Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. (BWMN) vs Willdan Group, Inc. (WLDN)

Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. and Willdan Group, Inc. are both Engineering & Construction companies. Willdan Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.2B against $737.7M — 1.6× the size. Willdan Group, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 17.9× against 101×. Willdan Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 18.1% against 14.2%. Willdan Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (8.80% vs 1.32%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.68% vs 2.52%). Across the 22 metrics below, Willdan Group, Inc. leads on 16 and Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. on 6.

Valuation

Metric BWMN WLDN Engineering & Construction median
P/E 101.36 17.85 28.59
P/S 1.33 1.60 1.15
P/B 2.73 3.39 3.96
Price to free cash flow 52.30 19.02 25.24
EV/EBITDA 17.90 15.73 14.87
EV/Sales 1.67 1.64 1.42
Earnings yield 0.99% 5.60% 2.47%
Free cash flow yield 1.91% 5.26% 1.91%

Profitability

Metric BWMN WLDN Engineering & Construction median
Gross margin 53.36% 37.79% 18.76%
Operating margin 3.36% 7.05% 6.26%
Net margin 1.32% 8.80% 2.23%
Free cash flow margin 2.54% 8.41% 1.83%
Return on equity 2.75% 21.19% 7.90%
Return on assets 1.20% 11.67% 0.87%
Return on invested capital 2.52% 8.68% 2.52%

Growth

Metric BWMN WLDN Engineering & Construction median
Revenue growth (TTM) 14.16% 18.09% 16.67%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 329.41% 120.89% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 32.06% 11.76% 11.76%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 67.23% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BWMN WLDN Engineering & Construction median
Debt to equity 0.75 0.19 0.40
Current ratio 0.90 1.37 1.39
Net debt to EBITDA 2.95 (0.29) 0.38

Dividend

Metric BWMN WLDN Engineering & Construction median
Dividend yield — — 0.65%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric BWMN WLDN Engineering & Construction median
Market cap 737.72m 1.21b 1.31b

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