Mistras vs Willdan
MG and WLDN side by side, both in engineering, accounting, research, management, and related services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How MG and WLDN compare
Willdan is the larger company, worth 1.7 times as much as Mistras ($1.1B against $643M).
On earnings, Willdan is cheaper: it trades at 17.3× trailing earnings, against 24.3× for Mistras.
Willdan grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (18.1% versus 5.2% for Mistras).
Willdan keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 8.8% compared with 3.6% at Mistras.
Willdan scores higher on the StockData Score (17 against 13 for Mistras), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | MG | WLDN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $643M | $1.1B |
| Share price | $20.18 | $73.59 |
| Change, 1 year | 109% | −20.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 114% | 97.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.67 | 1.10 |
| Employees | 4,800 | 1,814 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 | 17 (better) |
| Valuation score | 4 | 4 |
| Growth score | 4 | 4 |
| Performance score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 24.3× | 17.3× (better) |
| P/S | 0.9× (better) | 1.5× |
| P/B | 2.7× (better) | 3.2× |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.1× (better) | 15.7× |
| P/FCF | 22.2× | 18.0× (better) |
| PEG | 0.67 | – |
| FCF yield | 4.5% | 5.6% (better) |
| Fair value | $22.47 | $90.91 |
| Margin of safety | 10.2% | 19.1% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 5.2% | 18.1% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.1% | 11.8% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 136% (better) | 85.8% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 131% (better) | 78.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 28.5% | 37.8% (better) |
| Operating margin | 6.9% | 7.1% (better) |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 8.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 3.9% | 8.4% (better) |
| Return on equity | 11.8% | 21.2% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 10.0% | 15.5% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.72 | 0.19 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.10 | 0.44 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 3.6× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.71 (better) | 1.37 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.90 | 4.21 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 62.4% | 88.6% |
| Held by insiders | 68.2% | 4.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$61.7K (better) | −$12.5M |
| Short interest, % of float | 9.3% | 12.1% |
Go deeper
- MG stock overview
- MG income statement
- MG valuation and score
- WLDN stock overview
- WLDN income statement
- WLDN valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.