BWMN vs. LMB, WLDN, MTRX, HCKT, PESI, CECO, SLNG, UGRO, MEG, and HURN
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), The Hackett Group (HCKT), Perma-Fix Environmental Services (PESI), CECO Environmental (CECO), Stabilis Solutions (SLNG), urban-gro (UGRO), Montrose Environmental Group (MEG), and Huron Consulting Group (HURN).
Limbach (NASDAQ:LMB) and Bowman Consulting Group (NASDAQ:BWMN) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Limbach has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bowman Consulting Group has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 received 191 more outperform votes than Bowman Consulting Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.89% of users gave Bowman Consulting Group an outperform vote while only 55.76% of users gave Limbach an outperform vote.
55.9% of Limbach shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are held by institutional investors. 15.5% of Limbach shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Limbach currently has a consensus price target of $39.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.55%. Bowman Consulting Group has a consensus price target of $47.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.88%. Given Limbach's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bowman Consulting Group is more favorable than Limbach.
Limbach has a net margin of 4.02% compared to Limbach's net margin of -1.96%. Bowman Consulting Group's return on equity of 18.87% beat Limbach's return on equity.
In the previous week, Bowman Consulting Group had 5 more articles in the media than Limbach. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Bowman Consulting Group and 4 mentions for Limbach. Bowman Consulting Group's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Limbach's score of 0.26 indicating that Limbach is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Limbach beats Bowman Consulting Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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