Ituran Location and Control Ltd. (ITRN) vs Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (VPG)

Ituran Location and Control Ltd. and Vishay Precision Group, Inc. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Ituran Location and Control Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $990.4M against $549.1M — 1.8× the size. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Ituran Location and Control Ltd. trades at 15.4×. Ituran Location and Control Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.8% against 11.6%. Ituran Location and Control Ltd. has the higher net margin (16.3% vs −1.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (44.0% vs 0.88%). Across the 21 metrics below, Ituran Location and Control Ltd. leads on 16 and Vishay Precision Group, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric ITRN VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 15.37 n/m 28.21
P/S 2.50 1.77 4.46
P/B 4.37 1.77 3.10
Price to free cash flow 12.23 326.56 24.15
EV/EBITDA 8.39 27.43 18.28
EV/Sales 2.24 1.67 4.64
Earnings yield 6.51% (0.52%) 0.68%
Free cash flow yield 8.17% 0.31% 1.98%

Profitability

Metric ITRN VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 49.95% 38.68% 47.24%
Operating margin 21.83% 1.14% 8.96%
Net margin 16.28% (1.00%) 1.92%
Free cash flow margin 20.47% 0.54% 10.59%
Return on equity 30.72% (1.00%) 2.66%
Return on assets 16.57% (0.72%) 1.12%
Return on invested capital 44.04% 0.88% 4.79%

Growth

Metric ITRN VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) 15.79% 11.58% 9.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 8.15% (45.95%) 13.24%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.89% 2.63% 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 29.17% (13.27%) 0.00%

Health

Metric ITRN VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.05 0.00
Current ratio 2.03 3.59 2.30
Net debt to EBITDA (1.12) (2.24) 0.45

Dividend

Metric ITRN VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield 6.02% — 0.62%
Payout ratio 0.93 — 0.22

Size

Metric ITRN VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 990.39m 549.07m 549.07m

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