BWMN vs. LMB, WLDN, MTRX, CECO, AENZ, ASTH, MEG, HURN, RMR, and HCKT
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), CECO Environmental (CECO), Aenza S.A.A. (AENZ), Astrana Health (ASTH), Montrose Environmental Group (MEG), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), The RMR Group (RMR), and The Hackett Group (HCKT).
Limbach (NASDAQ:LMB) and Bowman Consulting Group (NASDAQ:BWMN) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
Limbach has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bowman Consulting Group has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Limbach had 4 more articles in the media than Bowman Consulting Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Limbach and 8 mentions for Bowman Consulting Group. Bowman Consulting Group's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Limbach's score of 0.91 indicating that Limbach is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Limbach presently has a consensus target price of $39.00, indicating a potential downside of 33.25%. Bowman Consulting Group has a consensus target price of $43.88, indicating a potential upside of 36.90%. Given Limbach's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bowman Consulting Group is more favorable than Limbach.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Limbach received 189 more outperform votes than Bowman Consulting Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Bowman Consulting Group an outperform vote while only 55.76% of users gave Limbach an outperform vote.
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.
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.
Summary
Limbach beats Bowman Consulting Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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