WLDN
Willdan Group, Inc. Industrials Services-Engineering Services Russell 3000
$73.59Close
$1.1BMarket cap
$66.91 – $134.9452-week range
Nov 5, 2026Next report · after the close
Highlights
Strengths
- Earnings growing EPS +53% year on year
Cautions
- Not in an uptrend 0 of 8 trend conditions
- Lagging the market RS 23 · weaker than 77% of stocks over 12 months
- Far from its high 45% below its 52-week high
- Results soon Nov 5, 2026, in 4 days
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
45%
1wk
up 1.5%
price change
1mo
down 0.4%
price change
12-month return
down 20%
market up 11% ·
its own down 31%
F-score
7 / 9
Strong
Altman Z″
3.50
Low risk
P/E
20.7×
price / earnings
PEG
0.17
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
3.6×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 4.1%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
60%
of the market · cheap
Revenue growth
up 20%
year on year
EPS growth
up 53%
latest quarter · -20 pts
Sales growth
up 33%
latest quarter · +31 pts
ROE
up 19%
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 10%
$70.7M FCF
D/E
0.15
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
-0.3×
net cash
Interest cover
—EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- short-term liquidity weakened
- issued more shares
- profitable on its assets
- generating cash from operations
- profitability improving
- profits backed by cash
- reduced long-term debt
- gross margin widened
- assets working harder
Repair signals
- Long-term debt down 42% ($0.1B → $0.0B)
- Gross margin 35.8% → 37.5%
Trade setup
ATR%
3.9%
$2.83 a day · 2×ATR $67.92
RS
23 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
0 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
0.6×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
0.88
50 sessions
Implied move
—
no option chain · report Nov 5, 2026
Trend template · 0 of 8
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- Shareholders diluted The share count rose 4.2% over the year, from 14m to 15m shares. Each existing share owns a smaller fraction of the company than it did a year ago.
Last reported
Aug 6, 2026
Results reaction
Aug 6, 2026+16% vs market2 sessions after results
Financials
- Gross 38%
- Net 8%
- Free cash 10%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2020Jan 1, 2021 | FY2021Dec 31, 2021 | FY2022Dec 30, 2022 | FY2023Dec 29, 2023 | FY2024Dec 27, 2024 | FY2025Jan 2, 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $391.0M | $353.8M | $429.1M | $510.1M | $565.8M | $681.6M |
| Gross margin | 33% | 38% | 33% | 35% | 36% | 38% |
| Operating income | -$16.2M | -$8.7M | -$7.1M | $22.1M | $31.4M | $44.1M |
| Net income | -$14.5M | -$8.4M | -$8.4M | $10.9M | $22.6M | $52.6M |
| Net margin | -4% | -2% | -2% | 2% | 4% | 8% |
| Earnings per share | -$1.23 | -$0.68 | -$0.65 | $0.80 | $1.58 | $3.49 |
| Free cash flow | $41.9M | $1.3M | -$169,000 | $29.3M | $63.7M | $70.7M |
| Free cash margin | 11% | 0% | -0% | 6% | 11% | 10% |
| Cash | $28.4M | $11.2M | $8.8M | $23.4M | $74.2M | $65.9M |
| Long-term debt | $113.2M | $85.5M | $90.5M | $89.0M | $79.3M | $46.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $169.2M | $179.2M | $181.5M | $199.8M | $234.3M | $304.9M |
| Shares outstanding | 12.16m | 12.80m | 13.30m | 13.68m | 14.17m | 14.76m |
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jul 3, 2026 | 35d |
| May 8, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Apr 3, 2026 | 35d |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Annual ↗ | Jan 2, 2026 | 56d |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Oct 3, 2025 | 35d |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jul 4, 2025 | 35d |
| May 9, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Apr 4, 2025 | 35d |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Dec 27, 2024 | 70d |
| Nov 1, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 27, 2024 | 35d |
| Aug 2, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 28, 2024 | 35d |
| May 3, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 29, 2024 | 35d |
| Mar 8, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Dec 29, 2023 | 70d |
| Nov 3, 2023 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 29, 2023 | 35d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | Material agreement ↗ |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Director or officer change · Shareholder vote ↗ |
| May 7, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Nov 6, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Director or officer change · Shareholder vote ↗ |
| May 8, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Mar 6, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Nov 18, 2024 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Oct 31, 2024 | Results ↗ |