WLDN vs. MG, VSEC, SWIM, LYTS, LMB, MEC, GLDD, CINT, ORN, and CSTE
Should you be buying Willdan Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Willdan Group include Mistras Group (MG), VSE (VSEC), Latham Group (SWIM), LSI Industries (LYTS), Limbach (LMB), Mayville Engineering (MEC), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), CI&T (CINT), Orion Group (ORN), and Caesarstone (CSTE).
Mistras Group (NYSE:MG) and Willdan Group (NASDAQ:WLDN) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
Mistras Group has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Willdan Group has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Willdan Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mistras Group. Mistras Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Willdan Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
74.9% of Mistras Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.3% of Willdan Group shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Mistras Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Willdan Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Mistras Group had 6 more articles in the media than Willdan Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Mistras Group and 1 mentions for Willdan Group. Mistras Group's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Willdan Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Willdan Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Willdan Group has a net margin of 2.14% compared to Willdan Group's net margin of -2.48%. Mistras Group's return on equity of 10.17% beat Willdan Group's return on equity.
Mistras Group received 35 more outperform votes than Willdan Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.52% of users gave Willdan Group an outperform vote while only 62.06% of users gave Mistras Group an outperform vote.
Willdan Group has a consensus target price of $34.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.38%. Given Mistras Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Willdan Group is more favorable than Mistras Group.
Summary
Willdan Group beats Mistras Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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