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Should you be buying Vishay Precision Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vishay Precision Group include FARO Technologies (FARO), Daktronics (DAKT), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), Coherent (COHR), Badger Meter (BMI), Itron (ITRI), Cognex (CGNX), OSI Systems (OSIS), American Superconductor (AMSC), and CTS (CTS).
Vishay Precision Group vs. Its Competitors
FARO Technologies (NASDAQ:FARO) and Vishay Precision Group (NYSE:VPG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and valuation.
FARO Technologies has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vishay Precision Group has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vishay Precision Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FARO Technologies. FARO Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vishay Precision Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vishay Precision Group has a net margin of 1.03% compared to FARO Technologies' net margin of -0.26%. Vishay Precision Group's return on equity of 2.30% beat FARO Technologies' return on equity.
97.2% of FARO Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of Vishay Precision Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of FARO Technologies 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FARO Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $35.50, indicating a potential downside of 19.13%. Vishay Precision Group has a consensus price target of $28.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.65%. Given Vishay Precision Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vishay Precision Group is more favorable than FARO Technologies.
In the previous week, FARO Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Vishay Precision Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for FARO Technologies and 2 mentions for Vishay Precision Group. Vishay Precision Group's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat FARO Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that Vishay Precision Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Vishay Precision Group beats FARO Technologies on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VPG) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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