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).
Willdan Group (NASDAQ:WLDN) and Hill International (NYSE:HIL) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
Willdan Group presently has a consensus target price of $34.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.22%. Given Willdan Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Willdan Group is more favorable than Hill International.
In the previous week, Hill International had 1 more articles in the media than Willdan Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hill International and 9 mentions for Willdan Group. Willdan Group's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Hill International's score of 0.17 indicating that Willdan Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Willdan Group has a net margin of 2.44% compared to Hill International's net margin of -0.52%. Willdan Group's return on equity of 10.62% beat Hill International's return on equity.
72.3% of Willdan Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Hill International shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Willdan Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of Hill International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Willdan Group has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hill International has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Willdan Group beats Hill International on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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