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Bowman Consulting Group (Bowman Consulting Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: -0.16% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Bowman Consulting Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $656.1 Mil. Bowman Consulting Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $-1.1 Mil. Bowman Consulting Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.16%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Bowman Consulting Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

BWMN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.75   Med: 0.67   Max: 2.04
Current: -0.17

During the past 5 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Bowman Consulting Group was 2.04%. The lowest was -0.75%. And the median was 0.67%.

BWMN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
79.67% of 1692 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 6.69 vs BWMN: -0.17

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Bowman Consulting Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Bowman Consulting Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bowman Consulting Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Bowman Consulting Group Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
- - 0.02 1.38 -0.16

Bowman Consulting Group Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.38 1.04 0.51 0.64 -0.16

Competitive Comparison

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Bowman Consulting Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Bowman Consulting Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Bowman Consulting Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bowman Consulting Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Bowman Consulting Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Bowman Consulting Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=-1.067/656.149536
=-0.16 %

Bowman Consulting Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.1 Mil.



Bowman Consulting Group  (NAS:BWMN) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Bowman Consulting Group (Bowman Consulting Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
12355 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 520, Reston, VA, USA, 20191
Bowman Consulting Group Ltd is a multi-faceted consulting firm offering a broad range of real estate, energy, infrastructure, and environmental management solutions to both public and private clients across the country. From large commercial developments, to master planned communities, to local transportation projects, Bowman delivers outstanding project results, builds long-lasting relationships and leverages the growth of the organization to serve the constantly changing needs of clients.
Executives
Gary Bowman director, 10 percent owner 12355 SUNRISE VALLEY DRIVE, SUITE 520, RESTON VA 20191
Bruce J Labovitz officer: Chief Financial Officer 11465 SUNSET HILLS ROAD, SUITE 510, RESTON VA 20910
Michael Bruen director, officer: Chief Operating Officer 12355 SUNRISE VALLEY DRIVE, SUITE 520, RESTON VA 20191
Robert Alan Hickey officer: Chief Legal Officer 12355 SUNRISE VALLEY DRIVE, SUITE 520, RESTON VA 20191
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Daniel Lefaivre director 12355 SUNRISE VALLEY DRIVE, SUITE 520, RESTON VA 20131
Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. 10 percent owner 16 YORK STREET SUITE 2900, TORONTO A6 M5J 0E6