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 $4.0B against $913.4M — 4.4× the size. Itron, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 14.8× against 239×. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.3% against −5.69%. Itron, Inc. has the higher net margin (11.9% vs 1.20%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.70% vs 2.58%). Across the 22 metrics below, Itron, Inc. leads on 17 and Vishay Precision Group, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric ITRI VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 14.76 238.77 35.93
P/S 1.72 2.90 4.46
P/B 2.42 2.87 3.00
Price to free cash flow 10.29 255.05 24.96
EV/EBITDA 14.05 33.57 19.60
EV/Sales 2.28 2.82 4.98
Earnings yield 6.77% 0.42% 0.53%
Free cash flow yield 9.72% 0.39% 1.12%

Profitability

Metric ITRI VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 39.87% 38.68% 45.75%
Operating margin 13.20% 3.42% 7.34%
Net margin 11.90% 1.20% 1.56%
Free cash flow margin 16.73% 1.14% 5.84%
Return on equity 16.74% 1.19% 2.87%
Return on assets 7.19% 0.86% 0.99%
Return on invested capital 7.70% 2.58% 3.88%

Growth

Metric ITRI VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) (5.69%) 11.28% 11.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 25.48% (45.95%) —
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 0.96 0.05 0.00
Current ratio 2.75 4.15 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA 0.62 (2.24) 0.44

Dividend

Metric ITRI VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield — — 0.72%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric ITRI VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 4.01b 913.38m 483.67m

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