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Bowman Consulting Group

BWMN
44
Engineering & Construction · Industrials
Price
$42.61
+0.06 (+0.14%)
Market Cap
$746.0M
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
44
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good

Share count rising — dilution

+45.8% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 11.5M (2021) → 16.7M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Bowman Consulting Group is an engineering and consulting firm that helps clients plan, design, and build infrastructure projects. Its core services include civil engineering, surveying, environmental consulting, and land planning. Customers are mostly real estate developers, government agencies, utilities, and transportation authorities across the United States.

Bowman earns revenue by charging fees for professional services on a project-by-project or contract basis, rather than selling physical products. The company operates primarily in the US and has grown quickly through acquisitions, buying smaller engineering firms to expand its geographic reach and service offerings. With a market cap around $0.7 billion, it competes in a fragmented industry where relationships and local expertise matter. The main growth driver is continued demand for infrastructure work, supported by federal spending programs, but the key risk is that thin operating margins leave little room for error if project costs rise or the pace of acquisitions slows.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+19.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-57.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

18.0%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~2 months

$10M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Bowman Consulting Group has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
53.2%
Healthy — 53.2% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
5.6%
Thin — 5.6% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
4.7%
Weak — 4.7% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+14.2%
Fast-growing sales (+14.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-33.7%
Earnings shrinking (-33.7% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
329%
Turns 329% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
2.3%
Thin free cash flow (2.3%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.71
Moderate — manageable debt (0.71)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
3.50x
Tight — interest eats into profit (3.5x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
101.5x
Expensive — P/E 101.5

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+78.5
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (101.5 → 23.0)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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