Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE:VPG) Repositions Operations While Technical Momentum Suggests Near-Term Pullback

Strong liquidity and diversified sensing product lines contrast with compressed operating margins and a WMDST valuation that classifies the stock as over-valued; near-term price behavior likely follows volatile, range-bound action as momentum indicators attempt a reversal.

Recent News

On May 21, 2026 the company announced the retirement of Chief Financial Officer William M. Clancy, effective December 31, 2026. On May 28, 2026 the company confirmed participation at investor conferences in June 2026 (Noble Growth Conference and East Coast IDEAS Conference), signaling active investor outreach.

Technical Analysis

Directional indicators and trend strength: ADX at 28.53 indicates a strong trend environment. DI+ sits at 18.67 and shows a decreasing pattern, which denotes diminishing upside pressure; DI– at 27.37 shows a peak-and-reversal pattern, indicating downside pressure recently faded. Together these directional reads suggest a contested directional bias rather than a clean trend breakout, which aligns with an over-valued attribution and a higher probability of mean reversion toward fair-value anchors.

MACD and momentum: MACD registers -3.13 with a dip-and-reversal pattern, which signals bullish momentum emerging from a prior trough. The MACD remains below its signal line (-1.33), so the bullish momentum lacks a confirmed crossover; the current state implies improving momentum but not a confirmed trend change that would justify sustained upside relative to the current valuation.

MRO and target gap: MRO reads 3.09 (positive), which indicates the price sits above WMDST’s internal target and therefore creates potential downward pressure. The MRO value remains modest, signaling limited immediate force for a large move, but the positive reading aligns with short-term reversion risk given the valuation status.

RSI and short-term price action: RSI at 52.01 with a dip-and-reversal pattern places the oscillator near neutral-to-mildly bullish territory; momentum attempts to recover from a short pullback but lacks strong overbought or oversold extremes, supporting a consolidation outlook rather than directional conviction.

Price vs moving averages and volatility context: Last close $110.54 sits slightly above the 20-day average ($109.28) but below the 50-day average ($120.05) and well above the 200-day average ($62.36). The 12-day EMA at $111.09 trends decreasing. Bollinger bands place the 1σ lower band at $103.08 and 1σ upper band at $115.49; price currently lives in the lower half of the 20-day band. Beta remains elevated (42-day beta 4.27, 52-week beta 2.81), implying outsized sensitivity to market moves and supporting expectations of volatile, range-driven swings rather than steady directional trends. Average short-term volume lags the 10-day average (current volume 325,819 vs 10-day avg 378,196), which suggests limited conviction behind the latest move and increases the likelihood that outsized intraday swings will dictate the near-term path.

 


Fundamental Analysis

Revenue and top-line dynamics: Total revenue registers at $84,353,000. Quarter-over-quarter revenue growth reads 3.43%, while year-over-year revenue growth stands at -4.74%; the picture shows modest sequential improvement but a contraction relative to the prior-year period. QoQ improvement supports the argument for operational stabilization, but YoY decline underscores demand challenges in some end markets.

Profitability and margins: Operating margin equals 0.94% and EBIT margin equals 0.20%. Operating margin declined QoQ by -0.53 percentage points and declined YoY by -1.91 percentage points. Industry peer mean operating margin measures roughly 15.68% (industry peer median 15.42%); EBIT margin sits well below the industry peer mean (15.29%, median 14.99%). The margin shortfall versus the industry peer mean and median places direct pressure on valuation, given limited current profitability despite positive gross margin (38.97%).

Cash flow, liquidity, and leverage: Cash and short-term investments total $82,486,000 and the current ratio equals 4.47 with a quick ratio of 2.97, both above the industry peer mean current ratio of approximately 2.48 and peer quick ratio mean of ~1.90. Free cash flow for the period shows a negative $3,656,000 and free-cash-flow-yield equals -0.54%. Total debt rounds to $44,387,000, debt-to-assets stands near 9.78%, and debt-to-equity at 13.26%—light leverage that supports balance-sheet resilience despite negative net income (-$319,000) and modest operating cash flow (-$596,000).

