BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD (BWMN)
Industrials · Engineering & Construction Services · NASDAQ
Bowman Consulting Group is a national engineering and infrastructure asset management firm providing comprehensive, technology-enabled consulting services for the built environment.
What BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD does
Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. is a national professional services firm that provides integrated engineering, technical consulting, and program management services for the built environment. The company serves a diverse range of public and private sector clients across sectors including transportation, utilities, energy, data centers, and real estate, operating through over 135 locations in the United States and Mexico.
Recent developments
On August 9, 2026, the company entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by affiliates of Bernhard Capital Partners for $43.00 per share in cash, with the transaction expected to close in late 2026 or early 2027. The company reaffirmed its 2026 full-year guidance for net revenue and Adjusted EBITDA margin in its August 2026 earnings release.
From BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD's filing of 2026-08-10.
Themes: infrastructure development, AI infrastructure / automation, geospatial data, renewable energy infrastructure, data center infrastructure, professional services
Fundamentals
- Price$42.78 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$742M as of 2026-08-05 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return-0.7% 2025-10-08 close $43.06 → 2026-10-08 close $42.78
- P/E66.14 as of 2026-10-08
- Net margin+2.6% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROE+4.9% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.79 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue growth (YoY)+13.3% as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+23.3% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.05 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-08-10 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How BWMN compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiotop 25% 349 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-10-08
- net profit marginmiddle range 417 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- operating marginmiddle range 392 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- return on equitymiddle range 432 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- 3-year revenue CAGRtop 10% 428 covered Industrials peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 417 covered Industrials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Industrials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
How BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD looks technically
BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD (BWMN) is trading 26.8% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 26 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 67, with buyers in control. Momentum is stretched — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 80, in overbought territory (above 70). It made a new 20-day high about 3 trading days ago.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 26.8% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +26.8% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $40.36 | $40.36 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $33.73 | $33.73 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 35 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 35 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 26 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 26 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 67, with buyers in control | 67.3 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is stretched — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 80, in overbought territory (above 70) | 80.4 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the top of its 14-day range ($42.45 to $42.85) — its "stochastic" reading is 83 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. Read that with care: its whole 14-day range is only about 0.9% of the price, so being at one end of it is a smaller move than it sounds — a company pinned near an agreed takeover price does this. | 82.5 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish) | 29 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $45.83 | $45.83 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 6.7% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -6.7% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 70.6% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +70.6% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 6.7% below its highest point of the past year | 6.7% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 3 trading days ago | 3 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 3 trading days ago | 3 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $45.83 (set on 2025-10-29) | $45.83 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($25.31 to $44.43), and it has recovered almost all of its fall from last year’s high — 91% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $37.13 to $37.74. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 91.4% |
| From the all-time high | it is 6.7% below its all-time high | -6.7% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 0.8% above a support level at $42.45 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-08-10, most recently on 2026-09-14. Since 2024-10-08 it has 13 such levels below the current price and 2 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -0.8% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $14.00 (set on 2022-10-25) | $14.00 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 205.6% above its all-time low | +205.6% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 84% of it) | 16th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.1948 between its high and its low — about 0.5% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.1948 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $42.34 and $42.82 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $42.34 – $42.58 – $42.82 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 0.5% in a typical session — among the calmest in the catalog. