Company Analysis

Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. (BWMN)

Nasdaq: BWMN · Services-Management Consulting Services · Reston, VA · filing with the SEC since 2021
Grade5.7
◀ Past 5.5● Present 5.7▶ Future 5.8

The grade of Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.7/10
◀ Past5.540% of the headline
● Present5.735% of the headline
▶ Future5.825% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2021; the latest 2026-11-06.

weight 33% of this tense · 24th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.'s filings since 2021 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2026-11-06) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
8.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+34.4% a year over 5 filed years; profitable in 4 of 5.

weight 45% of this tense · 80th percentile among 31 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.'s 5 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $150 million in fiscal 2021 to $490 million in fiscal 2025, up 34.4% a year; it rose in 4 of 4 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 4 of 5 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span34.4%top 8% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 8% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 45% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 12.7% a year. 60% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 14 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.'s diluted share count grew about 12.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 60% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 14 sales (14 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-06 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 29% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.7/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 5%: 5¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 55%: owes 55¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 31 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. earned about 5 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 45 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 55 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 3.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 40% of its family
  • return on equitytop 43% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 23% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 33% of 33 in its family; net margin 2.6%.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.'s standing among 33 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $490 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 32% by size; a net margin of 2.6% ranks in the top 50%; revenue growth of 23.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 17% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$490Mtop 32% of its family
  • net margin2.6%top 50% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth23.2%top 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 37% of 18 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 37th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Bowman, Gary (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-10-13, 5.1 years (bottom 38% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5 years (bottom 32%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (bottom 40%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 12 peoplebottom 40% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.0 yearsbottom 32% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.1 yearsbottom 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.8/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 46% of 32 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 32 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $11 million against debt of $58 million leaves -8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 26% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 6.8% of revenue (top 42%); a gross margin of 53.4% (top 23%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-8.0%bottom 26% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue6.8%top 42% of its family
  • gross margin53.4%top 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 43% of 30 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 23.2% a year over the last three filed years against 34.4% over all 5, slowing (bottom 24% of its family); the newest year grew 14.9% (top 25%); capital spending grew 38.4% a year (top 27%) (its annual reports). Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-11.2 points a yearbottom 24% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth14.9%top 25% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending38.4%top 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 36% of 26 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $490 million in fiscal 2025 came in 10% below the $544 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 29% of its family); net income of $13 million against a prior three-year average of $472 thousand (top 4%); a net margin of 2.6% against 0.2% before (top 33%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-10.0%bottom 29% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times its prior average or moretop 4% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+2.4 pointstop 33% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton BWMN · research, not advice