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NASDAQ NMS - GLOBAL MARKET · Professional Services · CIK 0001370450
$72.06
-1.02% · delayed ~15 min
Last price from Oct 22, 2026
$1.06B market value
From Willdan Group, Inc.'s FY2026 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026 · read the filing
Willdan provides engineering, research and consulting services. It took in $681.6M last year, which makes it a smaller company. Of every dollar it sells, about 8 cents is left as profit.
The financial picture is led by growth and debt, with profitability worth watching.
A conclusion from the filings, not a recommendation. Detailed figures and supporting evidence appear in their dedicated sections below.
Recent open-market selling by 3 insiders, not under a pre-arranged plan.
$5.9M sold in the last 120 days · Read the filing
These are things the company filed or that a published model flagged — not predictions, and not a reason on their own to buy or sell anything.
Financial health
Strong finances across the board.
From Willdan Group, Inc.'s FY2026 annual filing · share price scored separately
Largest year-over-year changes in FY2026
Operating income
$31.4M → $44.1M
Profit
$22.6M → $52.6M
Earnings per share
$1.59 → $3.56
Long-term debt
$79.3M → $46.0M
Measured against FY2024, from the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2026
Improved: +40.8%
$31.4M to $44.1MCritical
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Improved: +132.9%
$22.6M to $52.6MCritical
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
How the latest move compares (quote delayed ~15 min), and what was published around it
WLDN fell 1.02% on the latest quote. The average Industrials company tracked here moved +0.37%, and the S&P 500 −1.04%. That is 1.4 points below its sector and in line with the market.
No filing from WLDN and no news item about it appeared in the last 3 days.
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Expectations
Not from the filings — what other people are betting on, and what the price already assumes.
The growth rate someone buying today is paying for, against what the company has delivered
At today's price, the market is paying for free cash flow to grow by about 2% a year for the next 10 years. Over the last 13 years it grew by about 40% a year.
The essentials
Each answered from the filings, with the numbers behind it.
Yes. It keeps about 8 cents of every dollar of sales as profit, earning $52.6M last year.
Yes, quickly. Sales grew 20.5% last year.
No — it holds more cash than debt, with $17.5M left over after paying off every borrowing. For every $1 it owes, it owns $2.27 in assets.
Core operating and valuation reference metrics
Income
This company pays no dividend. It keeps its profits and reinvests them in the business instead, so any return would have to come from the share price.
Figures from the FY2026 annual filing
Last year it earned $52.6M and generated $80.1M of cash from operations.
Reported annual figures
As reported to the SEC, in USD. Hover or show sources to see where each figure came from.
| Income statement | FY202610-K · Feb 27, 2026Filing for FY2026 | FY202410-K · Mar 7, 2025Filing for FY2024 | FY202310-K · Mar 8, 2024Filing for FY2023 | FY202210-K · Mar 8, 2024Filing for FY2022 | FY202110-K · Mar 8, 2024Filing for FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RevenueWhat is this? | $681.6M | $565.8M | $510.1M | $429.1M | $353.8M |
| Cost of revenue | $425.9M | $363.0M | $330.3M | $285.6M | $217.9M |
| Gross profit | $255.7M | $202.8M | $179.8M | $143.6M | $135.9M |
| Gross marginGross profit ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 37.5% | 35.8% | 35.2% | 33.5% | 38.4% |
| Operating income | $44.1M | $31.4M | $22.1M | -$7.1M | -$8.7M |
| Operating marginOperating income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 6.5% | 5.5% | 4.3% | -1.6% | -2.5% |
| Interest expense | — | — | — | — | $3.9M |
| Income before tax | $40.0M | $26.7M | $14.6M | -$11.5M | -$12.4M |
| Net income | $52.6M | $22.6M | $10.9M | -$8.4M | -$8.4M |
| Net marginNet income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 7.7% | 4.0% | 2.1% | -2.0% | -2.4% |
| Earnings per shareNet income ÷ shares outstanding at the period end — close to, but not the same as, the reported EPSWhat is this? | $3.56 | $1.59 | $0.7986 | $-0.6354 | $-0.6574 |
† calculated from other reported figures, such as total liabilities as assets minus equity. There is no consecutive earlier year to compare with.
