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Willdan Group (Willdan Group) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 19.12 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Willdan Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), Willdan Group's current share price is $28.30. Willdan Group's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.48. Willdan Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 19.12.

The historical rank and industry rank for Willdan Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

WLDN' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.5   Med: 33.07   Max: 79.22
Current: 18.55

During the past years, Willdan Group's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 79.22. The lowest was 9.50. And the median was 33.07.

WLDN's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
51.77% of 566 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 17.73 vs WLDN: 18.55

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Willdan Group's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.929. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $1.48 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Willdan Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Willdan Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Willdan Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 42.35 36.88 28.42 14.44 14.55

Willdan Group Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 14.44 11.58 14.35 15.27 14.55

Competitive Comparison of Willdan Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Willdan Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Construction Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Willdan Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Willdan Group Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Willdan Group's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=28.30/1.48
=19.12

* 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's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Willdan Group's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=0.929/129.4194*129.4194
=0.929

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Willdan Group Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 0.616 99.695 0.800
201406 -0.080 100.560 -0.103
201409 0.194 100.428 0.250
201412 0.738 99.070 0.964
201503 -0.311 99.621 -0.404
201506 0.494 100.684 0.635
201509 0.314 100.392 0.405
201512 0.193 99.792 0.250
201603 -0.229 100.470 -0.295
201606 0.953 101.688 1.213
201609 1.045 101.861 1.328
201612 0.525 101.863 0.667
201703 -0.223 102.862 -0.281
201706 0.841 103.349 1.053
201709 -0.590 104.136 -0.733
201712 0.943 104.011 1.173
201803 -0.748 105.290 -0.919
201806 1.120 106.317 1.363
201809 0.783 106.507 0.951
201812 -0.481 105.998 -0.587
201903 0.780 107.251 0.941
201906 0.027 108.070 0.032
201909 -0.528 108.329 -0.631
201912 0.196 108.420 0.234
202003 1.242 108.902 1.476
202006 1.026 108.767 1.221
202009 -0.273 109.815 -0.322
202012 1.587 109.897 1.869
202103 0.355 111.754 0.411
202106 -0.654 114.631 -0.738
202109 -0.213 115.734 -0.238
202112 0.625 117.630 0.688
202203 -0.771 121.301 -0.823
202206 0.149 125.017 0.154
202209 0.408 125.227 0.422
202212 0.175 125.222 0.181
202303 1.025 127.348 1.042
202306 -0.049 128.729 -0.049
202309 0.247 129.860 0.246
202312 0.929 129.419 0.929

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Willdan Group  (NAS:WLDN) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Willdan Group (Willdan Group) Business Description

Industry
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