Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (ST) vs Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (VPG)

Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. and Vishay Precision Group, Inc. are both Scientific & Technical Instruments companies. Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. is the larger, with a market value of $6.0B against $913.4M — 6.5× the size. Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. trades at the lower P/E: 69.2× against 239×. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.3% against 0.80%. Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. has the higher net margin (2.38% vs 1.20%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.55% vs 2.58%). Across the 22 metrics below, Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. leads on 15 and Vishay Precision Group, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric ST VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
P/E 69.16 238.77 35.93
P/S 1.63 2.90 4.46
P/B 2.07 2.87 3.00
Price to free cash flow 10.60 255.05 24.96
EV/EBITDA 10.85 33.57 19.60
EV/Sales 2.17 2.82 4.98
Earnings yield 1.45% 0.42% 0.53%
Free cash flow yield 9.44% 0.39% 1.12%

Profitability

Metric ST VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Gross margin 29.50% 38.68% 45.75%
Operating margin 7.53% 3.42% 7.34%
Net margin 2.38% 1.20% 1.56%
Free cash flow margin 15.34% 1.14% 5.84%
Return on equity 3.08% 1.19% 2.87%
Return on assets 1.30% 0.86% 0.99%
Return on invested capital 3.55% 2.58% 3.88%

Growth

Metric ST VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.80% 11.28% 11.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (75.29%) (45.95%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.99% 2.63% 7.89%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (28.22%) (13.27%) 0.00%

Health

Metric ST VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Debt to equity 0.83 0.05 0.00
Current ratio 2.29 4.15 2.24
Net debt to EBITDA 3.14 (2.24) 0.44

Dividend

Metric ST VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Dividend yield 1.46% — 0.72%
Payout ratio 0.18 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric ST VPG Scientific & Technical Instruments median
Market cap 5.98b 913.38m 483.67m

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