DLH (DLHC) Competitors

Bowman Consulting Group (NASDAQ:BWMN) and DLH (NASDAQ:DLHC) 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 institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BWMN or DLHC?

63.2% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.3% of DLH shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.4% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.6% of DLH shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, BWMN or DLHC?

Bowman Consulting Group has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DLH has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BWMN or DLHC?

In the previous week, Bowman Consulting Group and Bowman Consulting Group both had 3 articles in the media. Bowman Consulting Group's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat DLH's score of 0.58 indicating that Bowman Consulting Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bowman Consulting Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DLH	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BWMN or DLHC?

DLH received 261 more outperform votes than Bowman Consulting Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.17% of users gave DLH an outperform vote while only 64.44% of users gave Bowman Consulting Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bowman Consulting Group	Outperform Votes 29 64.44%	Underperform Votes 16 35.56%
DLH	Outperform Votes 290 65.17%	Underperform Votes 155 34.83%

Do analysts rate BWMN or DLHC?

Bowman Consulting Group presently has a consensus target price of $39.70, indicating a potential upside of 53.28%. Given Bowman Consulting Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bowman Consulting Group is more favorable than DLH.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bowman Consulting Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17
DLH	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BWMN or DLHC?

DLH has higher revenue and earnings than Bowman Consulting Group. Bowman Consulting Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DLH, 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	$346.26M	1.31	-$6.62M	-$0.79	-32.78
DLH	$395.94M	0.28	$7.40M	$0.51	14.90

Is BWMN or DLHC more profitable?

DLH has a net margin of 1.87% compared to Bowman Consulting Group's net margin of -2.62%. DLH's return on equity of 6.88% beat Bowman Consulting Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bowman Consulting Group	-2.62%	3.76%	1.71%
DLH	1.87%	6.88%	2.28%

Summary

DLH beats Bowman Consulting Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.