Willdan Group (WLDN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Willdan Group, Inc. is a professional services company that provides technical, engineering, and consulting solutions to utilities, government agencies, and commercial and industrial clients. Its work focuses on energy efficiency, clean energy, infrastructure, and the modernization of public and private facilities.

Through its energy-related services, Willdan designs and manages programs involving energy efficiency, demand response, electrification, distributed energy resources, renewable energy, and grid planning. The company also supports utilities and public agencies with program implementation, customer engagement, data analysis, technical studies, and related energy-management services.

Willdan’s engineering and consulting activities include infrastructure planning and design, building and energy assessments, public works support, construction management, municipal services, code compliance, and financial and organizational consulting. Founded in 1964, the company serves clients primarily across the United States. Michael Bieber serves as the company’s president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $71.05 to $73.90
• 50-Day Range: $72.01 to $87.99
• 52-Week Range: $64.67 to $137.00
• Volume: 167,082 shs
• Average Volume: 189,652 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.10 billion
• P/E Ratio: 14.89
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $127.50
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Willdan Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Willdan Group scored higher than 91% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 115th out of 655 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Willdan Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Willdan Group has a consensus price target of $127.50, representing about 77.1% upside from its current price of $72.01.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Willdan Group has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.73%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Willdan Group are expected to grow by 10.73% in the coming year, from $4.10 to $4.54 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Willdan Group is 14.89, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.79.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Willdan Group is 14.89, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 23.33.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Willdan Group has a P/B Ratio of 3.54. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

12.30% of the float of Willdan Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Willdan Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 9.93.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Willdan Group has recently decreased by 12.03%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Willdan Group does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Willdan Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.96

News Sentiment

Willdan Group has a news sentiment score of 0.96. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Willdan Group this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

7 people have searched for WLDN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 133% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Willdan Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Willdan Group insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $5,871,388.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

5.60% of the stock of Willdan Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

72.29% of the stock of Willdan Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 10/14/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Professional Services
• Sub-Industry: Research & Consulting Services
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:WLDN
• CIK: 1370450
• Web: www.willdan.com
• Phone: (800) 424-9144
• Fax: 714-940-4920
• Employees: 1,814
• Year Founded: 1964

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Willdan Group: $127.50
• High Price Target: $130.00
• Low Price Target: $125.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +77.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $4.26
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.89
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.56
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $52.56 million
• Net Margins: 8.80%
• Pretax Margin: 6.87%
• Return on Equity: 24.51%
• Return on Assets: 13.92%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.19
• Current Ratio: 1.37
• Quick Ratio: 1.37

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $681.55 million
• Price / Sales: 1.61
• Cash Flow: $5.57 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.93
• Book Value: $20.37 per share
• Price / Book: 3.54

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 15,230,000
• Free Float: 14,379,000
• Market Cap: $1.10 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.20