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 $990.9M against $853.3M — 1.2× the size. Ituran Location and Control Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 15.3× against 201×. Ituran Location and Control Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 15.8% against 11.3%. Ituran Location and Control Ltd. has the higher net margin (16.3% vs 1.20%) and the higher return on invested capital (44.0% vs 2.58%). Across the 22 metrics below, Ituran Location and Control Ltd. leads on 18 and Vishay Precision Group, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric ITRN VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 15.34 201.30 33.25
P/S 2.50 2.45 4.50
P/B 4.36 2.42 2.90
Price to free cash flow 12.21 215.03 24.81
EV/EBITDA 8.37 28.14 17.92
EV/Sales 2.24 2.36 4.71
Earnings yield 6.52% 0.50% 0.60%
Free cash flow yield 8.19% 0.47% 1.27%

Profitability

Metric ITRN VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 49.95% 38.68% 45.75%
Operating margin 21.83% 3.42% 7.34%
Net margin 16.28% 1.20% 1.56%
Free cash flow margin 20.47% 1.14% 5.84%
Return on equity 30.72% 1.19% 2.87%
Return on assets 16.57% 0.86% 0.99%
Return on invested capital 44.04% 2.58% 3.88%

Growth

Metric ITRN VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) 15.79% 11.28% 11.15%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 8.15% (45.95%) 11.47%
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 4.15 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA (1.12) (2.24) 0.44

Dividend

Metric ITRN VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield 6.04% — 0.58%
Payout ratio 0.93 — 0.36

Size

Metric ITRN VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 990.89m 853.30m 444.25m

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