Head to Head Analysis: Bowman Consulting Group (NASDAQ:BWMN) & Skanska AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:SKSBF)

Bowman Consulting Group (NASDAQ:BWMN) and Skanska AB (publ) (OTCMKTS:SKSBF) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

63.2% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.2% of Skanska AB (publ) shares are held by institutional investors. 17.5% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Bowman Consulting Group and Skanska AB (publ), as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bowman Consulting Group	1	7	0	0	1.88
Skanska AB (publ)	0	0	0	0	0.00

Bowman Consulting Group currently has a consensus price target of $44.71, indicating a potential upside of 4.94%. Given Bowman Consulting Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bowman Consulting Group is more favorable than Skanska AB (publ).

Profitability

This table compares Bowman Consulting Group and Skanska AB (publ)’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bowman Consulting Group	1.30%	2.67%	1.20%
Skanska AB (publ)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Bowman Consulting Group and Skanska AB (publ)”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bowman Consulting Group	$527.60 million	1.40	$12.85 million	$0.40	106.52
Skanska AB (publ)	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.45	3.32

Bowman Consulting Group has higher revenue and earnings than Skanska AB (publ). Skanska AB (publ) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bowman Consulting Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Bowman Consulting Group beats Skanska AB (publ) on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bowman Consulting Group

Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. provides a range of real estate, energy, infrastructure, and environmental management solutions in the United States. It offers civil and site engineering services, such as conceptual land planning, environmental consulting and permitting, planning/zoning and entitlements, roadway and highway designs, erosion and sediment designs, stormwater management designs, construction administration, traffic studies, floodplain studies, and utility relocation designs; and commissioning and energy efficiency services comprise construction observation, direct systems functional performance testing, system development readiness checklist, post occupancy review, review of construction documents, deferred/seasonal functional testing, final commissioning report, and commissioning review of submittals. The company also provides construction management services, including constructability review, value engineering, budgeting and cost estimating, interagency and utility coordination, onsite observation and report evaluation, public communication and outreach, and resident engineer services, as well as bid solicitation, documentation, and preparation services; and environmental consulting services consisting of wetlands and waters of the U.S. delineations, natural resources inventories, wildlife and vegetation surveys, threatened and endangered species surveys, endangered species conservation and management, wetland creation and enhancement design, NEPA documentation, section 404/401 permitting and compliance, NPDES permitting, and phase I environmental site assessment. In addition, it offers landscape architecture, land procurement and right-of-way acquisition, structural engineering, surveying and geospatial engineering, and transportation and water resources engineering services, as well as mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering services. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

About Skanska AB (publ)

Skanska AB (publ) operates as a construction and project development company in the Nordic region, Europe, and the United States. It operates through four segments: Construction, Residential Development, Commercial Property Development, and Investment Properties. The Construction segment builds schools, hospitals, healthcare and science laboratories, rails, subways, airports, highways, bridges, tunnels, offices, and homes. The Residential Development segment develops, builds, and sells residential projects, including single and multi-family housing. The Commercial Property Development segment initiates, develops, leases, and divests in offices, life-science, and logistics and other commercial warehouses, as well as residential rental properties. The Investment Properties segment owns and manages investment properties. It also produces asphalt, gravel, rock, concrete gravel, road construction materials, macadam, and concrete. In addition, the company engages in the construction and renovation of buildings; provision of infrastructure services, including operation, maintenance, and construction work; and rental of machines and equipment. Skanska AB (publ) was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.