VSEC vs. WLDN, NX, JELD, HOV, TPC, BXC, AGX, BZH, LOMA, and GLDD
Should you be buying VSE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VSE include Willdan Group (WLDN), Quanex Building Products (NX), JELD-WEN (JELD), Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV), Tutor Perini (TPC), BlueLinx (BXC), Argan (AGX), Beazer Homes USA (BZH), Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA), and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Willdan Group (NASDAQ:WLDN) and VSE (NASDAQ:VSEC) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
72.3% of Willdan Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of VSE shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Willdan Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of VSE shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Willdan Group currently has a consensus price target of $34.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.49%. VSE has a consensus price target of $87.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.38%. Given Willdan Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe VSE is more favorable than Willdan Group.
Willdan Group has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VSE has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Willdan Group and Willdan Group both had 11 articles in the media. Willdan Group's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat VSE's score of 0.43 indicating that VSE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Willdan Group received 91 more outperform votes than VSE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.60% of users gave Willdan Group an outperform vote while only 59.26% of users gave VSE an outperform vote.
VSE has higher revenue and earnings than Willdan Group.
VSE has a net margin of 2.56% compared to VSE's net margin of 2.44%. VSE's return on equity of 10.62% beat Willdan Group's return on equity.
Summary
VSE beats Willdan Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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