Willdan Group (WLDN) Competitors

Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) and Willdan Group (NASDAQ:WLDN) are related companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and earnings.

Which has more risk & volatility, STRL or WLDN?

Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Willdan Group has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in STRL or WLDN?

81.0% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.3% of Willdan Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Willdan Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is STRL or WLDN more profitable?

Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 13.33% compared to Willdan Group's net margin of 5.60%. Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity of 27.93% beat Willdan Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sterling Infrastructure	13.33%	27.93%	11.18%
Willdan Group	5.60%	18.60%	9.65%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, STRL or WLDN?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sterling Infrastructure	$2.12B	4.03	$257.46M	$9.20	30.45
Willdan Group	$565.80M	2.63	$22.57M	$2.39	42.47

Do analysts recommend STRL or WLDN?

Sterling Infrastructure currently has a consensus target price of $355.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.74%. Willdan Group has a consensus target price of $111.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.84%. Given Sterling Infrastructure's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Sterling Infrastructure is more favorable than Willdan Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sterling Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Willdan Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Does the media favor STRL or WLDN?

In the previous week, Sterling Infrastructure had 5 more articles in the media than Willdan Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure and 11 mentions for Willdan Group. Willdan Group's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Sterling Infrastructure's score of 1.23 indicating that Willdan Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sterling Infrastructure	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Willdan Group	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Sterling Infrastructure beats Willdan Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.