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Bowman Consulting vs ICF International

BWMN and ICFI side by side, both in management and public relations services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How BWMN and ICFI compare

ICF International is the larger company, worth 2.0 times as much as Bowman Consulting ($1.5B against $745M).

Bowman Consulting grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (16.0% versus −5.2% for ICF International).

ICF International keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 5.3% compared with −0.22% at Bowman Consulting.

ICF International pays a dividend yielding 0.69%; Bowman Consulting does not pay one.

ICF International scores higher on the StockData Score (21 against 10 for Bowman Consulting), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricBWMNICFI
Size and price
Market cap$745M$1.5B
Share price$43.00$81.26
Change, 1 year1.1%3.1%
Change, 5 years156%−22.7%
Beta (5Y)0.940.68
Employees2,3008,400
StockData Score
Total score1021 (better)
Valuation score16 (better)
Growth score5 (better)2
Performance score14 (better)
Health score35 (better)
Dividend score04 (better)
Valuation
P/E–15.3×
P/S1.4×0.8× (better)
P/B2.8×1.3× (better)
EV/EBITDA18.3×9.2× (better)
P/FCF178×7.8× (better)
PEG–1.13
FCF yield0.56%12.8% (better)
Fair value$35.21$129.52
Margin of safety−22.1%37.3% (better)
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)16.0% (better)−5.2%
Revenue growth, 5Y average32.1% (better)4.4%
Net income growth (TTM)−107%−2.4% (better)
EPS growth (TTM)−110%0.19% (better)
EPS growth, 5Y average33.8% (better)11.5%
Profitability
Gross margin53.0% (better)37.3%
Operating margin2.9%8.1% (better)
Net margin−0.22%5.3% (better)
FCF margin0.76%10.2% (better)
Return on equity−0.47%9.1% (better)
Return on invested capital4.7%8.2% (better)
Financial health
Debt / equity0.06 (better)0.34
Net debt / EBITDA0.28 (better)1.86
Interest coverage–5.3×
Current ratio0.911.40 (better)
Altman Z-score2.052.74 (better)
Piotroski F-score57 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield–0.69%
Payout ratio–10.6%
Years of dividend growth–0
Dividend growth, 5Y average–0.00%
Buyback yield2.6%3.2% (better)
Shareholder yield2.6%3.9% (better)
Ownership
Held by institutions63.7%102%
Held by insiders12.9%1.8%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$5.6M−$1.4M (better)
Short interest, % of float3.0%3.6%

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