Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (VPG)Technology | Scientific & Technical Instruments | Malvern, United States | NYSE
62.55 USD
-3.67
(-5.542%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4:02 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 63.50 +0.95 (1.519%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:53 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:54 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Vishay Precision Group is currently paralyzed by a catastrophic disconnect between its reported fundamentals and its actual performance. While the company boasts a 'strong buy' analyst consensus and a forward P/E that looks reasonable at 37x, the reality on the ground is starkly different: the stock recently posted a net loss despite higher sales, with adjusted EPS of just $0.04 against estimates of $0.19. This earnings miss triggered a violent sell-off, sending shares tumbling from over $100 to the mid-$60s in a matter of days. The balance sheet appears healthy with low debt, but the operational margin strain exposed by the losses is the primary concern. Furthermore, the complete absence of a dividend history eliminates any income floor for investors. While the long-term trajectory over the last nine years shows an overall gain, the recent multi-month decline and the immediate earnings failure suggest the market is correctly pricing in a period of uncertainty and potential structural weakness in the business model. The options market reflects this anxiety with speculative bets on both a crash and a recovery, but until the margin issues are resolved, the risk-reward profile remains unfavorable. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.681277 |
| MSTL | 0.702932 |
| AutoETS | 0.709449 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.713905 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 26% |
| H-stat | 45.67 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.232 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.97 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 11.802 |
| Revenue per Share | 24.757 |
| Market Cap | 833,192,896 |
| Trailing P/E | 223.39 |
| Forward P/E | 34.94 |
| Beta | 1.47 |
| Profit Margins | 1.20% |
| Website | https://vpgsensors.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:54 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for significant volatility rather than a clear directional bet. Call volume is heavily skewed toward deep out-of-the-money strikes (130, 145, 210, 220), suggesting a hope for a massive gap-up event, while put volume clusters around the money and slightly out-of-the-money strikes (60, 65, 75, 80), indicating a fear of a continued grind lower. The massive IV spikes at extreme strikes confirm this binary 'crash or moon' sentiment, but the lack of liquidity and the dominance of speculative volume over open interest suggest these are noise traders rather than institutional positioning.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 1.3666904 |
| Address1 | 3 Great Valley Parkway |
| Address2 | Suite 150 |
| All Time High | 151.78 |
| All Time Low | 10.2 |
| Ask | 65.8 |
| Ask Size | 100 |
| Audit Risk | 6 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 621,540 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 609,709 |
| Average Volume | 609,709 |
| Average Volume10Days | 621,540 |
| Beta | 1.47 |
| Bid | 62.54 |
| Bid Size | 100 |
| Board Risk | 6 |
| Book Value | 24.98 |
| City | Malvern |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 62.55 |
| Current Ratio | 4.155 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 66.55 |
| Day Low | 62.27 |
| Debt To Equity | 11.802 |
| Display Name | Vishay Precision |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,934,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,934,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,933,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,709,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,709,000 |
| Ebitda | 23,565,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.07172 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 33.804 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.424 |
| Enterprise Value | 796,599,872 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.56667 |
| Eps Forward | 1.79 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.28 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 98.705 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -36.155003 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.36629352 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 136.66904 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 151.78 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -89.229996 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.5878903 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 27.54 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 35.01 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.2712418 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 27.54 - 151.78 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,277,299,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 10,852,687 |
| Forward Eps | 1.79 |
| Forward P E | 34.944134 |
| Free Cashflow | 6,487,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 2,100 |
| Fullday Change | -3.67 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -5.54214 |
| Fullday Price | 63.5 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.38749 |
| Gross Profits | 127,325,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.032420002 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.92348 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 13,320,430 |
| Industry | Scientific & Technical Instruments |
| Industry Disp | Scientific & Technical Instruments |
| Industry Key | scientific-technical-instruments |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Vishay Precision Group, Inc. engages in the precision measurement and sensing technologies business in the United States, Europe, Israel, Asia, and Canada. It operates through three segments: Sensors, Weighing Solutions, and Measurement Systems. The company offers precision resistors, strain gages, load cells and force measurement transducers, vehicle weighing and over-load monitoring systems, and control process weighing products; rolling force measuring load cell systems and pressure transmitters; web tension measurement load cells and systems; optical strip width gages; and laser velocimeters for speed and length measurements and closed-loop crop optimization control systems for optimal strip cuts. The company also offers thermal-mechanical simulation systems for metallurgical research; conditioning, data acquisition, and control systems; and data acquisition systems and sensors for product safety testing, as well as electronic displays, signal processors, micro-electromechanical system sensors, cabling, system software, and communications software/hardware. Its products are used in waste management, bulk hauling, logging, scales manufacturing, engineering systems, pharmaceutical, oil, chemical, steel, paper, and food industries, as well as test and measurement, steel, medical, construction, agricultural, and consumer markets. The company offers its products under the VFR, Alpha Electronics, Powertron, APR, Celtron, Revere, Sensortronics, Tedea-Huntleigh, Stress-tek, Vulcan, BLH Nobel, KELK, Gleeble, DTS, and Pacific Instruments brands. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania. |
| Long Name | Vishay Precision Group, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 833,192,896 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_78966924 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,783,123,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 3,948,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 882,078,874 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 65.7 |
| Operating Cashflow | 2,846,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.00518 |
| Overall Risk | 6 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 3.58 |
| Phone | 484 321 5300 |
| Post Market Change | 0.95000076 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 1.5187862 |
| Post Market Price | 63.5 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,182 |
| Previous Close | 66.22 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 110.3817 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.5040033 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.5356765 |
| Profit Margins | 0.01202 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.346 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -3.67 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -5.54214 |
| Regular Market Day High | 66.55 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 62.27 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 62.27 - 66.55 |
| Regular Market Open | 65.7 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 66.22 |
| Regular Market Price | 62.55 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,342 |
| Regular Market Volume | 282,638 |
| Return On Assets | 0.0107 |
| Return On Equity | 0.01205 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.117 |
| Revenue Per Share | 24.757 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 12,297,543 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1043 |
| Shares Short | 1,389,332 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,314,297 |
| Short Name | Vishay Precision Group, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1165 |
| Short Ratio | 2.31 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | PA |
| Symbol | VPG |
| Target High Price | 105.0 |
| Target Low Price | 77.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 93.33333 |
| Target Median Price | 98.0 |
| Total Cash | 75,702,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 5.683 |
| Total Debt | 39,253,000 |
| Total Revenue | 328,588,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.28 |
| Trailing P E | 223.39285 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 3.6789 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 67.48965 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -4.9396477 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.07319119 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 282,638 |
| Website | https://vpgsensors.com |
| Zip | 19,355 |