Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Market Information for Common Stock
Since November 21, 2006, the common stock of Willdan Group, Inc. has been listed and traded on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “WLDN”.
Stockholders
As of February 25, 2026, there were 197 stockholders of record of our common stock. This number does not include persons who hold our common stock in nominee or “street name” accounts through brokers or banks.
Dividends
We did not declare or pay cash dividends on our common stock in fiscal years 2025, 2024, or 2023.
We currently expect to retain all available funds and future earnings, if any, for use in the operation and growth of our business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future determination to pay dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors, subject to compliance with applicable law and any contractual provisions, including under the Credit Agreement and agreements governing any additional indebtedness we may incur in the future, that restrict or limit our ability to pay dividends, and will depend upon, among other factors, our results of operations, financial condition, earnings, capital requirements and other factors that our board of directors deems relevant. Because we are a holding company, our ability to pay dividends depends on our receipt of cash dividends from our operating subsidiaries, which may further restrict our ability to pay dividends as a result of the laws of their jurisdiction of organization, agreements of our subsidiaries or covenants under our existing or future indebtedness.
Performance Graph
The following graph compares the 5-year cumulative total stockholder return of our common stock with the cumulative total return of the Nasdaq Composite and a customized peer group. The companies included in our customized peer group represent our definitive Proxy peer group which is reviewed annually and revised as necessary. In the event that a peer group company is acquired and/or delisted, we remove that company from our peer group on such corresponding acquisition date and/or delisting date.
The customized peer group consists of Ameresco, Inc., American Superconductor Corporation, Bowman Consulting Group Ltd., C3.ai, Inc., CECO Environmental Corporation, CRA International Inc., Exponent, Inc., Huron Consulting Group, Inc., ICF International, Inc., Limbach Holdings, Inc., LSI Industries Inc., Montrose Environmental Group, Inc., Shoals Technologies Group, Inc, Thermon Group Holdings, Inc., and TIC Solutions. The old peer group consisted of American Superconductor Corporation, Ameresco, Inc., Bowman Consulting Group Ltd., C3.ai, Inc., Exponent, Inc., ICF International, Inc., Iteris, Inc., Limbach Holdings, Inc., LSI Industries Inc., Montrose Environmental Group, Inc., NV5 Global, Inc., Quest Resource Holding Corporation, RCM Technologies, Inc., Resource Connection, Inc., and Stem, Inc.
The peer group investment is weighted by market capitalization as of January 1, 2021 and is adjusted monthly. An investment of $100, with reinvestment of all dividends, is assumed to have been made in our common stock, in the peer group, and in the Nasdaq Composite on January 1, 2021, and the relative performance of each is tracked through and including January 2, 2026. The stock price performance shown in the graph is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.
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Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
None.
Issuer Repurchases of Equity Securities
During the fiscal quarter ended January 2, 2026, we made the following repurchases of shares of our common stock from employees to satisfy tax withholding obligations incurred in connection with the vesting of restricted stock:
Total Number of
Shares Purchased
Average Price
Paid Per Share
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs
Maximum Number
(or Approximate Dollar
Value) of Shares That
May Yet be Purchased
Under the Plans or
Programs
October 4, 2025 – October 31, 2025
3,049
$94.51
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—
November 1, 2025 – November 28, 2025
611
$94.51
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—
November 29, 2025 – January 2, 2026
—
—
—
—
TOTAL
3,660
$94.51
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ITEM 6. [RESERVED]
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