Analyzing Vishay Precision Group (VPG) and Its Peers

Vishay Precision Group (NYSE:VPG) is one of 377 public companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Vishay Precision Group to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Risk & Volatility

Vishay Precision Group has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vishay Precision Group’s rivals have a beta of -0.30, meaning that their average stock price is 130% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Vishay Precision Group and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vishay Precision Group	2	0	2	0	2.00
Vishay Precision Group Competitors	2049	7610	10438	662	2.47

Vishay Precision Group currently has a consensus price target of $82.33, suggesting a potential upside of 100.43%. As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 42.11%. Given Vishay Precision Group’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vishay Precision Group is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Vishay Precision Group and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vishay Precision Group	-1.00%	1.28%	0.95%
Vishay Precision Group Competitors	-160.23%	-30.21%	-6.88%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

87.6% of Vishay Precision Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.3% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Vishay Precision Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Vishay Precision Group and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vishay Precision Group	$333.93 million	$5.29 million	-164.31
Vishay Precision Group Competitors	$115.46 billion	$173.80 million	3.07

Vishay Precision Group’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Vishay Precision Group. Vishay Precision Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Vishay Precision Group rivals beat Vishay Precision Group on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Vishay Precision Group

Vishay Precision Group, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets specialized sensors, weighing solutions, and measurement systems in the United States, Israel, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, Asia, and Canada. It operates through three segments: Sensors, Weighing Solutions, and Measurement Systems. Its product portfolio includes precision resistors, strain gages, load cells and force measurement transducers, on-board weighing systems, and process weighing products; rolling force measuring load cell systems and pressure transmitters; web tension measurement load cells and systems; and optical strip width gages; and laser velocimeters for speed and length measurements and closed-loop crop optimization control systems for optimal strip cuts. The company also offers data acquisition systems and sensors for product safety testing; thermal-mechanical simulation systems for metallurgical research; and conditioning, data acquisition and control systems, as well as electronic displays, signal processors, microelectromechanical system sensors, cabling, system software, and communications software/hardware. Its products are used in industrial comprising waste management, bulk hauling, logging, scales manufacturing, engineering systems, pharmaceutical, oil, chemical, steel, paper, and food industries, as well as test and measurement, steel, medical, construction, agricultural, and consumer markets. The company offers its products under the Alpha Electronics, Powertron, Vishay Foil Resistors, Micro-Measurements, APR, Celtron, Revere, Sensortronics, Tedea-Huntleigh, Stress-tek, Vulcan, BLH Nobel, KELK, and DTS brands. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.