Stocks · Industrials · Engineering & Construction
Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. BWMN
$42.76 +0.38% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $745.8M
High risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 8.4× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 40 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.41, down 34.1% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 30%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 21%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 15%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 12%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 44%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 41%
- Gross marginTop 15%
- Operating marginBottom 36%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 7%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 34%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 6%
- Interest coverBottom 49%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 37%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 35%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 27%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 46%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 45%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 42%
- 6-month returnTop 13%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 47%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 10%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 11%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 23%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 39%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 23%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 8%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 39%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 38%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 6%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 13.3% | 14.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 334.8% | -34.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 52.7% | 46.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 2.6% | 3.9% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 6.7% | 2.3% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 14.2% | 13.3% | ↑ | Top 30% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -34.1% | 334.8% | ↓ | Bottom 21% |
| Gross margin | 46.5% | 52.7% | ↓ | Top 15% |
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 2.6% | ↑ | Bottom 36% |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 2.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.3% | 6.7% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.8% | — | Bottom 41% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 23.3% | — | Top 12% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -2.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -30.0 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 8.42×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 3.06%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.06%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +10.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +19.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +8.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $43.00
- Target vs current price
- +0.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 8
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 75%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | +33.2% | +55.8% | +55.3% | +55.8% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | -33.3% | +4.7% | +4.9% | +0.2% | -20.4% |
| Mar 4, 2026 | +18.4% | +1.1% | -11.3% | -12.7% | +0.7% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | +60.5% | +4.5% | -18.2% | -17.3% | -18.7% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +266.7% | -1.2% | +12.9% | +20.5% | +26.8% |
| May 6, 2025 | +133.3% | +0.8% | +11.8% | +13.6% | +54.3% |
| Mar 11, 2025 | +82.1% | +2.2% | +26.2% | +17.0% | +41.1% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +30.8% | +0.2% | +8.7% | +20.3% | +7.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | $0.62 | $0.47 | +33.2% | $129.0M |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.14 | $0.21 | -33.3% | $114.2M |
| Mar 4, 2026 | $0.45 | $0.38 | +18.4% | $114.6M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.61 | $0.38 | +60.5% | $126.0M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.55 | $0.15 | +266.7% | $122.1M |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.07 | $0.03 | +133.3% | $112.9M |
| Mar 11, 2025 | $0.71 | $0.39 | +82.1% | $113.2M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.34 | $0.26 | +30.8% | $113.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 104.3× | 103.5× | 53th | Bottom 37% |
| P/E (forward) | 21.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 31.3× | — | — | Bottom 27% |
| EV / Sales | 1.93× | — | — | Top 46% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 1.60% | — | — | Bottom 35% |
| Earnings yield | 0.96% | — | — | Bottom 37% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 35.9× – 307.8× since Sep 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +2.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -34.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +80.3%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 40
- Days above the 200-day average
- 40
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +17.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +8.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +27.4%
- RSI (14)
- 80.6
- Relative volume
- 0.89×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 92.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 97th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.20
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.30
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -3.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -56.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 10, 2025 | -56.2% | 241 days | 119 days (Aug 28, 2025) |
| Dec 27, 2021 | Jul 18, 2022 | -51.3% | 139 days | 124 days (Jan 12, 2023) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Jul 17, 2026 | -43.0% | 173 days | Not yet recovered |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Oct 3, 2023 | -26.9% | 40 days | 58 days (Dec 26, 2023) |
| Dec 27, 2023 | Jan 17, 2024 | -16.6% | 13 days | 18 days (Feb 12, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $745.8M
- P/E (TTM)
- 104.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.41
- Revenue (TTM)
- $527.6M
- 52-week range
- $25.07 – $45.83
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $150.0M | $261.7M | $346.3M | $426.6M | $490.0M |
| Gross profit | $75.4M | $135.1M | $176.0M | $222.8M | $234.0M |
| Operating income | $160,000 | $5.1M | -$656,000 | -$2.0M | $18.9M |
| Net income | $299,000 | $5.0M | -$6.6M | $2.8M | $12.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.02 | $0.37 | -$0.53 | $0.17 | $0.73 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $113.9M | $113.2M | $112.9M | $122.1M | $126.0M | $129.0M | $126.5M | $146.1M |
| Net income | $771,000 | $5.9M | -$1.7M | $6.0M | $6.3M | $2.0M | -$3.7M | $2.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.04 | $0.34 | -$0.11 | $0.35 | $0.38 | $0.11 | -$0.22 | $0.14 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $4.7M | $9.2M | $11.7M | $24.3M | $35.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$905,000 | -$902,000 | -$2.1M | -$626,000 | -$2.4M |
| Free cash flow | $3.8M | $8.3M | $9.6M | $23.7M | $33.4M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $47.1M | $13.6M | -$4.0M | $14.6M | -$22.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $10.5M
- Total assets
- $620.1M
- Total liabilities
- $363.6M
- Total debt
- $284.6M
- Net debt
- $274.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $256.5M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 587,121
- Days to cover
- 2.17
- Change vs previous report
- +12.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.