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ProfileEarnings HistoryForecast Vishay Precision Group EPS ResultsActual EPS$0.07Consensus EPS $0.21Beat/MissMissed by -$0.14One Year Ago EPSN/AVishay Precision Group Revenue ResultsActual Revenue$80.57 millionExpected Revenue$78.08 millionBeat/MissBeat by +$2.50 millionYoY Revenue GrowthN/AVishay Precision Group Announcement DetailsQuarterQ4 2025Date2/11/2026TimeBefore Market OpensConference Call DateWednesday, February 11, 2026Conference Call Time9:00AM ETUpcoming EarningsVishay Precision Group's Q3 2026 earnings is estimated for Tuesday, November 3, 2026, based on past reporting schedules, with a conference call scheduled at 9:00 AM ET. Check back for transcripts, audio, and key financial metrics as they become available.Conference Call ResourcesConference Call AudioConference Call TranscriptSlide DeckPress Release (8-K)Annual Report (10-K)Earnings HistoryCompany ProfileSlide DeckFull Screen Slide DeckPowered by Vishay Precision Group Q4 2025 Earnings Call TranscriptProvided by QuartrFebruary 11, 2026ShareShareShare This ReportLink copied to clipboard.Key Takeaways Positive Sentiment: Q4 revenue was $80.6 million (+11% YoY) and the company reported its fifth consecutive quarter with a book-to-bill above 1; Sensors backlog is at a multi‑year high and management expects higher Sensor shipments beginning in Q2. Neutral Sentiment: Adjusted gross margin declined to 37% in Q4 due to roughly $3 million of one‑time headwinds (unfavorable product mix, inventory reductions, discrete manufacturing impacts) and FX; management expects gross‑margin improvement in Q1. Positive Sentiment: Business‑development initiatives (humanoid robots, semiconductor equipment) produced $37.8 million of orders in 2025, above the $30 million goal, and the company is targeting $45 million in 2026 (≈20% growth) as Physical AI and humanoid demand ramps. Neutral Sentiment: VPG reorganized into two new offices (CBPO and COO) to centralize sales/product and operations, will incur about $3 million of incremental SG&A in 2026 for new IT/platforms, and expects meaningful cost savings (management cited a $6 million savings target), creating execution and timing risk. Positive Sentiment: Financial position supports growth and M&A with $87.4 million cash (net cash ≈ $66.8 million) and available credit; management guided Q1 revenue to $74–$80 million and set 2026 CapEx of $14–$16 million. AI Generated. May Contain Errors.Conference Call Audio Live Call not available Earnings Conference CallVishay Precision Group Q4 202500:00 / 00:00Speed:1x1.25x1.5x2xTranscript SectionsPresentationParticipantsPresentationSkip to Participants Operator00:00:00I will now hand over to Steve Cantor, Senior Director, Investor Relations at VPG, to begin. Please go. Steve CantorSenior Director of Investor Relations at Vishay Precision Group00:00:08Thank you, Claire. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to VPG's 2025 fourth quarter earnings conference call. Our Q4 press release and slides have been posted on VPG's website. An audio recording of today's call will be available on the internet for a limited time and can also be accessed on our website. Today's remarks are governed by the safe harbor provisions of the 1995 Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Our actual results may vary from forward-looking statements. For a discussion of the risks associated with VPG's operations, we encourage you to refer to our SEC filings, especially the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, and our other recent SEC filings. On the call today are Ziv Shoshani, CEO and President, and Bill Clancy, CFO. I'll now turn the call to Ziv for some prepared remarks. Ziv? Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:01:08Thank you, Steve. I will begin with some commentary on our results and trends for the fourth quarter and on our strategy. Bill will provide financial details and our outlook for the first quarter of 2026. Moving to slide three. To summarize our Q4 2025 results, Q4 marked our fifth consecutive quarter with a book-to-bill over one, led by Sensors. While Q4 gross margin reflected the number of headwinds, we expect gross margin to improve in Q1. With Sensors ramping and backlog at a multi-year high, we expect higher shipments beginning in Q2 and continued progress on our growth initiatives. Specifically, fourth quarter revenues of $80.6 million was up 11% year-over-year and 1% sequentially, reflecting solid execution across the portfolio. We achieved another quarter of a positive booking trends as our consolidated orders of $81.3 million grew 2% sequentially. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:02:19This resulted in a book-to-bill of 1.01, the fifth consecutive quarter of book-to-bill of 1 or better. We continue to make good progress across our business development initiatives, including humanoid robots and semiconductor equipment. These efforts generated $11.8 million in orders during the fourth quarter, bringing total orders from these initiatives to $37.8 million for the full year of 2025, which exceeded our goal of $30 million for the year. Our fourth quarter adjusted gross margin of 37% was impacted by $3 million of headwinds, including unusual unfavorable product mix, inventory reductions, and discrete inventory and manufacturing impacts. We expect gross margin to improve in Q1. We are currently ramping production of Sensors products and expect to realize higher sales in the second quarter. I'll now review the business performance by segments. Moving to slide four. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:03:30Beginning with our Sensors segment, fourth quarter revenue declined 4% sequentially, but was 18% higher than a year ago. Compared to the third quarter, continued strength in test and measurement related to semiconductor equipment was offset by softer sales to the AMS and the general industrial market. Bookings for Sensors continued its positive trend and reached its highest level in 13 quarters. Sensor bookings rose 4% sequentially and were 30% above a year ago, resulting in a book-to-bill of 1.15. The bookings growth from the third quarter was driven by higher orders in general industrial, our other markets for consumer electronics, and AMS. In addition, we are pleased with the demand related to the test and measurement market, particularly for semiconductor test equipment applications. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:04:36Total Sensors orders were up 18% in the second half of 2025 compared to the first half, with Sensors backlog at the highest level since Q3 of 2023. We are currently hiring to ramp up production to meet demand, which should lead to increased sales beginning of Q2. A key highlight continues to be our growing momentum with humanoid robots developments in Q4. We received $800,000 in humanoid-related orders, including a follow-on bookings for our first two customers and an initial prototype order for the third. This new customer is an emerging robotics company developing humanoids to enhance productivity and streamline daily operations in both homes and warehouse environment. In addition, in January, we received a follow-on orders from one of our initial two humanoid customers of approximately $1 million. