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Willdan Group (Willdan Group) Graham Number : $9.52 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Willdan Group Graham Number?

Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-05-06), the stock price of Willdan Group is $33.2099. Willdan Group's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $9.52. Therefore, Willdan Group's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 3.49.

The historical rank and industry rank for Willdan Group's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

WLDN' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.29   Med: 2.89   Max: 16.35
Current: 3.49

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Willdan Group was 16.35. The lowest was 1.29. And the median was 2.89.

WLDN's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
89.26% of 1127 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 1 vs WLDN: 3.49

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.


Willdan Group Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Willdan Group's Graham Number can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Willdan Group Graham Number Chart

Willdan Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - - 6.95

Willdan Group Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Graham Number Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 1.73 4.89 6.71 9.52

Competitive Comparison of Willdan Group's Graham Number

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Willdan Group's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Willdan Group's Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Willdan Group's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Willdan Group's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Willdan Group Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

Willdan Group's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*2.686*0.8)
=6.95

Willdan Group's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*2.686*1.5)
=9.52

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Willdan Group  (NAS:WLDN) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

Willdan Group's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=33.2099/9.52
=3.49

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.


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Willdan Group (Willdan Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2401 East Katella Avenue, Suite 300, Anaheim, CA, USA, 92806
Willdan Group Inc is a provider of professional technical and consulting services to utilities, private industry, and public agencies at all levels of government. It operates in the business segments of Energy and Engineering and Consulting. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Energy segment, which includes services such as audit and surveys, program design, master planning, benchmarking analyses, design engineering, construction management, performance contracting, installation, advances in software and data analytics, and other services. All of its revenue is derived from the domestic market.
Executives
Creighton K Early officer: Vice President and CFO C/O WILLDAN GROUP INC., 2401 EAST KATELLA AVENUE, SUITE 300, ANAHEIM CA 92806
Michael A Bieber officer: SVP, Corporate Development 3475 EAST FOOTHILL BOULEVARD, PASADENA CA 91107
Thomas Donald Brisbin director, officer: President and CEO 2401 E. KATELLA AVENUE, #300, ANAHEIM CA 92806
Micah Chen officer: General Counsel 2401 EAST KATELLA AVENUE, SUITE 300, ANAHEIM CA 92806
Forager Fund, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O FORAGER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, 2024 3RD AVE N SUITE 201, BIRMINGHAM AL 35203
Robert Symmes Macarthur 10 percent owner C/O FORAGER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, 2024 3RD AVE. N, SUITE 201, BIRMINGHAM AL 35203
Edward Urban Kissel 10 percent owner C/O FORAGER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, 2024 3RD AVE. N, SUITE 201, BIRMINGHAM AL 35203
Mohammad Shahidehpour director 2401 EAST KATELLA AVENUE, SUITE 300, ANAHEIM CA 92806
Keith W Renken director PACIFIC GULF PROPERTIES INC, 4220 VON KARMAN SECOND FLOOR, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660-2002
Dennis V Mcginn director 46415 MILLSTONE LANDING ROAD, LEXINGTON PARK MD 20653
Paul Milton Whitelaw officer: SVP, Business Development 2401 EAST KATELLA AVENUE, SUITE 300, ANAHEIM CA 92806
Wanda Kay Reder director C/O WILLDAN GROUP, 2401 EAST KATELLA AVENUE, SUITE 300, ANAHEIM CA 92806
Adam C Procell officer: EVP, Chief Strategy Officer C/O WILLDAN, 12401 EAST KATELLA AVENUE, SUITE 300, ANAHEIM CA 92806
Cynthia Downes director C/O WILLDAN GROUP, INC., 2401 EAST KATELLA AVENUE, SUITE 300, ANAHEIM CA 92806
Stacy B. Mclaughlin officer: Chief Financial Officer 2401 EAST KATELLA AVENUE, SUITE 300, ANAHEIM CA 92806