Vishay Precision Group (NYSE:VPG – Get Free Report) and Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFA – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
87.6% of Vishay Precision Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.0% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Vishay Precision Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Vishay Precision Group and Bel Fuse, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Vishay Precision Group | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Bel Fuse | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 |
Volatility and Risk
Vishay Precision Group has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Vishay Precision Group and Bel Fuse’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Vishay Precision Group | 1.20% | 1.77% | 1.31% |
| Bel Fuse | 7.21% | 20.55% | 11.02% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Vishay Precision Group and Bel Fuse”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Vishay Precision Group | $307.20 million | 3.11 | $5.29 million | $0.30 | 239.45 |
| Bel Fuse | $744.09 million | 3.94 | $61.54 million | $3.91 | 51.94 |
Bel Fuse has higher revenue and earnings than Vishay Precision Group. Bel Fuse 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.
Summary
Bel Fuse beats Vishay Precision Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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. Its product portfolio includes precision resistors, strain gages, load cells and force measurement transducers, on-board weighing systems, and process weighing products; rolling force measuring load cell systems and pressure transmitters; web tension measurement load cells and systems; and 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 data acquisition systems and sensors for product safety testing; thermal-mechanical simulation systems for metallurgical research; and conditioning, data acquisition and control systems, as well as electronic displays, signal processors, microelectromechanical system sensors, cabling, system software, and communications software/hardware. Its products are used in industrial comprising 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 Alpha Electronics, Powertron, Vishay Foil Resistors, Micro-Measurements, APR, Celtron, Revere, Sensortronics, Tedea-Huntleigh, Stress-tek, Vulcan, BLH Nobel, KELK, and DTS brands. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
About Bel Fuse
Bel Fuse Inc. designs, manufactures, markets, and sells products that power, protect, and connect electronic circuits. The company's products are used in the networking, telecommunications, computing, general industrial, high-speed data transmission, military, commercial aerospace, transportation, and e-Mobility industries. It provides power solutions and protection products, including front-end power supplies, board-mount power products, industrial and transportation power products, external power products, and circuit protection products. The company also offers connectivity solutions, such as expanded beam fiber optic connectors, cable assemblies, and active optical devices; copper-based connectors/cable assemblies; radio frequency connectors, cable assemblies, microwave devices, and low loss cables; and ethernet, I/O, and industrial and power connectivity products. In addition, it provides magnetic solutions comprising integrated connector modules, power transformers, SMD power inductors and SMPS transformers, and ethernet discrete components. The company sells its products through direct strategic account managers, regional sales managers working with independent sales representative organizations, and authorized distributors in the United States, the People's Republic of China, Macao, the United Kingdom, Slovakia, Germany, India, Switzerland, and internationally. Bel Fuse Inc. was incorporated in 1949 and is headquartered in West Orange, New Jersey.
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