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:05:532026 is expected to be a pivotal year for the overall humanoid robotics market, as leading companies move decisively from prototype into early production and real-world deployment. Technical challenges remain, but they play directly to our strength and create strong demand for our high-value, high-performance solutions that solve their problems to advance dexterity, stability, responsiveness, and safety. While the timing and scale of production ramps across the humanoid robot market remains unclear, we expect 2026 to bring continued momentum for VPG. Our infrastructure and supply chain teams are prepared to support customers' production demands. Moving to slide five. Turning to our Weighing Solutions segment, fourth quarter sales increased modestly from the third quarter and grew 7.8% from prior year. The sequential increase was primarily evident in our industrial weighing market. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:07:12Weighing Solutions orders were up 14.9% sequentially to $28.2 million, resulting in a book-to-bill of 1.02. Specific areas of strength were in our other markets for precision ag, medical, construction, and e-bike applications. Orders were also higher in the transportation for onboard weighing systems for heavy-use trucks. While there are signs that some of these end markets have reached their cyclical bottom, we continue to see mixed trends across our OEM customers. Moving to slide six. Turning to our Measurement Systems segment, revenue in the fourth quarter of $22.4 million increased 9% sequentially and 6% from a year ago. The sequential increase reflected a record-high sales for DSI R&D tool for development of new metal alloys. We also had higher sales in AMS for testing new avionics platforms. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:08:26Fourth quarter Measurement Systems orders of $18.1 million declined 16% from the third quarter and resulted in a book-to-bill of 0.81. Lower orders in our steel sector market, which mostly reflected the timing of projects in the middle of a soft global steel market, offset stronger sales of DTS products used in crash safety testing. Our pipeline remain healthy, and given the timing of customers' projects, we expect to return to a positive book-to-bill in Q1. Moving to slide seven. Looking at the year, in total, fiscal 2025 was a year of transformation for VPG. While our revenues of $307.2 million grew slightly from the prior year, sales in the second half were up 9% from the first half. In addition, we had a steady improvement in orders through the year, particularly in the Sensor segment. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:09:42Our performance in our business development initiatives of $37.8 million in 2025 exceeded our goal of $30 million for the year. We also delivered $4.5 million of targeted cost reductions as part of ongoing cost efficiency plans. Moving to slide 8. Most significantly, during 2025, we took steps to position VPG for its next phase of accelerated growth. Over the past several years, we strengthened and streamlined our operation to support higher volume opportunities and sharpen how we develop and track our growth initiatives. Those efforts have prepared us to move into the next phase, which involves a fundamental rewiring of our business. As we announced in November, a key component is the creation of the two new senior executives positions and corresponding organizations: the Office of the Chief Business and Product Officer and the Office of Chief Operating Officer. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:10:54Each organization has a clear mandate. The CBPO's focus is on accelerating growth by refining our internal sales and product development processes, thus expanding our opportunity set and increasing our conversion rate with both new and existing customers. The COO organization is supporting this accelerated growth by driving improvements in operational efficiency and readiness, while also reducing our cost structure. Creating this cross-divisional center of excellence organizations marks a major shift from the diversified operating structure that defined much of our history. The reason is simple: the opportunities ahead are being driven by large, mainstream market and technology trends and are bigger and more significant than ever. As we enter Q1 transition period, the new organization will work on the core and cross-company processes, redesigning them into standardized, scalable, unified, and up-to-date global processes, while also implementing industry best practices. The new processes will be fully placed in Q2. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:12:24We expect an additional $3 million of SG&A costs in 2026 to support the new organizational structure, as well as new IT platforms. As a result of the new organization, we expect $2 million in savings through cost reduction initiatives. The net effect is $1 million to support the new organization. A key trend driving our long-term opportunities is the emergence of Physical AI technologies. Physical AI is the class of AI systems that perceives the real world, makes decisions, and drive physical actions through machine or control systems. It sits at the intersection of AI and machine learning, sensors, controls, and humanoids. As Physical AI gains broader adoption, certain types are expected to have bigger, longer-term impact than others. VPG is looking to provide solutions in the humanoids and autonomous logistics. As a result, we are excited about our growth prospects. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:13:39We have set an internal goal this year to grow our top line in the mid- to high single digits, as we anticipate a stronger second half, reflecting strengthening economic trends and capital investments, as well as continued progress with our ongoing growth initiatives. Given our current pipeline from business development initiatives, we are setting a target of $45 million for 2026, which represents a 20% increase from 2025. Before turning the call to Bill, I would like to thank our employees for their dedication, their past year, and their embrace of the changes we are making. I want to thank our customers for their trust and confidence as we continue to work hard to exceed their expectations. I will now turn it over to Bill Clancy. Bill? Bill ClancyCFO at Vishay Precision Group00:14:45Thank you, Ziv. Referring to slide nine and the reconciliation tables of the slide deck, our fourth quarter of 2025 revenues were $80.6 million. Adjusted gross margin of 37% in the fourth quarter, decreased from 40.5% in the third quarter, was impacted by $1 million related to unfavorable product mix and $1 million due to inventory reductions. In addition, we incurred approximately $1 million of discrete inventory and manufacturing impacts, as well as a $400,000 impact from unfavorable foreign exchange. Sequentially, by segment, adjusted gross margin for Sensors of 28.5% declined due to lower volume and unfavorable product mix and foreign exchange rates. The Weighing Solutions gross margin of 33% decreased from the third quarter, primarily due to one-time manufacturing fixed costs, a reduction of inventory, and higher logistics costs. Bill ClancyCFO at Vishay Precision Group00:15:52Adjusted gross margin