This company's latest filing beside its peers' stored scores
| Company | Health | F-Score | Revenue growth | Profit margin | P/E | Debt to equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WLDNWilldan Group, Inc. · this page | 8.7/10 | 7/9 | — | 7.7% | 20.24x | 0.79x |
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Insider activity, ownership stakes and what's coming — straight from EDGAR, before any article is written about it
Officers, directors and major shareholders must report within two business days of a trade.
Exercised stock options — 22,635 shares at $16.27 ($368.3K)
Holds 119,322 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 4,905 shares at $16.27 ($79.8K)
Holds 101,592 shares after this filing.
20 recent filings, newest first. Each is labelled from its form and item numbers, not from its wording.
Signed a material agreement
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q2 FY2026
Revenue +33.2% · Operating margin +1.7 pts · Operating income +67.0% — against Q2 FY2025
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Every figure above traces back to a filing in the timeline, each linked to the document itself.
Coverage from the last 30 days
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Every company's figures are checked for internal consistency: the balance sheet adding up, figures sharing one currency, cash flow and share counts within plausible ranges, and how recent the latest annual report is. Nothing here changes a figure.
Financial figures are from WLDN's 10-K for fiscal year 2026 (period ending 2026-01-02, filed Feb 27, 2026), reported under the US GAAP taxonomy. View the source filing.
3 of 4 scored areas had enough reported figures to judge
The score averages profitability, growth, debt and accounting. Accounting had too few reported figures and is left out of the average rather than counted as a weakness, so a company is never marked down for a figure it did not publish. Cash generation is shown for context and already feeds profitability. Valuation is scored separately, because a share price says nothing about whether the business is sound. 9 of the 9 Piotroski checks could be evaluated. How the score works
Each year scored only from its annual report as it was first filed
| Fiscal year | Health | F-Score | Scored from |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 8.0 | 3/3 | 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026 |
| FY2024 | 7.3 | 7/9 | 10-K, filed Mar 7, 2025 |
| FY2023 | 8.7 | 8/9 | 10-K, filed Mar 8, 2024 |
| FY2022 | 4.7 | 4/9 | 10-K, filed Mar 10, 2023 |
| FY2021 | 2.0 | 2/3 | 10-K, filed Mar 11, 2022 |
| FY2019 | 6.0 | 4/9 | 10-K, filed Mar 6, 2020 |
A later restatement never reaches back into an earlier year, and every year is scored without a share price, so the latest point can differ a little from the headline score, which uses today's price.
Every check behind the three models, and what each one tests
7 of 9 checks passed
Nine yes-or-no tests of whether this year's finances improved on last year's.
3.50
In the safe zone
For this model, above 2.6 is safe and below 1.1 is distress.
Distance from bankruptcy, from a model fitted on companies that did and did not go bust. It describes a balance sheet's shape today; it does not forecast a failure.
not reported — This company has not reported enough of the required figures to calculate this score.
This company has not reported enough of the required figures to calculate this score.
Screens eight accounting ratios for the pattern earnings manipulators tend to leave. A flag is a reason to read the filing closely, never evidence of wrongdoing.
Every figure above comes from the FY2026 filing as filed with the SEC.
Improved: +123.5%
$1.59 to $3.56Critical
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Improved: -42.1%
$79.3M to $46.0MCritical
Why it matters: Rising debt is not automatically bad — borrowing to build something that earns more than the interest is ordinary. It matters when it grows faster than the profit meant to service it.
Improved: +20.5%
$565.8M to $681.6MSignificant
Why it matters: Sales are what everything else is built on. A fall can be lost customers, lower prices, or a business the company sold — the filing itself says which.
Improved: +26.1%
$202.8M to $255.7MSignificant
Why it matters: What is left of sales after the direct cost of producing them. It normally moves with revenue, so a move out of step with revenue is the part worth noticing.
