Both in Engineering Services

VSE vs Willdan Group

Over the past year VSEC returned −11.5% and WLDN returned −23.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.16.

VSEC −11.5% WLDN −23.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricVSECWLDN
Price$160.21$72.02
Market cap$4.50B$1.10B
Today+8.37%−2.13%
1 month−4.2%−2.1%
6 months−4.7%−1.0%
Year to date−7.3%−30.5%
1 year−10.7%−21.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)+65.0%+33.2%
Gross margin17.0%37.9%
Net margin6.4%10.5%
P/E (TTM)59.9×16.8×
Price / sales3.3×1.5×
Net cash-$871.6M-$34.4M
Dividend yield0.25%—
Volatility (60d)53.5%30.2%
Short % of float11.4%12.5%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).