Willdan Group (NASDAQ:WLDN – Get Free Report) and TaskUs (NASDAQ:TASK – Get Free Report) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Willdan Group and TaskUs, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Willdan Group | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.00 |
| TaskUs | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Willdan Group currently has a consensus price target of $118.33, suggesting a potential upside of 63.26%. TaskUs has a consensus price target of $9.60, suggesting a potential upside of 12.15%. Given Willdan Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Willdan Group is more favorable than TaskUs.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
72.3% of Willdan Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.6% of TaskUs shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Willdan Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.9% of TaskUs shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility & Risk
Willdan Group has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TaskUs has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Willdan Group and TaskUs”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Willdan Group | $681.55 million | 1.62 | $52.56 million | $4.26 | 17.01 |
| TaskUs | $1.18 billion | 0.66 | $102.28 million | $1.16 | 7.38 |
TaskUs has higher revenue and earnings than Willdan Group. TaskUs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Willdan Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Willdan Group and TaskUs’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Willdan Group | 8.80% | 24.51% | 13.92% |
| TaskUs | 8.75% | 27.02% | 11.58% |
Summary
Willdan Group beats TaskUs on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Willdan Group
Willdan Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides professional, technical, and consulting services primarily in the United States. It operates in two segments, Energy, and Engineering and Consulting. The Energy segment offers comprehensive audit and surveys, program design and implementation, master planning, demand reduction, grid optimization, benchmarking analyses, design engineering, construction management, performance contracting, installation, alternative financing, measurement and verification services, and software and data analytics, as well as energy consulting and engineering, turnkey facility and infrastructure projects, and customer support services. The Engineering and Consulting segment provides building and safety, city engineering and code enforcement, development plan review and inspection, disaster recovery, geotechnical and earthquake engineering, planning and surveying, contract staff support, program and construction management, structural engineering, transportation and traffic engineering, and water resources services. This segment also offers district administration, financial consulting, and federal compliance services. It serves public and governmental agencies, including cities, counties, redevelopment agencies, water districts, school districts, and universities; investor and municipal owned energy utilities; state and federal agencies; and commercial and industrial firms, as well as various other special districts and agencies. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Anaheim, California.
About TaskUs
TaskUs, Inc. provides digital outsourcing services for companies in Philippines, the United States, India, and internationally. It offers digital customer experience that consists of omni-channel customer care services primarily delivered through non-voice digital channels; and other solutions, including experience and customer care services for new product or market launches, and customer acquisition solutions. The company also provides trust and safety solutions, such as review and disposition of user and advertiser generated visual, text, and audio content, which include removal or labeling of policy violating, and offensive or misleading content, as well as risk management, compliance, identity management, and fraud services; and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that consist of data labeling, annotation, context relevance, and transcription services for training and tuning machine learning algorithms that enables to develop AI systems. It serves clients in various industry segments comprising e-commerce, FinTech, food delivery and ride sharing, gaming, technology, HealthTech, social media, and streaming media. The company was formerly known as TU TopCo, Inc. and changed its name to TaskUs, Inc. in December 2020. TaskUs, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in New Braunfels, Texas.
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