CONCRETE PUMPING HOLDINGS, INC. (BBCP) vs Willdan Group, Inc. (WLDN)

CONCRETE PUMPING HOLDINGS, INC. and Willdan Group, Inc. are both Engineering & Construction companies. Willdan Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.2B against $483.8M — 2.5× the size. Willdan Group, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 17.9× against 57.5×. Willdan Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 18.1% against 6.91%. Willdan Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (8.80% vs 2.03%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.68% vs 4.71%). Across the 21 metrics below, Willdan Group, Inc. leads on 15 and CONCRETE PUMPING HOLDINGS, INC. on 6.

Valuation

Metric BBCP WLDN Engineering & Construction median
P/E 57.47 17.85 28.59
P/S 1.16 1.60 1.15
P/B 1.84 3.39 3.96
Price to free cash flow 22.18 19.02 25.24
EV/EBITDA 8.49 15.73 14.87
EV/Sales 2.05 1.64 1.42
Earnings yield 1.74% 5.60% 2.47%
Free cash flow yield 4.51% 5.26% 1.91%

Profitability

Metric BBCP WLDN Engineering & Construction median
Gross margin 38.25% 37.79% 18.76%
Operating margin 11.47% 7.05% 6.26%
Net margin 2.03% 8.80% 2.23%
Free cash flow margin 5.44% 8.41% 1.83%
Return on equity 3.25% 21.19% 7.90%
Return on assets 0.96% 11.67% 0.87%
Return on invested capital 4.71% 8.68% 2.52%

Growth

Metric BBCP WLDN Engineering & Construction median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.91% 18.09% 16.67%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (65.38%) 120.89% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.24% 11.76% 11.76%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BBCP WLDN Engineering & Construction median
Debt to equity 1.56 0.19 0.40
Current ratio 1.71 1.37 1.39
Net debt to EBITDA 3.86 (0.29) 0.38

Dividend

Metric BBCP WLDN Engineering & Construction median
Dividend yield — — 0.65%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric BBCP WLDN Engineering & Construction median
Market cap 483.78m 1.21b 1.31b

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