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LGL Group, Inc. (The) (LGL) vs Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (VPG)

LGL Group, Inc. (The) and Vishay Precision Group, Inc. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $549.1M against $82.6M — 6.6× the size. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.6% against 9.26%. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (−1.00% vs −5.04%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.88% vs −29.4%). Across the 20 metrics below, LGL Group, Inc. (The) leads on 13 and Vishay Precision Group, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric LGL VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E n/m n/m 28.21
P/S 9.32 1.77 4.46
P/B 0.89 1.77 3.10
Price to free cash flow n/m 326.56 24.15
EV/EBITDA 2.99 27.43 18.28
EV/Sales (0.64) 1.67 4.64
Earnings yield (0.21%) (0.52%) 0.68%
Free cash flow yield (1.49%) 0.31% 1.98%

Profitability

Metric LGL VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 68.85% 38.68% 47.24%
Operating margin (21.75%) 1.14% 8.96%
Net margin (5.04%) (1.00%) 1.92%
Free cash flow margin 0.61% 0.54% 10.59%
Return on equity (0.52%) (1.00%) 2.66%
Return on assets (0.50%) (0.72%) 1.12%
Return on invested capital (29.40%) 0.88% 4.79%

Growth

Metric LGL VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.26% 11.58% 9.26%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 37.50% (45.95%) 13.24%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (33.12%) 2.63% 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (6.60%) (13.27%) 0.00%

Health

Metric LGL VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.05 0.00
Current ratio 25.96 3.59 2.30
Net debt to EBITDA (153.89) (2.24) 0.45

Dividend

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

Size

Metric LGL VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 82.61m 549.07m 549.07m

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