for the Measurement Systems of 53.3% increased from the third quarter due to higher volume, partially offset by discrete inventory adjustments. Moving to slide 10. Our adjusted operating margin was 2.3%, which excluded restructuring costs of $697,000 and $110,000 of purchase accounting adjustments. Selling, general, and administrative expense for the fourth quarter was $27.9 million, or 34.7% of revenues, which was modestly higher than Q3, reflecting hiring for the new organizational structure and higher travel and commission costs. Unfavorable foreign exchange rates impacted adjusted operating margin in the fourth quarter by $600,000, and for the full year of 2025 by $4.7 million. Our GAAP net loss was $1.9 million, or $0.14 per diluted share. Bill ClancyCFO at Vishay Precision Group00:16:59Adjusted diluted EPS was $0.07. The GAAP tax rate for the full year was 39%. For 2026, we are assuming an operational tax rate of approximately 26%. Moving to slide 11. Adjusted EBITDA was $6 million, or 7.5% of revenue, compared to $9.2 million or 11.5% of revenue in the third quarter. CapEx in the fourth quarter was $3.5 million and was $8.5 million for the full year. For 2026, we are forecasting $14 million-$16 million for capital expenditures. We generated adjusted free cash flow of $1.3 million for the fourth quarter, which compared to $7.4 million in the third quarter. Bill ClancyCFO at Vishay Precision Group00:17:56As of the end of the fourth quarter, our cash position was $87.4 million, and our long-term debt was $20.6 million. The resulting net cash position of $66.8 million and the unused portion of our credit facility- Bill ClancyCFO at Vishay Precision Group00:18:12... provides ample liquidity to support our business requirements and to fund M&A. Regarding the outlook, for the first quarter of 2026, we expect net revenue to be in the range of $74 million-$80 million, assuming constant fourth fiscal quarter 2025 exchange rates. In summary, quarterly bookings exceeded $80 million for the first time since second quarter of 2023, and resulted in a book-to-bill of 1.01. We exceeded our 2025 goal for orders from business development initiatives and are targeting a 20% increase in 2026, and we entered into a new phase with key organizational and strategic changes focused on accelerating growth and cost efficiencies. With that, let's open the lines for questions. Thank you. Operator00:19:14Thank you. To ask a question, please press star followed by one on your telephone keypad now. If you change your mind, please press star followed by two. When preparing to ask your question, please ensure your device is unmuted locally. Our first question comes from John Franzreb from Sidoti & Co. Your line is now open, John. Please go ahead. John FranzrebEquity Analyst at Sidoti & Co.00:19:37Hi, everybody, and thanks for taking the questions. I actually want to start with the revenue guide. I'm curious about as to achieve the high, mid- to high-single-digit guide that you're putting out there, how biased is that towards the sensor segment, given the recent bookings profile? Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:19:59Well, John, good morning. First, we are fairly optimistic regarding the recovery in the marketplace. We have seen many, many signs. It started, the initial sign was in the Sensors, but we're also quite positive about also positive signs regarding Weighing Solutions. Also, for- John FranzrebEquity Analyst at Sidoti & Co.00:20:19Right Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:20:20... measurement systems, some of the segments are – we started to see early signs of recovery. Still, the steel market is fairly soft, predominantly in China, but overall, we are optimistic regarding the business environment. In addition to that, we are also expecting additional book-to-bill above one in the second quarter. Now, regarding execution and revenues, this is correct that while we are working on ramping up production for sensors, we would expect to see higher revenues, mainly in sensors, as of the second quarter, but you are correct, in order to achieve the mid- to high-single-digit, the second half of this year, we are going to, we are looking to achieve higher revenues than the first half since we are in a ramp-up mode currently. John FranzrebEquity Analyst at Sidoti & Co.00:21:20Got it. And regarding the gross margin impact, you know, my back-of-the-envelope number was that, was roughly, would have been 41% in the quarter. Is that right to assume X, some of those, we'll call it one-time items, if you will? And I'm curious if any of them lingered or are lingering into the first quarter of 2026. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:21:45So we have identified kind of an unusual effect in the fourth quarter at the level of $3 million. As I indicated, which were related to year-end closing, and also to, I would say, launching new ERP systems at one of our sites. Those, one, one, those so-called one- John FranzrebEquity Analyst at Sidoti & Co.00:22:16Ziv, I lost you. Operator00:22:21Apologies. It seems we've lost connection with Ziv. The call will commence shortly once we regain. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:22:29Can you hear me? John FranzrebEquity Analyst at Sidoti & Co.00:22:32I can hear you now, sir. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:22:35Can you hear me, John? Sorry, for somehow I heard you. Okay, what I was saying is that at least the $3 million, we do not expect to see in the next quarter. Therefore, we should see an improved gross margin moving into Q1. John FranzrebEquity Analyst at Sidoti & Co.00:22:54Got it. And regarding these structuring actions, then I'll get back into queue. You expect $6 million. Is that $6 million expected to be realized in 2026, or is that an exit velocity coming out of the year? Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:23:11The $6 million of cost reduction are expected to be realized in 2026, and expected to be in the 2026 P&L. So all the cost reduction initiatives in regards to efficiency, productivity improvement, streamlining of manufacturing locations, and all other related activities, would result in a $6 million cost savings, which we expect to see in 2026. John FranzrebEquity Analyst at Sidoti & Co.00:23:44Thanks, Ziv. I'll get back into queue. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:23:46Okay. John FranzrebEquity Analyst at Sidoti & Co.00:23:46Thank you, sir. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:23:47Thank you. Operator00:23:50Thank you. Our next question comes from Joshua Nichols, from B. Riley. Your line is now open. Please go ahead. Joshua NicholsSenior Research Analyst at B. Riley00:23:59Yeah, thanks for taking my question. I wanna dive in, you know, some pretty significant organizational strategic changes here that you touched on during the call. What does this mean, you think, I guess, one, you know, betting on the company's growth prospects overall, and then, two, it's been some time, but I think you used to put out some longer term financial targets about operating leverage and what the company could achieve with these new changes. Could you touch on, you know, those two aspects, and if you plan to put any updates out on those, potentially? Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:24:34Yes, absolutely. If you can recall, Josh, in November, we announced an organizational changes in the company. The organizational changes was around two main new organizations, was the COO and the CBPO. The purpose was to develop a new organization, which is cross-divisional organization, which would allow us to standardize, unify, and improve and apply best practice processes. So to that extent, we are in the process of implementing the changes, which we are going to see starting to take into effect in the second quarter. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:25:21The changes regarding the COO organization would be mainly around procurement, you know, general. I would say centralized procurement would be around supply chain, supply chain, and also I would say a much better organizational focus or operational focus around cost reduction, execution, and around supporting our business organization. On the other hand, the CBPO, the purpose is to create a one centralized sales operation function, centralized marketing, and centralized business development in order to optimize our opportunities. Now, in addition to that, I would like to say that we are launching a data project, an IT, I would say, data project, which would allow us, which would allow everyone to operate on one system, which we are going to introduce more advanced BI and AI tools. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:26:35So all in all, the whole organization focus is on execution from the cost side and to support the business on the other side, to support the business in terms of better lead time, I would say, better lead time, shorter, high, better quality, business development, or I would say, to enhance business development initiatives, also from a cross-divisional and centralized marketing. We see already that the new organization from a cost standpoint, as we are building the foundation or as we are moving ahead with the foundation, we are expecting, as I indicated, $6 million. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:27:28We have even a bigger target for the next three years to achieve a certain cost reduction, while also we have set internal goals for business development, for example, a 20% year-over-year moving to a $45 million business development target for 2026. As you indicated, now we are in the process of changing the model in order to fit the new cost and the new financial to set a new financial model. So I would say that in the coming weeks, we are going to introduce a new model, which will be based on the new organization. Joshua NicholsSenior Research Analyst at B. Riley00:28:20Yeah, good to hear that that's gonna be updated. And then, you know, good also, you know, the new third humanoid development customer here that you're getting some initial orders from. I know you provided some very high-level detail about using humanoids at home, but also for manufacturing. Anything you could tell us about the size of the customer relative to the other two and potential timelines? Are they looking to scale up to larger scale production in 2026, or are they still in the earlier stages of development overall? Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:29:02The only thing I could say, since we are under a very strict NDA, that this is a smaller customer than the other two. They are still in the design configuration stage, and we are, you know, continuing the journey of engineering discussions with this customer in order to provide them with the best solution. I think that all in all, in the humanoid ecosystem, the ramp-up is really depends on the customer commercialization and adoption of the humanoid-related application. We don't know when they are expecting to start pre-production or even ramping up, but I think that the important piece is that our infrastructure and supply chain are prepared to support them once they make the decision. Joshua NicholsSenior Research Analyst at B. Riley00:30:07Thanks. The last question for me, you know, this has been, you know, a big topic. You see a lot of humanoids, CES and other events overall. Is it fair to say that you're in discussions with multiple other humanoid developers also and, you know, potentially we could see some additional customers now throughout 2026, or what is your expectation on that front on building out your humanoid customer base? Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:30:36We do have a list of many humanoid manufacturers, which we started a dialogue with them. At this point, we don't report that in our earnings call since they have not requested a prototype orders. So the fact that there is a whole list of humanoid manufacturers in different parts of the world, we hope that we will be able to report that we would be able to report that we are going to ship or to start a more serious dialogue and to ship prototypes to others. Yes, but no doubt they are on our screen and we are looking at many more humanoid manufacturers. Yes. Joshua NicholsSenior Research Analyst at B. Riley00:31:29Appreciate it. Thank you. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:31:32Thank you. Operator00:31:34Thank you. Our next question comes from Jaeson Schmidt, from Lake Street Capital Markets. Your line is now open. Please go ahead. Jaeson SchmidtDirector of Research at Lake Street Capital Markets00:31:43Hey, guys. Thanks for taking my questions. Just following up on that line of questioning, beyond humanoid robots, where it seems like you guys are seeing some really nice momentum, can you talk about which verticals in your new business initiatives are outperforming your original expectations? Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:32:02So, as you know, we in the past were looking at the ultra-high temperature ceramics, which is one of our products. We were also looking at some designs of precision resistors in the semiconductors, and very recently, we have also started a dialogue with what we call Physical AI applications, which are, or let's call it, those type of autonomous logistics, which are based on AI, which are based on AI platforms, which I would say some large manufacturers are looking at that. That, I would say this is kind of an adjacent application to the humanoid, but also based on AI. So we started a dialogue also with one or two customers regarding autonomous logistics. Jaeson SchmidtDirector of Research at Lake Street Capital Markets00:33:16Gotcha. And then following up on your comments on kinda additional hiring within the Sensors segment, is this to mainly just build out that infrastructure more, or are you seeing demand pull from specific verticals or end markets that are, that are surely driving this? Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:33:36So, hiring the people at this point in time, the sensor business, I would say the end sectors that are driving the demand are test and measurement, avionics, military, and space, and some general industrial applications. Those are the end markets that we did see some signs of recovery. We have seen much stronger order intake, and we are hiring direct employees and ramping up production. We don't believe that this is a short-term recovery. We believe that we should expect to see also this recovery in the coming months. Jaeson SchmidtDirector of Research at Lake Street Capital Markets00:34:26Perfect. Really helpful. Thanks a lot, guys. Operator00:34:33Thank you. As a reminder to ask a question, please press star followed by one on your telephone keypad now. We will now pause for any questions to be registered. As a last reminder, to ask a question, please press star followed by one on your telephone keypad now. We currently have no further questions, and I would like to hand back to Steve Cantor for any closing remarks. Steve CantorSenior Director of Investor Relations at Vishay Precision Group00:35:15Great. Thank you, Claire. Before closing, I do want to note that we will be at the Roth Investor Conference in March, and, of course, we look forward to updating you next quarter. Thank you all for joining the call today, and have a great day. Operator00:35:33Thank you. This now concludes today's call. Thank you all for joining. You may now disconnect your lines.Read moreParticipantsExecutivesBill ClancyCFOSteve CantorSenior Director of Investor RelationsZiv ShoshaniCEO and PresidentAnalystsJaeson SchmidtDirector of Research at Lake Street Capital MarketsJohn FranzrebEquity Analyst at Sidoti & Co.Joshua NicholsSenior Research Analyst at B. 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Vishay Precision Group was established as an independent public company through a spin-off from Vishay Intertechnology in 2010. 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PresentationSkip to Participants Operator00:00:00I will now hand over to Steve Cantor, Senior Director, Investor Relations at VPG, to begin. Please go. Steve CantorSenior Director of Investor Relations at Vishay Precision Group00:00:08Thank you, Claire. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to VPG's 2025 fourth quarter earnings conference call. Our Q4 press release and slides have been posted on VPG's website. An audio recording of today's call will be available on the internet for a limited time and can also be accessed on our website. Today's remarks are governed by the safe harbor provisions of the 1995 Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Our actual results may vary from forward-looking statements. For a discussion of the risks associated with VPG's operations, we encourage you to refer to our SEC filings, especially the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, and our other recent SEC filings. On the call today are Ziv Shoshani, CEO and President, and Bill Clancy, CFO. I'll now turn the call to Ziv for some prepared remarks. Ziv? Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:01:08Thank you, Steve. I will begin with some commentary on our results and trends for the fourth quarter and on our strategy. Bill will provide financial details and our outlook for the first quarter of 2026. Moving to slide three. To summarize our Q4 2025 results, Q4 marked our fifth consecutive quarter with a book-to-bill over one, led by Sensors. While Q4 gross margin reflected the number of headwinds, we expect gross margin to improve in Q1. With Sensors ramping and backlog at a multi-year high, we expect higher shipments beginning in Q2 and continued progress on our growth initiatives. Specifically, fourth quarter revenues of $80.6 million was up 11% year-over-year and 1% sequentially, reflecting solid execution across the portfolio. We achieved another quarter of a positive booking trends as our consolidated orders of $81.3 million grew 2% sequentially. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:02:19This resulted in a book-to-bill of 1.01, the fifth consecutive quarter of book-to-bill of 1 or better. We continue to make good progress across our business development initiatives, including humanoid robots and semiconductor equipment. These efforts generated $11.8 million in orders during the fourth quarter, bringing total orders from these initiatives to $37.8 million for the full year of 2025, which exceeded our goal of $30 million for the year. Our fourth quarter adjusted gross margin of 37% was impacted by $3 million of headwinds, including unusual unfavorable product mix, inventory reductions, and discrete inventory and manufacturing impacts. We expect gross margin to improve in Q1. We are currently ramping production of Sensors products and expect to realize higher sales in the second quarter. I'll now review the business performance by segments. Moving to slide four. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:03:30Beginning with our Sensors segment, fourth quarter revenue declined 4% sequentially, but was 18% higher than a year ago. Compared to the third quarter, continued strength in test and measurement related to semiconductor equipment was offset by softer sales to the AMS and the general industrial market. Bookings for Sensors continued its positive trend and reached its highest level in 13 quarters. Sensor bookings rose 4% sequentially and were 30% above a year ago, resulting in a book-to-bill of 1.15. The bookings growth from the third quarter was driven by higher orders in general industrial, our other markets for consumer electronics, and AMS. In addition, we are pleased with the demand related to the test and measurement market, particularly for semiconductor test equipment applications. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:04:36Total Sensors orders were up 18% in the second half of 2025 compared to the first half, with Sensors backlog at the highest level since Q3 of 2023. We are currently hiring to ramp up production to meet demand, which should lead to increased sales beginning of Q2. A key highlight continues to be our growing momentum with humanoid robots developments in Q4. We received $800,000 in humanoid-related orders, including a follow-on bookings for our first two customers and an initial prototype order for the third. This new customer is an emerging robotics company developing humanoids to enhance productivity and streamline daily operations in both homes and warehouse environment. In addition, in January, we received a follow-on orders from one of our initial two humanoid customers of approximately $1 million. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:05:532026 is expected to be a pivotal year for the overall humanoid robotics market, as leading companies move decisively from prototype into early production and real-world deployment. Technical challenges remain, but they play directly to our strength and create strong demand for our high-value, high-performance solutions that solve their problems to advance dexterity, stability, responsiveness, and safety. While the timing and scale of production ramps across the humanoid robot market remains unclear, we expect 2026 to bring continued momentum for VPG. Our infrastructure and supply chain teams are prepared to support customers' production demands. Moving to slide five. Turning to our Weighing Solutions segment, fourth quarter sales increased modestly from the third quarter and grew 7.8% from prior year. The sequential increase was primarily evident in our industrial weighing market. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:07:12Weighing Solutions orders were up 14.9% sequentially to $28.2 million, resulting in a book-to-bill of 1.02. Specific areas of strength were in our other markets for precision ag, medical, construction, and e-bike applications. Orders were also higher in the transportation for onboard weighing systems for heavy-use trucks. While there are signs that some of these end markets have reached their cyclical bottom, we continue to see mixed trends across our OEM customers. Moving to slide six. Turning to our Measurement Systems segment, revenue in the fourth quarter of $22.4 million increased 9% sequentially and 6% from a year ago. The sequential increase reflected a record-high sales for DSI R&D tool for development of new metal alloys. We also had higher sales in AMS for testing new avionics platforms. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:08:26Fourth quarter Measurement Systems orders of $18.1 million declined 16% from the third quarter and resulted in a book-to-bill of 0.81. Lower orders in our steel sector market, which mostly reflected the timing of projects in the middle of a soft global steel market, offset stronger sales of DTS products used in crash safety testing. Our pipeline remain healthy, and given the timing of customers' projects, we expect to return to a positive book-to-bill in Q1. Moving to slide seven. Looking at the year, in total, fiscal 2025 was a year of transformation for VPG. While our revenues of $307.2 million grew slightly from the prior year, sales in the second half were up 9% from the first half. In addition, we had a steady improvement in orders through the year, particularly in the Sensor segment. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:09:42Our performance in our business development initiatives of $37.8 million in 2025 exceeded our goal of $30 million for the year. We also delivered $4.5 million of targeted cost reductions as part of ongoing cost efficiency plans. Moving to slide 8. Most significantly, during 2025, we took steps to position VPG for its next phase of accelerated growth. Over the past several years, we strengthened and streamlined our operation to support higher volume opportunities and sharpen how we develop and track our growth initiatives. Those efforts have prepared us to move into the next phase, which involves a fundamental rewiring of our business. As we announced in November, a key component is the creation of the two new senior executives positions and corresponding organizations: the Office of the Chief Business and Product Officer and the Office of Chief Operating Officer. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:10:54Each organization has a clear mandate. The CBPO's focus is on accelerating growth by refining our internal sales and product development processes, thus expanding our opportunity set and increasing our conversion rate with both new and existing customers. The COO organization is supporting this accelerated growth by driving improvements in operational efficiency and readiness, while also reducing our cost structure. Creating this cross-divisional center of excellence organizations marks a major shift from the diversified operating structure that defined much of our history. The reason is simple: the opportunities ahead are being driven by large, mainstream market and technology trends and are bigger and more significant than ever. As we enter Q1 transition period, the new organization will work on the core and cross-company processes, redesigning them into standardized, scalable, unified, and up-to-date global processes, while also implementing industry best practices. The new processes will be fully placed in Q2. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:12:24We expect an additional $3 million of SG&A costs in 2026 to support the new organizational structure, as well as new IT platforms. As a result of the new organization, we expect $2 million in savings through cost reduction initiatives. The net effect is $1 million to support the new organization. A key trend driving our long-term opportunities is the emergence of Physical AI technologies. Physical AI is the class of AI systems that perceives the real world, makes decisions, and drive physical actions through machine or control systems. It sits at the intersection of AI and machine learning, sensors, controls, and humanoids. As Physical AI gains broader adoption, certain types are expected to have bigger, longer-term impact than others. VPG is looking to provide solutions in the humanoids and autonomous logistics. As a result, we are excited about our growth prospects. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:13:39We have set an internal goal this year to grow our top line in the mid- to high single digits, as we anticipate a stronger second half, reflecting strengthening economic trends and capital investments, as well as continued progress with our ongoing growth initiatives. Given our current pipeline from business development initiatives, we are setting a target of $45 million for 2026, which represents a 20% increase from 2025. Before turning the call to Bill, I would like to thank our employees for their dedication, their past year, and their embrace of the changes we are making. I want to thank our customers for their trust and confidence as we continue to work hard to exceed their expectations. I will now turn it over to Bill Clancy. Bill? Bill ClancyCFO at Vishay Precision Group00:14:45Thank you, Ziv. Referring to slide nine and the reconciliation tables of the slide deck, our fourth quarter of 2025 revenues were $80.6 million. Adjusted gross margin of 37% in the fourth quarter, decreased from 40.5% in the third quarter, was impacted by $1 million related to unfavorable product mix and $1 million due to inventory reductions. In addition, we incurred approximately $1 million of discrete inventory and manufacturing impacts, as well as a $400,000 impact from unfavorable foreign exchange. Sequentially, by segment, adjusted gross margin for Sensors of 28.5% declined due to lower volume and unfavorable product mix and foreign exchange rates. The Weighing Solutions gross margin of 33% decreased from the third quarter, primarily due to one-time manufacturing fixed costs, a reduction of inventory, and higher logistics costs. Bill ClancyCFO at Vishay Precision Group00:15:52Adjusted gross margin for the Measurement Systems of 53.3% increased from the third quarter due to higher volume, partially offset by discrete inventory adjustments. Moving to slide 10. Our adjusted operating margin was 2.3%, which excluded restructuring costs of $697,000 and $110,000 of purchase accounting adjustments. Selling, general, and administrative expense for the fourth quarter was $27.9 million, or 34.7% of revenues, which was modestly higher than Q3, reflecting hiring for the new organizational structure and higher travel and commission costs. Unfavorable foreign exchange rates impacted adjusted operating margin in the fourth quarter by $600,000, and for the full year of 2025 by $4.7 million. Our GAAP net loss was $1.9 million, or $0.14 per diluted share. Bill ClancyCFO at Vishay Precision Group00:16:59Adjusted diluted EPS was $0.07. The GAAP tax rate for the full year was 39%. For 2026, we are assuming an operational tax rate of approximately 26%. Moving to slide 11. Adjusted EBITDA was $6 million, or 7.5% of revenue, compared to $9.2 million or 11.5% of revenue in the third quarter. CapEx in the fourth quarter was $3.5 million and was $8.5 million for the full year. For 2026, we are forecasting $14 million-$16 