NASDAQ:WLDNWilldan Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Willdan Group's stock was trading at $24.99 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WLDN shares have increased by 11.5% and is now trading at $27.86. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Willdan Group in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Willdan Group.

Willdan Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Willdan Group.

Willdan Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:WLDN) posted its earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The construction company reported ($0.13) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.05 by $0.18. The construction company earned $106.03 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $91.54 million. Willdan Group had a positive return on equity of 6.34% and a negative net margin of 0.63%. View Willdan Group's earnings history.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Willdan Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $28.00. On average, they expect Willdan Group's share price to reach $28.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Willdan Group.

Headlines about WLDN stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Willdan Group earned a news impact score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the construction company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutWilldan Group.

Willdan Group saw a drop in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 578,400 shares, a drop of 10.3% from the April 15th total of 645,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 103,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.6 days. Approximately 5.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Willdan Group's Current Options Chain.

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Willdan Group trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WLDN."

Willdan Group's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Handelsbanken Fonder AB (7.52%), BlackRock Inc. (6.32%), Rice Hall James & Associates LLC (4.83%), Rice Hall James & Associates LLC (4.83%), Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (4.57%) and Eagle Asset Management Inc. (3.82%). Company insiders that own Willdan Group stock include Debra Coy, Paul Milton Whitelaw and Thomas Donald Brisbin. View institutional ownership trends for Willdan Group.

WLDN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including William Blair Investment Management LLC, Wedbush Securities Inc., Rice Hall James & Associates LLC, Rice Hall James & Associates LLC, Summit Creek Advisors LLC, Mutual of America Capital Management LLC, THB Asset Management, and Morgan Stanley. Company insiders that have sold Willdan Group company stock in the last year include Paul Milton Whitelaw, and Thomas Donald Brisbin. View insider buying and selling activity for Willdan Group.

WLDN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Handelsbanken Fonder AB, Arosa Capital Management LP, Eagle Asset Management Inc., Invesco Ltd., Handelsinvest Investeringsforvaltning, Wellington Management Group LLP, DNB Asset Management AS, and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. View insider buying and selling activity for Willdan Group.

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One share of WLDN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.86.

Willdan Group has a market capitalization of $324.57 million and generates $443.10 million in revenue each year. The construction company earns $4.84 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.36 on an earnings per share basis. Willdan Group employs 1,451 workers across the globe.

The official website for Willdan Group is www.willdan.com.

Willdan Group's mailing address is 2401 EAST KATELLA AVENUE SUITE 300, ANAHEIM CA, 92806. The construction company can be reached via phone at 800-424-9144.