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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Limbach had 2 more articles in the media than Bowman Consulting Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Limbach and 3 mentions for Bowman Consulting Group. Limbach's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Bowman Consulting Group's score of 0.73 indicating that Bowman Consulting Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 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 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 currently has a consensus price target of $39.00, suggesting a potential downside of 31.67%. Bowman Consulting Group has a consensus price target of $43.88, suggesting a potential upside of 35.96%. Given Limbach's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bowman Consulting Group is more favorable than Limbach.
55.9% of Limbach shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.2% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of Limbach shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Limbach has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bowman Consulting Group has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Limbach beats Bowman Consulting Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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