VSEC vs. WLDN, ASPN, NX, BXC, BZH, HOV, LOMA, JELD, TPC, and AGX
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), Beazer Homes USA (BZH), Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV), Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anónima (LOMA), JELD-WEN (JELD), Tutor Perini (TPC), and Argan (AGX). 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Willdan Group had 12 more articles in the media than VSE. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Willdan Group and 3 mentions for VSE. Willdan Group's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat VSE's score of 0.37 indicating that Willdan Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Willdan Group received 93 more outperform votes than VSE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.52% of users gave Willdan Group an outperform vote while only 58.84% of users gave VSE an outperform vote.
91.5% of VSE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.3% of Willdan Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of VSE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of Willdan Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
VSE currently has a consensus price target of $78.25, suggesting a potential downside of 2.19%. Willdan Group has a consensus price target of $34.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.01%. Given Willdan Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Willdan Group is more favorable than VSE.
VSE has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Willdan Group has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 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.
Summary
VSE beats Willdan Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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