Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc. Invests $351,000 in Vishay Precision Group, Inc. $VPG

Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE:VPG) in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund acquired 12,500 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $351,000.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. CWM LLC increased its position in Vishay Precision Group by 648.2% in the first quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,025 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 888 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vishay Precision Group by 2,638.2% in the 2nd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 931 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 897 shares during the period. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in Vishay Precision Group in the 2nd quarter valued at about $225,000. Magnetar Financial LLC bought a new stake in Vishay Precision Group in the 1st quarter valued at about $254,000. Finally, EntryPoint Capital LLC boosted its stake in Vishay Precision Group by 34.8% during the 1st quarter. EntryPoint Capital LLC now owns 12,933 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $312,000 after purchasing an additional 3,337 shares during the period. 87.61% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have commented on VPG shares. Zacks Research lowered shares of Vishay Precision Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, October 6th. Wall Street Zen raised Vishay Precision Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, November 2nd. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Vishay Precision Group in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $28.50.

Vishay Precision Group Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:VPG opened at $33.00 on Friday. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. has a 12 month low of $18.57 and a 12 month high of $38.90. The stock has a market cap of $438.21 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -366.63 and a beta of 0.96. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $33.24 and its 200 day moving average price is $29.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10, a current ratio of 4.35 and a quick ratio of 2.87.

Vishay Precision Group (NYSE:VPG) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 4th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.21 by $0.05. Vishay Precision Group had a positive return on equity of 1.72% and a negative net margin of 0.43%.The firm had revenue of $79.73 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $76.63 million. Vishay Precision Group has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Vishay Precision Group, Inc. will post 0.9 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.