JPMorgan Chase & Co. Trims Holdings in Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE:VPG)

JPMorgan Chase & Co. lessened its holdings in shares of Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE:VPG - Free Report) by 36.7% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 226,783 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock after selling 131,542 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. owned approximately 1.71% of Vishay Precision Group worth $5,323,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Quantbot Technologies LP grew its holdings in Vishay Precision Group by 77.9% during the 4th quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 3,515 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $82,000 after acquiring an additional 1,539 shares during the last quarter. EMC Capital Management raised its holdings in shares of Vishay Precision Group by 577.8% in the 4th quarter. EMC Capital Management now owns 9,069 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $213,000 after purchasing an additional 7,731 shares during the period. EntryPoint Capital LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vishay Precision Group by 22.0% in the 4th quarter. EntryPoint Capital LLC now owns 9,596 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $225,000 after purchasing an additional 1,730 shares during the period. Kovack Advisors Inc. grew its stake in Vishay Precision Group by 23.2% in the 4th quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. now owns 10,371 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $243,000 after buying an additional 1,950 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Tidal Investments LLC grew its stake in Vishay Precision Group by 4.6% in the 3rd quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 11,633 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $301,000 after buying an additional 514 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 87.61% of the company's stock.

Vishay Precision Group Trading Up 0.5 %

VPG traded up $0.10 on Wednesday, hitting $21.32. 20,464 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 93,757. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $22.60 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $23.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a quick ratio of 2.80 and a current ratio of 4.41. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. has a 12 month low of $18.57 and a 12 month high of $35.11. The stock has a market capitalization of $282.64 million, a PE ratio of 28.81 and a beta of 0.91.

Vishay Precision Group (NYSE:VPG - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 12th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.03 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.13 by ($0.10). Vishay Precision Group had a return on equity of 3.87% and a net margin of 3.23%. Sell-side analysts expect that Vishay Precision Group, Inc. will post 0.9 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

VPG has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. StockNews.com lowered shares of Vishay Precision Group from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Saturday, March 29th. B. Riley upgraded shares of Vishay Precision Group from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and boosted their price target for the company from $24.50 to $28.50 in a research report on Thursday, February 13th.

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.