Valuation multiples and WMDST view: Reported trailing PE runs at ~733x while forward PE sits near 95.7x; price-to-sales equals 8.09x and price-to-book equals 2.04x (industry peer mean price-to-book ≈ 8.40x; peer mean price-to-sales ≈ 21.94x). WMDST values the stock as over-valued relative to intrinsic measures and the profile of compressed operating profitability; elevated trailing multiples and negative free cash flow reinforce that valuation classification even as balance-sheet liquidity remains strong.

MOST-RECENT QUARTERLY REPORT
REPORT PERIOD ENDING: 2026-03-31
REPORT DATE: 2026-05-12
NEXT REPORT DATE: 2026-08-11
CASH FLOW  Begin Period Cash Flow 87.4 M
 Operating Cash Flow -596.00 K
 Capital Expenditures -3.06 M
 Change In Working Capital -5.40 M
 Dividends Paid
 Cash Flow Delta -4.88 M
 End Period Cash Flow 82.5 M
 
INCOME STATEMENT REVENUE
 Total Revenue 84.4 M
 Forward Revenue -397.88 M
COSTS
 Cost Of Revenue 51.5 M
 Depreciation 3.2 M
 Depreciation and Amortization 4.2 M
 Research and Development
 Total Operating Expenses 83.6 M
PROFITABILITY
 Gross Profit 32.9 M
 EBITDA 4.4 M
 EBIT 171.0 K
 Operating Income 789.0 K
 Interest Income 230.0 K
 Interest Expense 329.0 K
 Net Interest Income -99.00 K
 Income Before Tax -158.00 K
 Tax Provision 129.0 K
 Tax Rate 40.0 %
 Net Income -319.00 K
 Net Income From Continuing Operations -287.00 K
EARNINGS
 EPS Estimate
 EPS Actual 0.07
 EPS Difference 0.00
 EPS Surprise
 Forward EPS 0.45
 
BALANCE SHEET ASSETS
 Total Assets 453.8 M
 Intangible Assets 84.4 M
 Net Tangible Assets 250.3 M
 Total Current Assets 246.1 M
 Cash and Short-Term Investments 82.5 M
 Cash 82.5 M
 Net Receivables 61.4 M
 Inventory 82.9 M
 Long-Term Investments 25.0 M
LIABILITIES
 Accounts Payable 11.7 M
 Short-Term Debt
 Total Current Liabilities 55.0 M
 Net Debt
 Total Debt 44.4 M
 Total Liabilities 119.4 M
EQUITY
 Total Equity 334.7 M
 Retained Earnings 197.0 M
VALUATION & PER-SHARE METRICS EQUITY & PER-SHARE METRICS
 Book Value Per-Share 25.16
 Shares Outstanding 13.301 M
 Revenue Per-Share 6.34
VALUATION
 Market Capitalization 682.7 M
 Enterprise Value 644.6 M
 Enterprise Multiple 147.132
Enterprise Multiple QoQ 6.489 %
Enterprise Multiple YoY 77.628 %
Enterprise Multiple IPRWA high: 364.265
VPG: 147.132
mean: 95.305
median: 85.823
low: -215.509
 EV/R 7.642
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
 Asset To Equity 1.356
 Asset To Liability 3.802
 Debt To Capital 0.117
 Debt To Assets 0.098
Debt To Assets QoQ 0.246 %
Debt To Assets YoY -18.899 %
Debt To Assets IPRWA high: 0.98
mean: 0.274
median: 0.264
VPG: 0.098
low: 0.001
 Debt To Equity 0.133
Debt To Equity QoQ 0.287 %
Debt To Equity YoY -21.253 %
Debt To Equity IPRWA high: 2.759
mean: 0.711
median: 0.616
VPG: 0.133
low: -0.773
PRICE-BASED VALUATION
 Price To Book (P/B) 2.04
Price To Book QoQ 22.289 %
Price To Book YoY 119.235 %
Price To Book IPRWA high: 17.798
median: 9.112
mean: 8.403
VPG: 2.04
low: -2.416
 Price To Earnings (P/E) 733.225
Price To Earnings QoQ -342.975 %
Price To Earnings YoY 28.604 %
Price To Earnings IPRWA VPG: 733.225
high: 398.734
mean: 134.726
median: 131.744
low: -220.021
 PE/G Ratio -4.888
 Price To Sales (P/S) 8.093
Price To Sales QoQ 16.233 %
Price To Sales YoY 92.038 %
Price To Sales IPRWA high: 99.122
median: 22.531
mean: 21.938
VPG: 8.093
low: 0.0
FORWARD MULTIPLES
Forward P/E 95.748
Forward PE/G -0.638
Forward P/S -1.716
EFFICIENCY OPERATIONAL
 Operating Leverage -33.746
ASSET & SALES
 Asset Turnover Ratio 0.185
Asset Turnover Ratio QoQ 5.67 %
Asset Turnover Ratio YoY 16.944 %
Asset Turnover Ratio IPRWA high: 0.534
VPG: 0.185
median: 0.185
mean: 0.185
low: 0.001
 Receivables Turnover 1.433
Receivables Turnover Ratio QoQ 3.086 %
Receivables Turnover Ratio YoY 1.283 %
Receivables Turnover Ratio IPRWA high: 2.612
mean: 1.452
median: 1.439
VPG: 1.433
low: 0.528
 Inventory Turnover 0.621
Inventory Turnover Ratio QoQ 3.002 %
Inventory Turnover Ratio YoY 16.834 %
Inventory Turnover Ratio IPRWA high: 2.973
mean: 1.026
median: 1.009
VPG: 0.621
low: 0.128
 Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) 63.696
CASH CYCLE
 Cash Conversion Cycle Days (CCC) 192.28
Cash Conversion Cycle Days QoQ -7.112 %
Cash Conversion Cycle Days YoY -10.741 %
Cash Conversion Cycle Days IPRWA high: 308.893
VPG: 192.28
mean: 100.383
median: 91.076
low: -44.852
CAPITAL DEPLOYMENT
 Cash Conversion Ratio 0.441
 CapEx To Revenue -0.036
 CapEx To Depreciation -0.949
 