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 0.5% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 46.4 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (26.8% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale. Read that multiple with care: this company's daily range is unusually small (about 0.5% of its price), which is what makes the multiple large — a stock trading in a narrow band near a takeover price does this | 46.4 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.78× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a bearish engulfing | 5 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 5 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 at essentially the same price it closed at the session before — no meaningful overnight gap | -0.1% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 55.5% above the previous close 42 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 27.23 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +55.5% |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed lower in its latest session, after a session that did not close lower — a single down day rather than a run | 1 session down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 0.5 percentage points (the stock gained 0.5% while the market gained 1.0%) | -0.6% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 48.4 percentage points (the stock gained 52.2% while the market gained 3.8%) | +48.4% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 27.5 percentage points (the stock gained 44.9% while the market gained 17.5%) | +27.5% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 15.6 percentage points (the stock lost 0.7% while the market gained 15.0%) | -15.6% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 6 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day high, a strong uptrend, with buyers in control, outperforming the market over 6 months, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 6 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: its RSI momentum gauge is overbought (a stretched reading), MACD momentum is negative, near the top of its 14-day range (overbought) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 12% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is thick, spanning 10.2% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | +12.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 17% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $36.41 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +17.5% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 1% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-10 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $42.48 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 43 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +0.7% |
Price levels it has turned at before
BWMN last closed at $42.78 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 13 prices below its last close and 2 above; the 3 nearest below and the 2 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $42.45 | Support | 0.8% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-08-10 to 2026-09-14 |
| $43.17 | Resistance | 0.9% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-08-29 to 2026-09-03 |
| $41.24 | Support | 3.6% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-09-25 to 2025-10-22 |
| $44.40 | Resistance | 3.8% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-09-23 to 2025-10-16 |
| $37.39 | Support | 12.6% below the last close | turned there four times · 2025-07-25 to 2026-05-07 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Recent golden cross (50-day crossed above 200-day) · Overbought (14-day RSI above 70) · Broke out to a new 20-day high · in a strong, established uptrend (ADX) · beating the market | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$43.00 range $43.00 – $43.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-07. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for BWMN
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.5226 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-07
- Estimate change, 30 days+$0.06421 (+14.0%) from $0.4584, on 2026-09-02, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward14% of 7 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Highly competitive industry with potential for market share loss.","Dependence on ability to attract and retain qualified professional staff and key executives.","Risks related to the pending merger agreement, including potential failure to close or negative impacts on operations."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of BWMN's 10-Q filed 2026-08-10 against the prior one filed 2026-05-06.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-08-10) adds gross contract revenue, net income, and Adjusted EBITDA figures for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 ($146.1M vs $122.1M revenue, 19.7% growth; net income $2.5M vs $6.0M; Adjusted EBITDA $24.1M vs $20.2M).
- Newer filing (2026-08-10) adds gross contract revenue, net income, and Adjusted EBITDA figures for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 ($272.6M vs $235.0M revenue, 16.0% growth; net loss ($1.2)M vs net income $4.3M; Adjusted EBITDA $40.9M vs $34.7M).
- Newer filing (2026-08-10) adds a paragraph describing cumulative catch-up adjustments that increased gross contract revenue during the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, attributed to revised estimated costs to complete from productivity improvements from automation.
- Newer filing (2026-08-10) adds a Subsequent Events section describing an August 9, 2026 Merger Agreement with Prive Parent, Inc. and Prive Merger Sub, Inc., affiliated with Bernhard Capital Partners, including plan to delist from Nasdaq and expected closing in Q4 2026 or Q1 2027.
- Removed:
- Older filing (2026-05-06) includes a Subsequent Events section describing an acquisition completed after March 31, 2026 with total consideration of $1.5 million, subject to adjustments, through a combination of cash, promissory note, and shares of common stock, with the promissory note bearing 7.00% simple interest and payments beginning August 2026 ending May 2029; this section is not present in the newer filing.
- Reworded:
- Newer filing (2026-08-10) changes the quarterly reporting period from three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 to three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, updating the corresponding revenue and workforce-derived revenue percentages (90.3%/88.7% changed to 88.3%/88.5%).
- Newer filing (2026-08-10) replaces the single-quarter financial summary with both a three-month and a six-month summary, whereas the older filing (2026-05-06) presented only the three-month summary.
- Older filing (2026-05-06) ends the single operating segment paragraph with the sentences: "our leadership neither manages the business nor deliberately allocates resources by service line, geography, or end market. Our financial statements present results as a single operating segment." The newer filing (2026-08-10) text is truncated mid-sentence ("our leadershi") and this portion is not fully present in the provided excerpt.
