Is the business good?
How good a business is WLDN?
Willdan Group, Inc. earns 11% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.
11%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 1.6 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value
- Operating margin
- 6.5%
Operating margin · Engineering & Construction median 7.4% · 12 months to Q1 2026
- Cash conversion
- 0.77×
Cash conversion · 1.63× a year ago · some of the reported profit has not turned into cash yet
- Share count, year on year
- +5.2%
Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | −4.2% |
| FY2021 | −2.5% |
| FY2022 | −1.7% |
| FY2023 | 4.3% |
| FY2024 | 5.5% |
| FY2025 | 6.5% |
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- Gross margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 38%
- Operating margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 6.5%
- Net margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 8.2%
- Free cash flow margin
- 6.3%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $684M
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $43M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $56M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 11%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Engineering & Construction
Ranks #12 of 27 by Smart Score