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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 Daktronics (DAKT), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), FARO Technologies (FARO), Coherent (COHR), Cognex (CGNX), Badger Meter (BMI), Itron (ITRI), OSI Systems (OSIS), Snap One (SNPO), and Cemtrex (CETX).
Vishay Precision Group (NYSE:VPG) and Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) 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 valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
Vishay Precision Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Daktronics. Daktronics 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 presently has a consensus price target of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.39%. Given Vishay Precision Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vishay Precision Group is more favorable than Daktronics.
In the previous week, Daktronics had 3 more articles in the media than Vishay Precision Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Daktronics and 0 mentions for Vishay Precision Group. Daktronics' average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Vishay Precision Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Daktronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vishay Precision Group has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Daktronics has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.6% of Vishay Precision Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Daktronics shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of Vishay Precision Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Daktronics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Vishay Precision Group received 89 more outperform votes than Daktronics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.06% of users gave Vishay Precision Group an outperform vote while only 63.99% of users gave Daktronics an outperform vote.
Vishay Precision Group has a net margin of 7.10% compared to Daktronics' net margin of 6.59%. Daktronics' return on equity of 30.57% beat Vishay Precision Group's return on equity.
Summary
Vishay Precision Group beats Daktronics on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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