- Notes:
- The newer filing MD&A excerpt appears truncated mid-sentence at "...our leadershi" and therefore the full remainder of the Methods of Evaluation section and all subsequent sections (e.g., Components of Income and Expense) could not be compared beyond what is shown.
- This comparison is limited to the MD&A section text provided; other sections of the filings were not provided or compared.
Risk Factors
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-08-10) adds an entire new 'Risks Related to the Merger' subsection, including disclosure of a Merger Agreement entered into on August 9, 2026 with Parent and Merger Sub, affiliates of Bernhard.
- Newer filing states the Merger may not be completed on the timeline currently contemplated, or at all, and describes conditions to consummation including shareholder approval, HSR waiting period expiration, absence of prohibitive laws/orders, accuracy of representations and warranties, performance of pre-closing obligations, and delivery of compliance certificates.
- Newer filing adds risk disclosure stating the Company may be required to pay a $26,861,672 termination fee or a $13,430,836 termination fee to Bernhard in certain circumstances.
- Newer filing adds risk disclosure that receipt of all-cash per share consideration under the Merger Agreement is taxable to stockholders treated as U.S. holders for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
- Newer filing adds risk disclosure that stockholders will not participate in any future growth potential or benefit from any future increase in the value of the Company if the Merger is completed.
- Newer filing adds risk disclosure regarding restrictions on business activities while the Merger Agreement is in effect, including restrictions on issuing shares, paying dividends, entering into certain material contracts, incurring material debt, and acquiring another business or entering into a joint venture.
- Newer filing adds risk disclosure addressing employee retention, customer relationship maintenance, competitor targeting of existing customers, and potential deferral of decisions by customers, suppliers, and vendors during the pendency of the Merger.
- Newer filing adds risk disclosure about potential stockholder litigation, investor confidence decline, employee distraction, profitability impacts from Merger-related costs, and uncertainty about stock price recovery if the Merger is not consummated.
- Reworded:
- Older filing (2026-05-06) states there have been no changes to any material risk factors previously disclosed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K.
- Newer filing (2026-08-10) revises this statement to say 'Except as set forth below, there have been no changes...' and proceeds to add the new Risks Related to the Merger section.
- Notes:
- Newer Risk Factors section appears truncated at the end, ending mid-sentence: 'The Merger Agreement contains provisions that could discourage a potential competing acq'
- Older filing's Risk Factors section is followed by other Form 10-Q items (Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities, Defaults, Other Information, Exhibits), while the newer filing excerpt provided focuses on Risk Factors only.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 4 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 30 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 2 sells ($3M) — 1 selling insider
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 4 sells ($3M) — 3 selling insiders
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 8 sells ($4M) — 5 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-09-23. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about BWMN's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding BWMN as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 4,572,229
- Reported value $133,509,088
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 4 increased, 1 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
BWMN had 587,121 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
BWMN had 3.39% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 2.17 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 587,121
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 3.39%
- Prior settlement (shares) 523,912
- Reported change 12.06%
- Days to cover (reported) 2.17
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- AECOM (ACM)
- Jacobs Solutions (J)
- Tetra Tech (TTEK)
- Stantec (STN)
- WSP Global (WSP)
- Fluor Corporation (FLR)
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Frequently asked questions
What does BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD (BWMN) do?
Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. is a national professional services firm that provides integrated engineering, technical consulting, and program management services for the built environment. The company serves a diverse range of public and private sector clients across sectors including transportation, utilities, energy, data centers, and real estate, operating through over 135 locations in the United States and Mexico.
What sector is BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD (BWMN) in?
BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD (BWMN) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is Engineering & Construction Services. It trades on NASDAQ.
Who are BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD's (BWMN) competitors?
Notable peers of BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD (BWMN) include AECOM, Jacobs Solutions, Tetra Tech, Stantec and WSP Global. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD (BWMN) overbought or oversold right now?
BOWMAN CONSULTING GROUP LTD (BWMN) is currently in overbought territory (its 14-day RSI is 80, above 70) (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on BWMN come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.