancy review, review of construction documents, deferred/seasonal functional testing, final commissioning report, and commissioning review of submittals. The company also provides construction management services, including constructability review, value engineering, budgeting and cost estimating, interagency and utility coordination, onsite observation and report evaluation, public communication and outreach, and resident engineer services, as well as bid solicitation, documentation, and preparation services; and environmental consulting services consisting of wetlands and waters of the U.S. delineations, natural resources inventories, wildlife and vegetation surveys, threatened and endangered species surveys, endangered species conservation and management, wetland creation and enhancement design, NEPA documentation, section 404/401 permitting and compliance, NPDES permitting, and phase I environmental site assessment. In addition, it offers landscape architecture, land procurement and right-of-way acquisition, structural engineering, surveying and geospatial engineering, and transportation and water resources engineering services, as well as mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering services. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.