WLDN vs. MG, VSEC, SWIM, LMB, MEC, SLND, SMID, CINT, GLDD, and NWGL
Should you be buying Willdan Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Willdan Group include Mistras Group (MG), VSE (VSEC), Latham Group (SWIM), Limbach (LMB), Mayville Engineering (MEC), Southland (SLND), Smith-Midland (SMID), CI&T (CINT), Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD), and Nature Wood Group (NWGL).
Willdan Group (NASDAQ:WLDN) and Mistras Group (NYSE:MG) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
Willdan Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mistras Group. Mistras Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Willdan Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Willdan Group had 11 more articles in the media than Mistras Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Willdan Group and 2 mentions for Mistras Group. Willdan Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Mistras Group's score of 0.55 indicating that Willdan Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Willdan Group has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mistras Group has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Willdan Group has a net margin of 2.14% compared to Mistras Group's net margin of -2.48%. Willdan Group's return on equity of 10.17% beat Mistras Group's return on equity.
72.3% of Willdan Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.9% of Mistras Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.6% of Willdan Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Mistras Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Mistras Group received 35 more outperform votes than Willdan Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.52% of users gave Willdan Group an outperform vote while only 62.06% of users gave Mistras Group an outperform vote.
Willdan Group currently has a consensus target price of $34.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.15%. Given Willdan Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Willdan Group is more favorable than Mistras Group.
Summary
Willdan Group beats Mistras Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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