million for capital expenditures. We generated adjusted free cash flow of $1.3 million for the fourth quarter, which compared to $7.4 million in the third quarter. Bill ClancyCFO at Vishay Precision Group00:17:56As of the end of the fourth quarter, our cash position was $87.4 million, and our long-term debt was $20.6 million. The resulting net cash position of $66.8 million and the unused portion of our credit facility- Bill ClancyCFO at Vishay Precision Group00:18:12... provides ample liquidity to support our business requirements and to fund M&A. Regarding the outlook, for the first quarter of 2026, we expect net revenue to be in the range of $74 million-$80 million, assuming constant fourth fiscal quarter 2025 exchange rates. In summary, quarterly bookings exceeded $80 million for the first time since second quarter of 2023, and resulted in a book-to-bill of 1.01. We exceeded our 2025 goal for orders from business development initiatives and are targeting a 20% increase in 2026, and we entered into a new phase with key organizational and strategic changes focused on accelerating growth and cost efficiencies. With that, let's open the lines for questions. Thank you. Operator00:19:14Thank you. To ask a question, please press star followed by one on your telephone keypad now. If you change your mind, please press star followed by two. When preparing to ask your question, please ensure your device is unmuted locally. Our first question comes from John Franzreb from Sidoti & Co. Your line is now open, John. Please go ahead. John FranzrebEquity Analyst at Sidoti & Co.00:19:37Hi, everybody, and thanks for taking the questions. I actually want to start with the revenue guide. I'm curious about as to achieve the high, mid- to high-single-digit guide that you're putting out there, how biased is that towards the sensor segment, given the recent bookings profile? Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:19:59Well, John, good morning. First, we are fairly optimistic regarding the recovery in the marketplace. We have seen many, many signs. It started, the initial sign was in the Sensors, but we're also quite positive about also positive signs regarding Weighing Solutions. Also, for- John FranzrebEquity Analyst at Sidoti & Co.00:20:19Right Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:20:20... measurement systems, some of the segments are – we started to see early signs of recovery. Still, the steel market is fairly soft, predominantly in China, but overall, we are optimistic regarding the business environment. In addition to that, we are also expecting additional book-to-bill above one in the second quarter. Now, regarding execution and revenues, this is correct that while we are working on ramping up production for sensors, we would expect to see higher revenues, mainly in sensors, as of the second quarter, but you are correct, in order to achieve the mid- to high-single-digit, the second half of this year, we are going to, we are looking to achieve higher revenues than the first half since we are in a ramp-up mode currently. John FranzrebEquity Analyst at Sidoti & Co.00:21:20Got it. And regarding the gross margin impact, you know, my back-of-the-envelope number was that, was roughly, would have been 41% in the quarter. Is that right to assume X, some of those, we'll call it one-time items, if you will? And I'm curious if any of them lingered or are lingering into the first quarter of 2026. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:21:45So we have identified kind of an unusual effect in the fourth quarter at the level of $3 million. As I indicated, which were related to year-end closing, and also to, I would say, launching new ERP systems at one of our sites. Those, one, one, those so-called one- John FranzrebEquity Analyst at Sidoti & Co.00:22:16Ziv, I lost you. Operator00:22:21Apologies. It seems we've lost connection with Ziv. The call will commence shortly once we regain. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:22:29Can you hear me? John FranzrebEquity Analyst at Sidoti & Co.00:22:32I can hear you now, sir. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:22:35Can you hear me, John? Sorry, for somehow I heard you. Okay, what I was saying is that at least the $3 million, we do not expect to see in the next quarter. Therefore, we should see an improved gross margin moving into Q1. John FranzrebEquity Analyst at Sidoti & Co.00:22:54Got it. And regarding these structuring actions, then I'll get back into queue. You expect $6 million. Is that $6 million expected to be realized in 2026, or is that an exit velocity coming out of the year? Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:23:11The $6 million of cost reduction are expected to be realized in 2026, and expected to be in the 2026 P&L. So all the cost reduction initiatives in regards to efficiency, productivity improvement, streamlining of manufacturing locations, and all other related activities, would result in a $6 million cost savings, which we expect to see in 2026. John FranzrebEquity Analyst at Sidoti & Co.00:23:44Thanks, Ziv. I'll get back into queue. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:23:46Okay. John FranzrebEquity Analyst at Sidoti & Co.00:23:46Thank you, sir. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:23:47Thank you. Operator00:23:50Thank you. Our next question comes from Joshua Nichols, from B. Riley. Your line is now open. Please go ahead. Joshua NicholsSenior Research Analyst at B. Riley00:23:59Yeah, thanks for taking my question. I wanna dive in, you know, some pretty significant organizational strategic changes here that you touched on during the call. What does this mean, you think, I guess, one, you know, betting on the company's growth prospects overall, and then, two, it's been some time, but I think you used to put out some longer term financial targets about operating leverage and what the company could achieve with these new changes. Could you touch on, you know, those two aspects, and if you plan to put any updates out on those, potentially? Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:24:34Yes, absolutely. If you can recall, Josh, in November, we announced an organizational changes in the company. The organizational changes was around two main new organizations, was the COO and the CBPO. The purpose was to develop a new organization, which is cross-divisional organization, which would allow us to standardize, unify, and improve and apply best practice processes. So to that extent, we are in the process of implementing the changes, which we are going to see starting to take into effect in the second quarter. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:25:21The changes regarding the COO organization would be mainly around procurement, you know, general. I would say centralized procurement would be around supply chain, supply chain, and also I would say a much better organizational focus or operational focus around cost reduction, execution, and around supporting our business organization. On the other hand, the CBPO, the purpose is to create a one centralized sales operation function, centralized marketing, and centralized business development in order to optimize our opportunities. Now, in addition to that, I would like to say that we are launching a data project, an IT, I would say, data project, which would allow us, which would allow everyone to operate on one system, which we are going to introduce more advanced BI and AI tools. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:26:35So all in all, the whole organization focus is on execution from the cost side and to support the business on the other side, to support the business in terms of better lead time, I would say, better lead time, shorter, high, better quality, business development, or I would say, to enhance business development initiatives, also from a cross-divisional and centralized marketing. We see already that the new organization from a cost standpoint, as we are building the foundation or as we are moving ahead with the foundation, we are expecting, as I indicated, $6 million. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:27:28We have even a bigger target for the next three years to achieve a certain cost reduction, while also we have set internal goals for business development, for example, a 20% year-over-year moving to a $45 million business development target for 2026. As you indicated, now we are in the process of changing the model in order to fit the new cost and the new financial to set a new financial model. So I would say that in the coming weeks, we are going to introduce a new model, which will be based on the new organization. Joshua NicholsSenior Research Analyst at B. Riley00:28:20Yeah, good to hear that that's gonna be updated. And then, you know, good also, you know, the new third humanoid development customer here that you're getting some initial orders from. I know you provided some very high-level detail about using humanoids at home, but also for manufacturing. Anything you could tell us about the size of the customer relative to the other two and potential timelines? Are they looking to scale up to larger scale production in 2026, or are they still in the earlier stages of development overall? Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:29:02The only thing I could say, since we are under a very strict NDA, that this is a smaller customer than the other two. They are still in the design configuration stage, and we are, you know, continuing the journey of engineering discussions with this customer in order to provide them with the best solution. I think that all in all, in the humanoid ecosystem, the ramp-up is really depends on the customer commercialization and adoption of the humanoid-related application. We don't know when they are expecting to start pre-production or even ramping up, but I think that the important piece is that our infrastructure and supply chain are prepared to support them once they make the decision. Joshua NicholsSenior Research Analyst at B. Riley00:30:07Thanks. The last question for me, you know, this has been, you know, a big topic. You see a lot of humanoids, CES and other events overall. Is it fair to say that you're in discussions with multiple other humanoid developers also and, you know, potentially we could see some additional customers now throughout 2026, or what is your expectation on that front on building out your humanoid customer base? Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:30:36We do have a list of many humanoid manufacturers, which we started a dialogue with them. At this point, we don't report that in our earnings call since they have not requested a prototype orders. So the fact that there is a whole list of humanoid manufacturers in different parts of the world, we hope that we will be able to report that we would be able to report that we are going to ship or to start a more serious dialogue and to ship prototypes to others. Yes, but no doubt they are on our screen and we are looking at many more humanoid manufacturers. Yes. Joshua NicholsSenior Research Analyst at B. Riley00:31:29Appreciate it. Thank you. Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:31:32Thank you. Operator00:31:34Thank you. Our next question comes from Jaeson Schmidt, from Lake Street Capital Markets. Your line is now open. Please go ahead. Jaeson SchmidtDirector of Research at Lake Street Capital Markets00:31:43Hey, guys. Thanks for taking my questions. Just following up on that line of questioning, beyond humanoid robots, where it seems like you guys are seeing some really nice momentum, can you talk about which verticals in your new business initiatives are outperforming your original expectations? Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:32:02So, as you know, we in the past were looking at the ultra-high temperature ceramics, which is one of our products. We were also looking at some designs of precision resistors in the semiconductors, and very recently, we have also started a dialogue with what we call Physical AI applications, which are, or let's call it, those type of autonomous logistics, which are based on AI, which are based on AI platforms, which I would say some large manufacturers are looking at that. That, I would say this is kind of an adjacent application to the humanoid, but also based on AI. So we started a dialogue also with one or two customers regarding autonomous logistics. Jaeson SchmidtDirector of Research at Lake Street Capital Markets00:33:16Gotcha. And then following up on your comments on kinda additional hiring within the Sensors segment, is this to mainly just build out that infrastructure more, or are you seeing demand pull from specific verticals or end markets that are, that are surely driving this? Ziv ShoshaniCEO and President at Vishay Precision Group00:33:36So, hiring the people at this point in time, the sensor business, I would say the end sectors that are driving the demand are test and measurement, avionics, military, and space, and some general industrial applications. Those are the end markets that we did see some signs of recovery. We have seen much stronger order intake, and we are hiring direct employees and ramping up production. We don't believe that this is a short-term recovery. We believe that we should expect to see also this recovery in the coming months. Jaeson SchmidtDirector of Research at Lake Street Capital Markets00:34:26Perfect. Really helpful. Thanks a lot, guys. Operator00:34:33Thank you. As a reminder to ask a question, please press star followed by one on your telephone keypad now. We will now pause for any questions to be registered. As a last reminder, to ask a question, please press star followed by one on your telephone keypad now. We currently have no further questions, and I would like to hand back to Steve Cantor for any closing remarks. Steve CantorSenior Director of Investor Relations at Vishay Precision Group00:35:15Great. Thank you, Claire. Before closing, I do want to note that we will be at the Roth Investor Conference in March, and, of course, we look forward to updating you next quarter. Thank you all for joining the call today, and have a great day. Operator00:35:33Thank you. This now concludes today's call. Thank you all for joining. You may now disconnect your lines.Read moreParticipantsExecutivesBill ClancyCFOSteve CantorSenior Director of Investor RelationsZiv ShoshaniCEO and PresidentAnalystsJaeson SchmidtDirector of Research at Lake Street Capital MarketsJohn FranzrebEquity Analyst at Sidoti & Co.Joshua NicholsSenior Research Analyst at B. RileyPowered by