Analyzing Bowman Consulting Group (NASDAQ:BWMN) and Roma Green Finance (NASDAQ:ROMA)

Bowman Consulting Group (NASDAQ:BWMN) and Roma Green Finance (NASDAQ:ROMA) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Bowman Consulting Group and Roma Green Finance, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bowman Consulting Group	0	0	5	1	3.17
Roma Green Finance	0	0	0	0	0.00

Bowman Consulting Group presently has a consensus price target of $39.70, suggesting a potential upside of 48.74%. Given Bowman Consulting Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bowman Consulting Group is more favorable than Roma Green Finance.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

63.2% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are held by institutional investors. 20.4% of Bowman Consulting Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Roma Green Finance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Bowman Consulting Group and Roma Green Finance’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bowman Consulting Group	-2.62%	3.76%	1.71%
Roma Green Finance	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Bowman Consulting Group and Roma Green Finance”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bowman Consulting Group	$406.31 million	1.15	-$6.62 million	($0.79)	-33.78
Roma Green Finance	$1.27 million	5.62	-$750,000.00	N/A	N/A

Roma Green Finance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bowman Consulting Group.

Summary

Bowman Consulting Group beats Roma Green Finance on 9 of the 12 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 Roma Green Finance

Roma Green Finance Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides environmental, social, and governance (ESG); sustainability; and climate change related advisory services in Hong Kong and Singapore. It also offers sustainability program development, ESG reporting, corporate governance and risk management, climate change strategies and solutions, environmental audit, ESG rating support and shareholder communication, and education and training services. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Roma Green Finance Limited operates as a subsidiary of Top Elect Group Limited.