Willdan Group

WLDN

Engineering & Construction · Industrials

Price

$72.70

-2.28 (-3.04%)

Market Cap

$1.10B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count rising — dilution

+21.0% over 5y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 12.5M (2021) → 15.1M (2026)

Willdan Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides professional, technical and consulting services primarily in the United States. It operates in two segments, Energy, and Engineering and Consulting. The Energy segment offers comprehensive audit and surveys, program design, master planning, demand reduction, grid optimization, benchmarking analyses, design engineering, construction management, performance contracting, installation, alternative financing, and measurement and verificati

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue data limited

EPS Growth

YoY Growth Rate

EPS data limited

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

3.4%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$66M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

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Quality

Gross Margin

36.0%

Modest — 36.0% gross margin

Operating Margin

6.0%

Modest — 6.0% operating margin

ROCE

2.9%

Weak — 2.9% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+14.9%

Fast-growing sales (14.9% YoY)

EPS YoY

+122.4%

Earnings growing fast (122.4% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

93%

Modest — 93% of profit becomes cash

FCF Margin

6.3%

Modest free cash flow (6.3%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.18

Conservative — low debt load (0.18)

Interest Cover

14.27x

Comfortably covers interest (14.3x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

18.8x

Fair value — P/E 18.8

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward

+4.0

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (18.8 → 14.8)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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