Bowman Consulting Group (NASDAQ:BWMN – Get Free Report) is one of 188 public companies in the “Construction & Engineering” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Bowman Consulting Group to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations for Bowman Consulting Group and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Bowman Consulting Group | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.88 |
| Bowman Consulting Group Competitors | 846 | 3457 | 7344 | 359 | 2.60 |
Bowman Consulting Group currently has a consensus price target of $43.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.16%. As a group, “Construction & Engineering” companies have a potential upside of 41.40%. Given Bowman Consulting Group’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bowman Consulting Group has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
63.2% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.9% of shares of all “Construction & Engineering” companies are owned by institutional investors. 17.5% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.9% of shares of all “Construction & Engineering” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Bowman Consulting Group and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Bowman Consulting Group | $490.02 million | $12.85 million | 107.32 |
| Bowman Consulting Group Competitors | $10.73 billion | $456.60 million | -5,802.65 |
Bowman Consulting Group’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Bowman Consulting Group. Bowman Consulting Group is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Profitability
This table compares Bowman Consulting Group and its peers’ 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% | 2.62% | 3.83% |
Volatility and Risk
Bowman Consulting Group has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bowman Consulting Group’s peers have a beta of 1.60, suggesting that their average share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bowman Consulting Group peers 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.
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