Thomas Donald Brisbin Sells 4,905 Shares of Willdan Group (NASDAQ:WLDN) Stock

Willdan Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:WLDN) Director Thomas Brisbin sold 4,905 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $79.36, for a total transaction of $389,260.80. Following the sale, the director owned 96,687 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,673,080.32. The trade was a 4.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink.

Thomas Donald Brisbin also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, September 8th, Thomas Brisbin sold 3,439 shares of Willdan Group stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $88.19, for a total value of $303,285.41.
• On Thursday, September 3rd, Thomas Brisbin sold 58,757 shares of Willdan Group stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $88.14, for a total value of $5,178,841.98.

Willdan Group Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of NASDAQ WLDN traded up $0.55 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $78.38. The company had a trading volume of 200,687 shares, compared to its average volume of 329,642. The stock has a market cap of $1.19 billion, a PE ratio of 18.40 and a beta of 1.19. Willdan Group, Inc. has a one year low of $64.67 and a one year high of $137.00. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $79.52 and its 200-day moving average price is $82.67. The company has a quick ratio of 1.37, a current ratio of 1.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19.

Willdan Group (NASDAQ:WLDN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The construction company reported $2.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.30 by $0.77. The business had revenue of $231.03 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $102.27 million. Willdan Group had a return on equity of 24.51% and a net margin of 8.80%.Willdan Group has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.000-5.150 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Willdan Group, Inc. will post 4.1 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Tidal Investments LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Willdan Group in the 2nd quarter worth about $615,000. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC purchased a new position in shares of Willdan Group during the second quarter valued at about $29,000. VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al purchased a new position in shares of Willdan Group during the second quarter valued at about $811,000. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in Willdan Group by 8.6% in the second quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 7,905 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $625,000 after buying an additional 625 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Two Sigma Securities LLC bought a new position in Willdan Group in the second quarter worth about $218,000. 72.29% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

WLDN has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Wedbush reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $130.00 price target on shares of Willdan Group in a report on Tuesday, August 18th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Willdan Group in a research note on Tuesday, July 21st. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Willdan Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 15th. Finally, Zacks Research cut Willdan Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $127.50.

Willdan Group Company Profile

Willdan Group, Inc (NASDAQ: WLDN) is a professional, technical and consulting services company that helps utilities, government agencies and commercial organizations plan, develop and implement infrastructure and energy-related projects. Founded in 1964, the company serves clients primarily throughout the United States.

Willdan’s energy services include the design and administration of energy-efficiency and demand-response programs, electrification initiatives, distributed energy-resource projects, renewable-energy programs and grid-modernization efforts.