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WLDN vs. YY, EVTC, RNG, PLTK, QBTS, PINC, CRTO, UPWK, GDRX, and FIVN

Should you be buying Willdan Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Willdan Group include JOYY (YY), EVERTEC (EVTC), RingCentral (RNG), Playtika (PLTK), D-Wave Quantum (QBTS), Premier (PINC), Criteo (CRTO), Upwork (UPWK), GoodRx (GDRX), and Five9 (FIVN). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Willdan Group vs.

Willdan Group (NASDAQ:WLDN) and JOYY (NASDAQ:YY) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and dividends.

In the previous week, Willdan Group and Willdan Group both had 5 articles in the media. JOYY's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Willdan Group's score of 1.15 indicating that JOYY is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Willdan Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
JOYY
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

72.3% of Willdan Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of JOYY shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Willdan Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 43.0% of JOYY shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

JOYY has a net margin of 9.02% compared to Willdan Group's net margin of 3.97%. Willdan Group's return on equity of 13.84% beat JOYY's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Willdan Group3.97% 13.84% 6.89%
JOYY 9.02%4.64%2.96%

Willdan Group currently has a consensus target price of $51.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.17%. JOYY has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.97%. Given Willdan Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Willdan Group is more favorable than JOYY.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Willdan Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
JOYY
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Willdan Group has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JOYY has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

JOYY received 269 more outperform votes than Willdan Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.98% of users gave Willdan Group an outperform vote while only 66.79% of users gave JOYY an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Willdan GroupOutperform Votes
284
66.98%
Underperform Votes
140
33.02%
JOYYOutperform Votes
553
66.79%
Underperform Votes
275
33.21%

JOYY has higher revenue and earnings than Willdan Group. JOYY is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Willdan Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Willdan Group$565.80M1.01$10.93M$1.5825.04
JOYY$2.24B0.99$301.82M-$3.10-13.28

Summary

Willdan Group beats JOYY on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WLDN vs. The Competition

MetricWilldan GroupEngineering services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$574.95M$4.12B$22.16B$7.96B
Dividend YieldN/A1.15%2.58%4.23%
P/E Ratio24.3327.1630.6618.55
Price / Sales1.011.46172.43103.38
Price / Cash12.4229.7131.5134.62
Price / Book2.704.305.044.25
Net Income$10.93M$168.37M$195.49M$248.27M
7 Day Performance3.52%1.30%1.11%1.28%
1 Month Performance-3.10%-0.99%3.74%3.75%
1 Year Performance38.05%18.43%12.62%5.31%

Willdan Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WLDN
Willdan Group
4.8186 of 5 stars
$39.57
+0.9%
$51.50
+30.2%
+39.1%$574.95M$565.80M24.331,560Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
YY
JOYY
1.771 of 5 stars
$39.20
-0.3%
$35.00
-10.7%
+27.0%$2.11B$2.24B11.847,450News Coverage
Positive News
EVTC
EVERTEC
2.1293 of 5 stars
$32.07
-2.3%
$35.67
+11.2%
-9.5%$2.05B$845.49M25.052,700Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
RNG
RingCentral
4.5219 of 5 stars
$22.16
-2.7%
$36.00
+62.5%
-14.0%$2.01B$2.40B-34.633,900Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
PLTK
Playtika
4.679 of 5 stars
$4.91
-0.4%
$7.78
+58.5%
-27.3%$1.84B$2.55B8.473,800Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
QBTS
D-Wave Quantum
1.3829 of 5 stars
$6.25
-2.6%
$8.42
+34.7%
+409.6%$1.82B$8.83M-14.883News Coverage
PINC
Premier
1.6534 of 5 stars
$19.32
-0.1%
$20.17
+4.4%
-2.5%$1.76B$1.29B-193.182,600Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Positive News
CRTO
Criteo
3.9482 of 5 stars
$29.60
-1.0%
$51.40
+73.6%
-2.8%$1.71B$1.93B17.623,720Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
UPWK
Upwork
3.5571 of 5 stars
$12.47
-2.1%
$18.58
+49.0%
+12.4%$1.69B$769.33M8.15850Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
GDRX
GoodRx
3.2496 of 5 stars
$4.37
-2.7%
$7.93
+81.5%
-34.8%$1.68B$792.32M-145.67950Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
FIVN
Five9
3.5402 of 5 stars
$21.59
-3.3%
$54.94
+154.5%
-56.3%$1.64B$1.04B-107.942,380Analyst Forecast

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