Willdan Group, Inc.
$86.40+2.0%1Y-28.2%
Mentions · last 7 days
50+7%
Price updated 8h ago·X counts updated 1d ago
AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Today's AI verdict on what's driving $WLDN, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.
What it does
Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.
Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Where Engineering & Construction sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $WLDN.
Engineering & Construction
No material change from last week — hyperscaler campus builds requiring mission-critical electrical, mechanical, and plumbing contractors have pushed PWR's backlog to $50B, with FIX (Comfort..
Industry benchmark
19-name peer basket
+42.8%YTD
+60.7%1Y
Fundamentals & catalyst
Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.
Key ratios
P/E
16.7How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.ROIC
11.7%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.Op margin
7.1%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.FCF yield
5.6%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).P/S
1.5Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.ROE
20.9%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.Gross margin
37.8%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.D/E
0.3Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.Past earnings
QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 6, 2026$2.07$1.30+59.2%
Q1 2026May 7, 2026$0.91$0.81+12.3%
Q4 2025Feb 26, 2026$1.57$0.79+98.7%
Q3 2025Nov 6, 2025$1.21$0.81+49.4%
Next earningsThu, Nov 5·consensus EPS $1.41
Quarterly trend
QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$231.0M+33.2%37.9%8.5%$1.62$42.2M
Q1 FY26$155.1M+1.8%40.7%4.7%$0.58$-26.4M
Q4 FY25$173.7M+20.6%36.0%6.0%$1.28$36.7M
Q3 FY25$182.0M+15.0%36.9%8.2%$0.94$9.8M
Forward consensus
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$364.6M$364.4M – $364.9M$4.12$4.09 – $4.151
FY27$412.8M$408.9M – $416.7M$4.92$4.88 – $4.951
FY28$468.3M$467.8M – $468.8M$5.14$5.13 – $5.151
Setup & momentum
Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.
Right now
Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.7×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.30%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+7.1%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-7.3%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.
Float & profile
FloatLow float · 14.6M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.3% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.135-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.
Insider activity
Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.
SEC filings
Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.
Recent material filings
8-KOfficer or director changeJun 188-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary
+ 13 other (3 earnings 8-Ks · 3 13Gs · 2 10-Qs · 2 proxys) in window
Recent news
Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.
In themes
Explore the broader themes this ticker is being talked about under.
More in Engineering & Construction
Peers in the same group — one click to compare setups, fundamentals, and chatter.
Voices on X · top 1 · last 7 days