Cardinal Infrastructure Group Inc. (CDNL) vs Willdan Group, Inc. (WLDN)

Cardinal Infrastructure Group Inc. and Willdan Group, Inc. are both Engineering & Construction companies. Cardinal Infrastructure Group Inc. and Willdan Group, Inc. are of similar size ($1.3B and $1.2B). Willdan Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (8.80% vs 3.56%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.68% vs 7.02%). Across the 15 metrics below, Willdan Group, Inc. leads on 9 and Cardinal Infrastructure Group Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric CDNL WLDN Engineering & Construction median
P/E — 17.85 28.59
P/S 0.75 1.60 1.15
P/B 0.74 3.39 3.96
Price to free cash flow n/m 19.02 25.24
EV/EBITDA 3.36 15.73 14.87
EV/Sales 0.49 1.64 1.42
Earnings yield — 5.60% 2.47%
Free cash flow yield (5.76%) 5.26% 1.91%

Profitability

Metric CDNL WLDN Engineering & Construction median
Gross margin 18.78% 37.79% 18.76%
Operating margin 8.57% 7.05% 6.26%
Net margin 3.56% 8.80% 2.23%
Free cash flow margin (4.32%) 8.41% 1.83%
Return on equity 6.90% 21.19% 7.90%
Return on assets 4.09% 11.67% 0.87%
Return on invested capital 7.02% 8.68% 2.52%

Growth

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

Health

Metric CDNL WLDN Engineering & Construction median
Debt to equity 0.32 0.19 0.40
Current ratio 3.59 1.37 1.39
Net debt to EBITDA 0.29 (0.29) 0.38

Dividend

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

Size

Metric CDNL WLDN Engineering & Construction median
Market cap 1.31b 1.21b 1.31b

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