Company name Willdan Group, Inc.
Stock ticker WLDN
Live stock price [stckqut]WLDN[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Poor
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Good
EBIT growth Poor

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $12.86
Target stock price (averages with growth) $10.26
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $5.93
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $7.99

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=wldn

Willdan Group, Inc. is a provider of professional technical and consulting services to public agencies at all levels of government, public and private utilities, and commercial and industrial firms. It offers services in four segments: Engineering Services, Energy Efficiency Services, Public Finance Services, and Homeland Security Services. The Company assists its clients with a range of complementary services relating to Engineering and Planning; Energy Efficiency and Sustainability; Economic and Financial Consulting, and National Preparedness and Interoperability. The Company operates its business through a network of offices located primarily in California and New York. The Company also has operations in Arizona Florida, Texas, Washington and Washington, DC.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Willdan Group, Inc.

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How was this analysis of Willdan Group, Inc. calculated?

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In order to assist you in using the techniques of this book, the values that I used when calculating the Manual pricing above were:

  • Stock price at the time of the calculation: $8.31
  • Growth: 0.1
  • Current EPS (TTM): $0.47
  • P/E: 17
  • Future EPS Calc: $0.75
  • Future Stock Price Calc: $12.86
  • Target stock price: $7.99

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