Bowman Consulting Group (BWMN) Competitors

Bowman Consulting Group (NASDAQ:BWMN) and Xometry (NASDAQ:XMTR) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Which has better valuation & earnings, BWMN or XMTR?

Bowman Consulting Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Xometry. Xometry 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bowman Consulting Group	$444.59M	1.06	-$6.62M	$0.13	209.54
Xometry	$573.81M	2.70	-$67.47M	-$0.99	-30.90

Which has more risk and volatility, BWMN or XMTR?

Bowman Consulting Group has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xometry has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BWMN or XMTR?

Xometry received 3 more outperform votes than Bowman Consulting Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.31% of users gave Bowman Consulting Group an outperform vote while only 48.72% of users gave Xometry an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bowman Consulting Group	Outperform Votes 35 67.31%	Underperform Votes 17 32.69%
Xometry	Outperform Votes 38 48.72%	Underperform Votes 40 51.28%

Do analysts prefer BWMN or XMTR?

Bowman Consulting Group currently has a consensus target price of $34.17, indicating a potential upside of 25.43%. Xometry has a consensus target price of $35.78, indicating a potential upside of 16.96%. Given Bowman Consulting Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bowman Consulting Group is more favorable than Xometry.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bowman Consulting Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Xometry	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Does the media refer more to BWMN or XMTR?

In the previous week, Xometry had 4 more articles in the media than Bowman Consulting Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Xometry and 10 mentions for Bowman Consulting Group. Xometry's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Bowman Consulting Group's score of 0.51 indicating that Xometry is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bowman Consulting Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Xometry	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BWMN or XMTR?

63.2% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of Xometry shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.4% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Xometry shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is BWMN or XMTR more profitable?

Bowman Consulting Group has a net margin of -2.62% compared to Xometry's net margin of -9.72%. Bowman Consulting Group's return on equity of 3.76% beat Xometry's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bowman Consulting Group	-2.62%	3.76%	1.71%
Xometry	-9.72%	-10.16%	-4.74%

Summary

Bowman Consulting Group beats Xometry on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.