CAPITAL, LIQUIDITY & COVERAGE CAPITAL STRUCTURE
 Total Capital 355.3 M
 Net Invested Capital 355.3 M
 Invested Capital 355.3 M
 Net Tangible Assets 250.3 M
 Net Working Capital 191.1 M
LIQUIDITY
 Cash Ratio 1.499
 Current Ratio 4.474
Current Ratio QoQ 0.136 %
Current Ratio YoY -0.848 %
Current Ratio IPRWA high: 14.867
VPG: 4.474
mean: 2.481
median: 1.714
low: 0.37
 Quick Ratio 2.967
Quick Ratio QoQ -0.082 %
Quick Ratio YoY 0.802 %
Quick Ratio IPRWA high: 13.913
VPG: 2.967
mean: 1.904
median: 1.259
low: 0.247
COVERAGE & LEVERAGE
 Debt To EBITDA 10.132
 Cost Of Debt 0.444 %
 Interest Coverage Ratio 0.52
Interest Coverage Ratio QoQ -173.085 %
Interest Coverage Ratio YoY -138.788 %
Interest Coverage Ratio IPRWA high: 69.571
mean: 9.142
median: 7.828
VPG: 0.52
low: -197.838
 Operating Cash Flow Ratio -0.001
TIMING / LIQUIDITY
 Days Payables Outstanding (DPO) 19.935
DIVIDENDS
 Dividend Coverage Ratio
 Dividend Payout Ratio
 Dividend Rate
 Dividend Yield
PERFORMANCE GROWTH
 Asset Growth Rate -0.449 %
 Revenue Growth 4.693 %
Revenue Growth QoQ 343.154 %
Revenue Growth YoY -473.944 %
Revenue Growth IPRWA high: 25.82 %
median: 7.12 %
mean: 6.582 %
VPG: 4.693 %
low: -56.837 %
 Earnings Growth -150.0 %
Earnings Growth QoQ -2.5 %
Earnings Growth YoY -550.005 %
Earnings Growth IPRWA high: 58.333 %
median: 9.278 %
mean: 2.112 %
VPG: -150.0 %
low: -186.111 %
MARGINS
 Gross Margin 38.972 %
Gross Margin QoQ 5.848 %
Gross Margin YoY 3.379 %
Gross Margin IPRWA high: 99.349 %
VPG: 38.972 %
mean: 37.959 %
median: 36.783 %
low: -36.179 %
 EBIT Margin 0.203 %
EBIT Margin QoQ -155.769 %
EBIT Margin YoY -119.766 %
EBIT Margin IPRWA high: 48.781 %
mean: 15.293 %
median: 14.986 %
VPG: 0.203 %
low: -233.527 %
 Return On Sales (ROS) 0.935 %
Return On Sales QoQ -52.802 %
Return On Sales YoY -191.042 %
Return On Sales IPRWA high: 40.821 %
mean: 15.679 %
median: 15.42 %
VPG: 0.935 %
low: -176.472 %
CASH FLOW
 Free Cash Flow (FCF) -3.66 M
 Free Cash Flow Yield -0.536 %
Free Cash Flow Yield QoQ -322.407 %
Free Cash Flow Yield YoY -143.296 %
Free Cash Flow Yield IPRWA high: 5.592 %
median: 0.346 %
mean: 0.253 %
VPG: -0.536 %
low: -18.584 %
 Free Cash Growth -370.815 %
Free Cash Growth QoQ 166.524 %
Free Cash Growth YoY 1930.639 %
Free Cash Growth IPRWA high: 300.72 %
mean: -9.914 %
median: -43.487 %
VPG: -370.815 %
low: -399.154 %
 Free Cash To Net Income 11.461
 Cash Flow Margin -0.069 %
 Cash Flow To Earnings 0.182
VALUE & RETURNS
 Economic Value Added 0.04
 Return On Assets (ROA) -0.07 %
Return On Assets QoQ -82.843 %
Return On Assets YoY -66.346 %
Return On Assets IPRWA high: 12.143 %
median: 2.381 %
mean: 1.959 %
VPG: -0.07 %
low: -20.105 %
 Return On Capital Employed (ROCE) 0.043 %
 Return On Equity (ROE) -0.001
Return On Equity QoQ -82.914 %
Return On Equity YoY -67.241 %
Return On Equity IPRWA high: 0.162
mean: 0.046
median: 0.045
VPG: -0.001
low: -0.303
 DuPont ROE -0.095 %
 Return On Invested Capital (ROIC) 0.029 %
Return On Invested Capital QoQ -144.615 %
Return On Invested Capital YoY -118.954 %
Return On Invested Capital IPRWA high: 7.857 %
mean: 2.715 %
median: 2.694 %
VPG: 0.029 %
low: -10.75 %

