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$31.32 -0.50 (-1.56%)
Closing price 09/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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VPG vs. DAKT, MLAB, COHR, CGNX, ITRI, BMI, OSIS, ROG, CTS, and ALNT

Should you be buying Vishay Precision Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vishay Precision Group include Daktronics (DAKT), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), Coherent (COHR), Cognex (CGNX), Itron (ITRI), Badger Meter (BMI), OSI Systems (OSIS), Rogers (ROG), CTS (CTS), and Allient (ALNT).

Vishay Precision Group vs. Its Competitors

Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) and Vishay Precision Group (NYSE:VPG) are both small-cap electronic equipment & instruments companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Daktronics has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vishay Precision Group has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Daktronics had 38 more articles in the media than Vishay Precision Group. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Daktronics and 1 mentions for Vishay Precision Group. Vishay Precision Group's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Daktronics' score of 0.50 indicating that Vishay Precision Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Daktronics
5 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Vishay Precision Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Daktronics presently has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.16%. Vishay Precision Group has a consensus target price of $28.50, suggesting a potential downside of 9.01%. Given Daktronics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Daktronics is more favorable than Vishay Precision Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Daktronics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
Vishay Precision Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Vishay Precision Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Daktronics. Vishay Precision Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Daktronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Daktronics$749.36M1.51-$10.12M$1.2019.49
Vishay Precision Group$306.52M1.36$9.91M-$0.09-348.03

Daktronics has a net margin of 1.51% compared to Vishay Precision Group's net margin of -0.43%. Daktronics' return on equity of 14.64% beat Vishay Precision Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Daktronics1.51% 14.64% 7.47%
Vishay Precision Group -0.43%1.72%1.23%

61.7% of Daktronics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of Vishay Precision Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Daktronics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of Vishay Precision Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Daktronics beats Vishay Precision Group on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VPG vs. The Competition

MetricVishay Precision GroupELEC IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$422.54M$5.67B$31.12B$21.58B
Dividend YieldN/A2.61%3.16%3.49%
P/E Ratio-347.9925.45439.7229.75
Price / Sales1.362.471,748.6985.97
Price / Cash14.7823.6236.9425.00
Price / Book1.292.517.244.58
Net Income$9.91M$173.03M$808.32M$999.94M
7 Day Performance5.48%0.45%3.57%0.68%
1 Month Performance12.21%3.35%4.71%4.02%
1 Year Performance27.90%19.36%24,377.12%16.39%

Vishay Precision Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VPG
Vishay Precision Group
1.4176 of 5 stars
$31.32
-1.6%
$28.50
-9.0%
+27.9%$422.54M$306.52M-347.992,200Positive News
DAKT
Daktronics
4.8812 of 5 stars
$17.62
+1.4%
$26.00
+47.6%
+86.2%$853.72M$756.48M-40.052,702Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
MLAB
Mesa Laboratories
3.4685 of 5 stars
$63.76
-1.5%
$113.50
+78.0%
-51.0%$356.22M$240.98M-455.43680Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
COHR
Coherent
2.6663 of 5 stars
$98.59
+0.8%
$110.07
+11.6%
+32.2%$15.24B$5.81B-182.5730,216
CGNX
Cognex
4.6603 of 5 stars
$44.61
-0.7%
$42.31
-5.2%
+14.8%$7.55B$914.52M62.832,914News Coverage
Positive News
ITRI
Itron
4.6994 of 5 stars
$120.12
-0.3%
$136.55
+13.7%
+16.6%$5.51B$2.44B20.535,788Positive News
BMI
Badger Meter
4.7926 of 5 stars
$182.45
-0.2%
$238.40
+30.7%
-15.0%$5.39B$873.93M39.752,210News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
OSIS
OSI Systems
3.7376 of 5 stars
$229.11
-1.9%
$230.83
+0.8%
+61.5%$3.93B$1.71B26.337,337Positive News
ROG
Rogers
2.7331 of 5 stars
$78.51
-0.3%
$85.00
+8.3%
-22.4%$1.43B$830.10M-22.243,200Trending News
Short Interest ↑
CTS
CTS
2.0929 of 5 stars
$42.05
-0.7%
N/A-11.3%$1.25B$515.77M19.833,549
ALNT
Allient
2.8185 of 5 stars
$45.76
+0.5%
$35.00
-23.5%
+124.9%$771.77M$529.97M53.212,525Positive News

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