Willdan Group, Inc. ($WLDN) Confident Investor Rating: Poor
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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