Six-Week Outlook

Expect a muted directional regime with episodic volatility. Conflicting directional signals—ADX showing a strong trend environment while DI+ and DI– give opposing messages—suggest price will test short-term support near the lower Bollinger band area and established moving-average resistance rather than sustain a clean breakout. MACD’s dip-and-reversal indicates momentum improvement but lack of a signal-line crossover leaves the path to sustained upside conditional and susceptible to profit-taking, particularly given the positive MRO (price above WMDST target) that favors reversion pressure. High beta supports the potential for sharp intraperiod moves; thin relative volume increases the chance that outsized orders or news flow (e.g., governance updates) will determine directional clarity. For swing-focused horizons, monitor whether momentum confirms via a MACD crossover and improved volume; absent confirmation, anticipate range-bound swings with higher probability of mean-reverting moves toward fair-value anchors implied by WMDST’s valuation.

About Vishay Precision Group, Inc.

Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE:VPG) designs, manufactures, and markets high-performance sensors, weighing solutions, and measurement systems. Headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, the company operates through three primary segments: Sensors, Weighing Solutions, and Measurement Systems. VPG’s diverse product portfolio includes precision resistors, strain gages, load cells, and force measurement transducers. The company also develops on-board weighing systems, process weighing products, rolling force measuring load cell systems, and pressure transmitters. Additionally, VPG produces web tension measurement load cells, optical strip width gages, laser velocimeters, and closed-loop crop optimization control systems. VPG serves a wide range of industries, including waste management, bulk hauling, logging, pharmaceutical, oil, chemical, steel, paper, and food industries, as well as test and measurement, medical, construction, agricultural, and consumer markets. The company markets its products under various brands such as Alpha Electronics, Powertron, Vishay Foil Resistors, Micro-Measurements, and others. Since its incorporation in 2009, Vishay Precision Group has established a global presence, with operations in the United States, Israel, the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, and Canada.



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