Improved: +3.7 pts
4.0% to 7.7%Significant
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Improved: +1.7 pts
35.8% to 37.5%Notable
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Improved: +11.1%
$63.7M to $70.7MNotable
Why it matters: Cash left after paying for the plant that produced it — the money genuinely available for dividends, buybacks or paying down debt. Harder to flatter than profit.
Deteriorated: -11.1%
$74.2M to $65.9MNotable
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Deteriorated: +4.2%
14.2M to 14.8MNotable
Why it matters: New shares divide the same company into more pieces, so each existing holding owns slightly less of it. Often pay for staff or an acquisition rather than anything wrong.
Changed: +11.6%
$8.4M to $9.4MNotable
Why it matters: Neither good nor bad on its own. Heavy spending is a company building capacity or a company struggling to stand still, and the two look identical in this figure.
Q2 FY2026 against Q2 FY2025, from the 10-Q filed Aug 7, 2026 — read it.
Improved: +67.0%
$11.8M to $19.7MCritical
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Improved: +57.7%
$15.4M to $24.3MCritical
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Improved: +51.6%
$1.06 to $1.60Critical
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Improved: +33.2%
$173.5M to $231.0MSignificant
Why it matters: Sales are what everything else is built on. A fall can be lost customers, lower prices, or a business the company sold — the filing itself says which.
Improved: +28.0%
$68.3M to $87.5MSignificant
Why it matters: What is left of sales after the direct cost of producing them. It normally moves with revenue, so a move out of step with revenue is the part worth noticing.
Deteriorated: −1.5 pts
39.4% to 37.9%Notable
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Improved: +1.7 pts
6.8% to 8.5%Notable
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Improved: +1.6 pts
8.9% to 10.5%Notable
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Deteriorated: +13.2%
$57.2M to $64.7MNotable
Why it matters: Rising debt is not automatically bad — borrowing to build something that earns more than the interest is ordinary. It matters when it grows faster than the profit meant to service it.
Improved: +7.8%
$32.3M to $34.9MNotable
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Deteriorated: +4.0%
14.6M to 15.2MNotable
Why it matters: New shares divide the same company into more pieces, so each existing holding owns slightly less of it. Often pay for staff or an acquisition rather than anything wrong.
Q2 FY2026 against Q1 FY2026, from the 10-Q filed Aug 7, 2026 — read it. Quarter-to-quarter moves include seasonal swings — a retailer's holiday quarter — which the year-earlier comparison removes.
Improved: +48.9%
$155.1M to $231.0MCritical
Why it matters: Sales are what everything else is built on. A fall can be lost customers, lower prices, or a business the company sold — the filing itself says which.
Improved: +170.6%
$7.3M to $19.7MCritical
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Improved: +185.4%
$8.5M to $24.3MCritical
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Improved: +181.1%
$0.57 to $1.60Critical
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Deteriorated: +42.8%
$45.4M to $64.7MCritical
Why it matters: Rising debt is not automatically bad — borrowing to build something that earns more than the interest is ordinary. It matters when it grows faster than the profit meant to service it.
Improved: +38.5%
$63.2M to $87.5MSignificant
Why it matters: What is left of sales after the direct cost of producing them. It normally moves with revenue, so a move out of step with revenue is the part worth noticing.
Improved: +3.8 pts
4.7% to 8.5%Significant
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Improved: +5.0 pts
5.5% to 10.5%Significant
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Improved: +23.3%
$28.3M to $34.9MSignificant
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Deteriorated: −2.9 pts
40.7% to 37.9%Notable
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Deteriorated: +1.5%
15.0M to 15.2MNotable
Why it matters: New shares divide the same company into more pieces, so each existing holding owns slightly less of it. Often pay for staff or an acquisition rather than anything wrong.
1 other measure barely moved. Figures compare the two most recent annual filings — read the latest one. Moves are graded on fixed lines — 5%, 15% and 40% for amounts, and 1, 3 and 8 points for margins — as notable, significant or critical. Nothing here reads the management commentary, which is where a company explains its own numbers.
