VSEC vs. WLDN, ASPN, NX, BXC, HOV, BZH, LOMA, JELD, AGX, and TPC
Should you be buying VSE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VSE include Willdan Group (WLDN), Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), Quanex Building Products (NX), BlueLinx (BXC), Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV), Beazer Homes USA (BZH), Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA), JELD-WEN (JELD), Argan (AGX), and Tutor Perini (TPC). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
VSE (NASDAQ:VSEC) and Willdan Group (NASDAQ:WLDN) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.
Willdan Group received 92 more outperform votes than VSE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.52% of users gave Willdan Group an outperform vote while only 58.98% of users gave VSE an outperform vote.
91.5% of VSE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.3% of Willdan Group shares are held by institutional investors. 14.6% of VSE shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of Willdan Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
VSE has higher revenue and earnings than Willdan Group. VSE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Willdan Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
VSE has a net margin of 4.55% compared to Willdan Group's net margin of 2.14%. Willdan Group's return on equity of 10.17% beat VSE's return on equity.
VSE has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Willdan Group has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
VSE currently has a consensus target price of $78.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2.95%. Willdan Group has a consensus target price of $34.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.91%. Given Willdan Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Willdan Group is more favorable than VSE.
In the previous week, VSE had 4 more articles in the media than Willdan Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for VSE and 3 mentions for Willdan Group. Willdan Group's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat VSE's score of 0.55 indicating that Willdan Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
VSE beats Willdan Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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