WLDN vs. HIL, VSEC, MG, ENG, ICFI, ACM, TTEK, STN, WGO, and JELD
Should you be buying Willdan Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Willdan Group include Hill International (HIL), VSE (VSEC), Mistras Group (MG), ENGlobal (ENG), ICF International (ICFI), AECOM (ACM), Tetra Tech (TTEK), Stantec (STN), Winnebago Industries (WGO), and JELD-WEN (JELD).
Hill International (NYSE:HIL) and Willdan Group (NASDAQ:WLDN) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Willdan Group has a net margin of 2.44% compared to Willdan Group's net margin of -0.52%. Hill International's return on equity of 10.62% beat Willdan Group's return on equity.
Hill International has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Willdan Group has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Willdan Group has a consensus target price of $34.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.22%. Given Hill International's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Willdan Group is more favorable than Hill International.
Hill International received 9 more outperform votes than Willdan Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.41% of users gave Hill International an outperform vote while only 65.60% of users gave Willdan Group an outperform vote.
76.8% of Hill International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.3% of Willdan Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.2% of Hill International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Willdan Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Willdan Group has higher revenue and earnings than Hill International. Hill International 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, Hill International had 2 more articles in the media than Willdan Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Hill International and 9 mentions for Willdan Group. Hill International's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Willdan Group's score of 0.17 indicating that Willdan Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Willdan Group beats Hill International on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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