Discounted at 8%–10% a year, with growth settling to 2.5% after 10 years. Those rates are ordinary choices, not measurements: across that range the assumed growth works out between -0% and 4%. This describes what the price implies — it is not a forecast, and not a view on whether the price is right.
Opinions from 9 analysts covering this company, as of . Their views, not this site's.
Of 9 analysts publishing on this company, 3 say strong buy, 5 say buy and 1 say hold. Analysts are paid to publish a view and are wrong often; the split above says how much they agree with each other, which is the part a single headline rating hides.
Published by Finnhub. Analyst coverage skews towards larger companies and towards optimism — sell ratings are rare across the whole market, so a company with none is ordinary rather than endorsed.
Measured on and published about a week later — this is a fortnightly snapshot, not a live position.
About 12.0% of this company's shares have been borrowed and sold by people expecting to buy them back cheaper. That is a bet the price falls. Those people can be wrong, and when a heavily shorted share rises they have to buy it back, which pushes it up further.
Collected by FINRA from broker-dealers twice a month. It counts positions, not intentions, and some of it is hedging rather than a directional bet against the company.
Nothing in this section is a figure this company reported about itself. These are expectations and positions — what the price implies, what analysts have published, what short sellers are betting, and what large funds held at the last count. WylthIQ reports them; it does not endorse them, does not forecast prices, and takes no view on whether any of them will turn out to be right.
The trailing P/E is 17.1x — investors pay $17.1 for each $1 of trailing profit.
This company has not reported enough of the required figures to calculate this score.
| 6.0/10 |
| 7/9 |
| -0.8% |
| 2.3% |
| 39.48x |
| 1.46x |
| Median of peers | 6.0/10 | — | -0.8% | 2.3% | 39.48x | 1.46x |
|---|
Peers come from the company's industry classification. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.
Sold on the open market — 4,005 shares at $79.01 ($316.4K)
Holds 97,587 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 900 shares at $80.91 ($72.8K)
Holds 96,687 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 3,439 shares at $16.27 ($56.0K)
Holds 100,126 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 3,439 shares at $88.19 ($303.3K)
Holds 96,687 shares after this filing.
Exercised stock options — 58,757 shares at $16.27 ($956.0K)
Holds 155,444 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 58,757 shares at $88.14 ($5.2M)
Holds 96,687 shares after this filing.
Notice filed ahead of a planned sale — the sale itself has not necessarily happened yet.
Filed notice to sell 4,905 shares ($389.3K) on or after .
Shares originally obtained via Exercise of Options Under a Registered Plan.
Filed notice to sell 3,439 shares ($303.3K) on or after .
Shares originally obtained via Exercise of Options Under a Registered Plan.
Filed notice to sell 58,757 shares ($5.2M) on or after .
Shares originally obtained via Exercise of Options Under a Registered Plan.
Not investment advice, and not a signal to act on by itself — a filing says what happened, not why, and insiders trade for ordinary reasons having nothing to do with where they think the company is headed.
Published results
Had a director or senior officer leave or join · Held a shareholder vote
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q1 FY2026
Profit margin +2.4 pts · Profit +82.0% · Free cash flow turned negative — against Q1 FY2025
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingProxy statement for a shareholder meeting
Read the filingAnnual report for FY2026
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q3 FY2025
Revenue +15.0% · Operating margin +2.7 pts · Operating income +71.3% — against Q3 FY2024
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q2 FY2025
Revenue +23.0% · Operating margin +2.2 pts · Operating income +83.3% — against Q2 FY2024
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join · Held a shareholder vote
Read the filingQuarterly report for Q1 FY2025
Revenue +24.4% · Profit +59.3% · Free cash flow -96.0% — against Q1 FY2024
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingProxy statement for a shareholder meeting
Read the filingAnnual report for FY2024
Revenue +10.9% · Operating margin +1.2 pts · Operating income +42.0% — against FY2023
Read the filingPublished results
Read the filingHad a director or senior officer leave or join
Read the filingPrimary sources and further research