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Vishay Precision Group

VPG
49
Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology
Price
$103.89
+3.23 (+3.21%)
Market Cap
$1.38B
Winston Score
49
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

2.5% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 13.7M (2021) → 13.3M (2025)

Vishay Precision Group makes sensors and measurement equipment used to detect things like force, weight, and pressure with very high accuracy. Its main products include strain gages, load cells, and precision resistors, which are sold to manufacturers, industrial companies, and test-and-measurement labs around the world. The company spun off from Vishay Intertechnology in 2010 and specializes in components where precise measurement is critical.

The company earns revenue by selling hardware and systems directly to industrial and commercial customers, with some recurring revenue from specialty consumables like strain gages. It operates globally, with significant business in North America, Europe, and Asia, and generates roughly $300 million in annual revenue. Its moat comes from deep engineering expertise and long customer relationships in niche markets where accuracy requirements are strict, but thin operating margins and slow industrial demand cycles remain the key risks to earnings growth.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+17.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+71.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

18.9%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~6 years

$82M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$82M cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

Vishay Precision Group is growing revenue at 18% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
39.0%
Modest — 39.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
0.9%
Thin — 0.9% operating margin
ROCE
0.2%
Weak — 0.2% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+7.5%
Steady sales growth (7.5% YoY)
EPS YoY
+96.0%
Earnings growing fast (96.0% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
144%
Turns 144% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
-0.3%
Burning cash (-0.3%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.07
Conservative — low debt load (0.07)
Interest Cover
8.89x
Comfortably covers interest (8.9x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
231.5x
Expensive — P/E 231.5

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward
+128.5
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (231.5 → 103.0)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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