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MetricWLDNWilldan Group, Inc.INODINNODATA INCICFIICF International, Inc.CRAICRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.Median of the restexcluding WLDN
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$72.06▼ 0.74 (1.02%)
$59.69▼ 0.87 (1.44%)
$93.33▲ 3.38 (3.76%)
$200.94▲ 17.58 (9.59%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.8.7/1010.0/107.0/106.0/107.0/10
Market value$1.06B$1.93B$1.70B$1.32B
Revenue$681.6M$251.7M$1.87B$751.6M
Profit$52.6M$32.2M$91.6M$54.8M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.20.5%47.6%-7.3%9.3%9.3%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.37.5%39.5%37.2%30.9%37.2%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.6.5%15.8%7.8%11.1%11.1%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.7.7%12.8%4.9%7.3%7.3%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.10.4%14.2%6.4%2.5%6.4%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.17.2%30.0%8.9%25.6%25.6%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.12.1%124.3%8.4%30.4%30.4%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.20.24x59.98x18.59x24.02x24.02x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.16.65x—10.31x—10.31x
Price to book3.49x18.01x1.66x6.16x6.16x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.79x0.57x0.99x1.94x0.99x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/96/87/95/86.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafesafegrey

How WLDN compares with the others

  • WLDN's operating margin of 6.5% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (11.1%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 20.5% against 9.3%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 20.2x against 24.0x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.8x against 1.0x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.