Vishay Precision Group (NYSE:VPG – Get Free Report) and SOBR Safe (NASDAQ:SOBR – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.
Volatility and Risk
Vishay Precision Group has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SOBR Safe has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
87.6% of Vishay Precision Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of SOBR Safe shares are held by institutional investors. 7.6% of Vishay Precision Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of SOBR Safe shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Vishay Precision Group | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
| SOBR Safe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Vishay Precision Group presently has a consensus price target of $82.33, indicating a potential upside of 14.70%. Given Vishay Precision Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Vishay Precision Group is more favorable than SOBR Safe.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Vishay Precision Group and SOBR Safe”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Vishay Precision Group | $307.20 million | 3.11 | $5.29 million | $0.30 | 239.27 |
| SOBR Safe | $354,654.00 | 1.06 | -$8.95 million | ($5.35) | -0.01 |
Vishay Precision Group has higher revenue and earnings than SOBR Safe. SOBR Safe 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 SOBR Safe’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% |
| SOBR Safe | -2,924.23% | -314.39% | -228.18% |
Summary
Vishay Precision Group beats SOBR Safe on 14 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 SOBR Safe
SOBR Safe, Inc., a hardware and software company, develops non-invasive alcohol detection, biometric identity verification, and real-time cloud-based alerts and reporting systems in North America. The company provides SOBRcheck, a stationary identification and alcohol monitoring product; and SOBRsure, a transdermal, alcohol-detecting wearable band. It also offers SOBRSafe, a software platform for non-invasive alcohol detection and identity verification solution for applications in probation management, fleet and facility, alcohol rehabilitation, and youth drivers. SOBR Safe, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado.
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