BWMN vs. ACVA, PAYO, EVTC, RNG, RAMP, FIVN, PINC, OLO, GDRX, and PLTK
Should you be buying Bowman Consulting Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bowman Consulting Group include ACV Auctions (ACVA), Payoneer Global (PAYO), Evertec (EVTC), Ringcentral (RNG), LiveRamp (RAMP), Five9 (FIVN), Premier (PINC), OLO (OLO), GoodRx (GDRX), and Playtika (PLTK). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Bowman Consulting Group vs. Its Competitors
ACV Auctions (NYSE:ACVA) and Bowman Consulting Group (NASDAQ:BWMN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.
Bowman Consulting Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ACV Auctions. ACV Auctions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bowman Consulting Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bowman Consulting Group has a net margin of 2.20% compared to ACV Auctions' net margin of -9.09%. Bowman Consulting Group's return on equity of 5.62% beat ACV Auctions' return on equity.
ACV Auctions has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bowman Consulting Group has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
88.6% of ACV Auctions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of ACV Auctions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.4% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bowman Consulting Group has a consensus target price of $34.17, suggesting a potential downside of 13.44%. Given Bowman Consulting Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bowman Consulting Group is more favorable than ACV Auctions.
In the previous week, Bowman Consulting Group had 5 more articles in the media than ACV Auctions. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Bowman Consulting Group and 2 mentions for ACV Auctions. ACV Auctions' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Bowman Consulting Group's score of 0.65 indicating that ACV Auctions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Bowman Consulting Group beats ACV Auctions on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BWMN) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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