BWMN vs. LMB, WLDN, MTRX, PESI, CECO, HURN, MEG, RMR, HCKT, and III
Should you be buying Bowman Consulting Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bowman Consulting Group include Limbach (LMB), Willdan Group (WLDN), Matrix Service (MTRX), Perma-Fix Environmental Services (PESI), CECO Environmental (CECO), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), Montrose Environmental Group (MEG), The RMR Group (RMR), The Hackett Group (HCKT), and Information Services Group (III).
Limbach (NASDAQ:LMB) and Bowman Consulting Group (NASDAQ:BWMN) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Limbach has higher revenue and earnings than Bowman Consulting Group. Bowman Consulting Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Limbach, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Limbach has a net margin of 4.93% compared to Limbach's net margin of -2.43%. Bowman Consulting Group's return on equity of 21.75% beat Limbach's return on equity.
55.9% of Limbach shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.2% of Limbach shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Limbach currently has a consensus target price of $39.00, suggesting a potential downside of 38.82%. Bowman Consulting Group has a consensus target price of $42.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.53%. Given Limbach's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bowman Consulting Group is more favorable than Limbach.
Limbach has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bowman Consulting Group has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Limbach received 187 more outperform votes than Bowman Consulting Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.90% of users gave Bowman Consulting Group an outperform vote while only 55.76% of users gave Limbach an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Bowman Consulting Group had 1 more articles in the media than Limbach. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Bowman Consulting Group and 8 mentions for Limbach. Bowman Consulting Group's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Limbach's score of 0.46 indicating that Limbach is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Bowman Consulting Group beats Limbach on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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