Itron, Inc. (ITRI) vs Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (VPG)

Itron, Inc. and Vishay Precision Group, Inc. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Itron, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $4.4B against $549.1M — 7.9× the size. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Itron, Inc. trades at 15.6×. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.6% against −3.63%. Itron, Inc. has the higher net margin (12.1% vs −1.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.09% vs 0.88%). Across the 21 metrics below, Itron, Inc. leads on 13 and Vishay Precision Group, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric ITRI VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 15.61 n/m 28.21
P/S 1.85 1.77 4.46
P/B 2.50 1.77 3.10
Price to free cash flow 11.70 326.56 24.15
EV/EBITDA 13.95 27.43 18.28
EV/Sales 2.37 1.67 4.64
Earnings yield 6.40% (0.52%) 0.68%
Free cash flow yield 8.55% 0.31% 1.98%

Profitability

Metric ITRI VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 40.66% 38.68% 47.24%
Operating margin 13.69% 1.14% 8.96%
Net margin 12.05% (1.00%) 1.92%
Free cash flow margin 15.84% 0.54% 10.59%
Return on equity 16.30% (1.00%) 2.66%
Return on assets 7.15% (0.72%) 1.12%
Return on invested capital 8.09% 0.88% 4.79%

Growth

Metric ITRI VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) (3.63%) 11.58% 9.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 25.48% (45.95%) 13.24%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.72% 2.63% 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (13.27%) 0.00%

Health

Metric ITRI VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.92 0.05 0.00
Current ratio 2.83 3.59 2.30
Net debt to EBITDA 0.62 (2.24) 0.45

Dividend

Metric ITRI VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield — — 0.62%
Payout ratio — — 0.22

Size

Metric ITRI VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 4.36b 549.07m 549.07m

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