Comparing Vishay Precision Group (NYSE:VPG) & Ouster (NASDAQ:OUST)

Vishay Precision Group (NYSE:VPG) and Ouster (NASDAQ:OUST) are both technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

87.6% of Vishay Precision Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of Ouster shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.6% of Vishay Precision Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Ouster shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Vishay Precision Group and Ouster, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vishay Precision Group	1	1	2	0	2.25
Ouster	1	2	6	0	2.56

Vishay Precision Group presently has a consensus target price of $82.33, suggesting a potential upside of 31.08%. Ouster has a consensus target price of $54.67, suggesting a potential upside of 50.06%. Given Ouster’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ouster is more favorable than Vishay Precision Group.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Vishay Precision Group and Ouster”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vishay Precision Group	$307.20 million	2.72	$5.29 million	$0.30	209.37
Ouster	$169.38 million	15.51	-$60.38 million	($0.86)	-42.36

Vishay Precision Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ouster. Ouster is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vishay Precision Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Vishay Precision Group and Ouster’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vishay Precision Group	1.20%	1.77%	1.31%
Ouster	-26.02%	-17.49%	-12.97%

Volatility & Risk

Vishay Precision Group has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ouster has a beta of 3.25, meaning that its stock price is 225% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Vishay Precision Group beats Ouster on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vishay Precision Group

Vishay Precision Group, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets specialized sensors, weighing solutions, and measurement systems in the United States, Israel, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, Asia, and Canada. It operates through three segments: Sensors, Weighing Solutions, and Measurement Systems. Its product portfolio includes precision resistors, strain gages, load cells and force measurement transducers, on-board weighing systems, and process weighing products; rolling force measuring load cell systems and pressure transmitters; web tension measurement load cells and systems; and optical strip width gages; and laser velocimeters for speed and length measurements and closed-loop crop optimization control systems for optimal strip cuts. The company also offers data acquisition systems and sensors for product safety testing; thermal-mechanical simulation systems for metallurgical research; and conditioning, data acquisition and control systems, as well as electronic displays, signal processors, microelectromechanical system sensors, cabling, system software, and communications software/hardware. Its products are used in industrial comprising waste management, bulk hauling, logging, scales manufacturing, engineering systems, pharmaceutical, oil, chemical, steel, paper, and food industries, as well as test and measurement, steel, medical, construction, agricultural, and consumer markets. The company offers its products under the Alpha Electronics, Powertron, Vishay Foil Resistors, Micro-Measurements, APR, Celtron, Revere, Sensortronics, Tedea-Huntleigh, Stress-tek, Vulcan, BLH Nobel, KELK, and DTS brands. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

About Ouster

Ouster, Inc. provides lidar sensors for the automotive, industrial, robotics, and smart infrastructure industries in Americas, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Its products include high-resolution scanning and solid-state digital lidar sensors, analog lidar sensors, and software solutions. The company offers Ouster Sensor, a scanning sensor; and Digital Flash, a solid-state flash sensor. It also provides surround-view lidar sensors, which include Ouster Gemini, a perception platform for smart infrastructure deployments; and Blue City, a Gemini-powered solution for traffic operations, planning, and safety. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.