Stocks · Technology · Hardware, Equipment & Parts
Vishay Precision Group, Inc. VPG
$79.07 +5.30% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.05B
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Over the past year the stock returned +141.6%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 126.5 percentage points.
- At 263.6× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the highest P/E of the company's past five years.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $412.9M, up 39.8% from a year earlier, accelerating from 7.5% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 13%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 4%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 15%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 4%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 44%
- Gross marginBottom 34%
- Operating marginBottom 43%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 13%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 14%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 27%
- Interest coverTop 37%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 43%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 25%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 49%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 34%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 4%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 11%
- 6-month returnTop 17%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 8%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 25%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 44%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 12%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 5%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 48%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 10%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 46%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 40%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 27%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 7.5% | 39.8% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 39.2% | 38.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 2.3% | 3.0% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 3.3% | -1.8% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 39.8% | 7.5% | ↑ | Top 13% |
| Gross margin | 38.7% | 39.2% | ↓ | Bottom 34% |
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 2.3% | ↑ | Bottom 43% |
| Net margin | 0.9% | -0.4% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -1.8% | 3.3% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 1.7% | — | Bottom 44% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -5.4% | — | Bottom 15% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.78×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -20.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -1.15×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 6.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.01%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.01%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.9%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -3.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $98.00
- Target vs current price
- +23.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 6
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 100%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | -78.9% | -27.2% | -33.5% | -40.1% | — |
| May 12, 2026 | +53946.2% | +28.5% | +58.0% | +84.2% | +2.2% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | -66.7% | -13.4% | -14.1% | -18.1% | +16.5% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +23.8% | -6.1% | -10.0% | -7.9% | +31.8% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +325.0% | +2.3% | +0.6% | +7.3% | +42.2% |
| May 6, 2025 | -20.0% | -1.9% | +4.5% | +4.2% | +6.1% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | -76.9% | -4.2% | +10.9% | -8.1% | +0.5% |
| Nov 5, 2024 | +0.0% | -6.0% | -4.8% | +2.2% | -2.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.04 | $0.19 | -78.9% | $83.9M |
| May 12, 2026 | $0.07 | -$0.00 | +53946.2% | $84.4M |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $0.07 | $0.21 | -66.7% | $80.6M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.26 | $0.21 | +23.8% | $79.7M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.17 | $0.04 | +325.0% | $75.2M |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.04 | $0.05 | -20.0% | $71.7M |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $0.03 | $0.13 | -76.9% | $72.7M |
| Nov 5, 2024 | $0.19 | $0.19 | +0.0% | $75.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 263.6× | 19.7× | 100th | Bottom 43% |
| P/E (forward) | 139.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 32.0× | — | — | Top 49% |
| EV / Sales | 2.46× | — | — | Top 34% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -0.71% | — | — | Bottom 25% |
| Earnings yield | 0.38% | — | — | Bottom 43% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 12.9× – 245.2× since Jul 3, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 3
- Days above the 200-day average
- 6
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -22.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +11.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +10.7%
- RSI (14)
- 66.0
- Relative volume
- 1.17×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 101.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 95th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.57
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.37
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -47.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -59.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 | -59.7% | 44 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 1, 2023 | Apr 8, 2025 | -57.7% | 528 days | 197 days (Jan 21, 2026) |
| Aug 12, 2021 | Jul 13, 2022 | -29.1% | 230 days | 89 days (Nov 16, 2022) |
| Feb 6, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | -27.4% | 29 days | 22 days (Apr 22, 2026) |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Mar 23, 2021 | -19.5% | 48 days | 97 days (Aug 10, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.05B
- P/E (TTM)
- 263.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.30
- Revenue (TTM)
- $412.9M
- 52-week range
- $29.08 – $151.78
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $317.9M | $362.6M | $355.0M | $306.5M | $307.2M |
| Gross profit | $125.1M | $149.6M | $150.3M | $125.5M | $119.4M |
| Operating income | $27.4M | $43.8M | $42.0M | $16.9M | $9.7M |
| Net income | $20.2M | $36.1M | $25.7M | $9.9M | $5.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.48 | $2.63 | $1.88 | $0.74 | $0.40 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $75.7M | $72.7M | $71.7M | $75.2M | $79.7M | $80.6M | $84.4M | $168.3M |
| Net income | -$1.4M | $768,000 | -$942,000 | $248,000 | $7.9M | -$1.9M | -$319,000 | -$2.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.10 | $0.06 | -$0.07 | $0.02 | $0.59 | -$0.14 | -$0.02 | -$0.13 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $33.5M | $33.0M | $45.9M | $19.8M | $14.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$17.1M | -$21.3M | -$15.2M | -$9.2M | -$8.0M |
| Free cash flow | $16.5M | $11.7M | $30.7M | $10.7M | $6.4M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$2.7M | -$5.9M | -$7.8M | -$60,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $75.7M
- Total assets
- $450.7M
- Total liabilities
- $118.1M
- Total debt
- $39.3M
- Net debt
- -$36.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $332.8M
As of Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,499,581
- Days to cover
- 4.76
- Change vs previous report
- +10.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.