CPS Technologies (NASDAQ:CPSH) & Vishay Intertechnology (NYSE:VSH) Head-To-Head Survey

Vishay Intertechnology (NYSE:VSH) and CPS Technologies (NASDAQ:CPSH) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Vishay Intertechnology and CPS Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vishay Intertechnology	1	3	4	1	2.56
CPS Technologies	1	1	1	0	2.00

Vishay Intertechnology currently has a consensus price target of $36.17, indicating a potential upside of 11.01%. CPS Technologies has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 49.25%. Given CPS Technologies’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CPS Technologies is more favorable than Vishay Intertechnology.

Risk and Volatility

Vishay Intertechnology has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CPS Technologies has a beta of 2.11, suggesting that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Vishay Intertechnology and CPS Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vishay Intertechnology	0.86%	1.84%	0.94%
CPS Technologies	-0.11%	-0.14%	-0.12%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

93.7% of Vishay Intertechnology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.2% of CPS Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Vishay Intertechnology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of CPS Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Vishay Intertechnology and CPS Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vishay Intertechnology	$3.07 billion	1.63	-$8.98 million	$0.19	171.47
CPS Technologies	$32.60 million	2.39	$420,000.00	($0.01)	-402.00

CPS Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vishay Intertechnology. CPS Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vishay Intertechnology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Vishay Intertechnology beats CPS Technologies on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vishay Intertechnology

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. manufactures and sells discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The company operates through Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs), Diodes, Optoelectronic Components, Resistors, Inductors, and Capacitors segments. The MOSFETs segment offers low- and medium-voltage TrenchFET MOSFETs, high-voltage planar MOSFETs, high voltage Super Junction MOSFETs, power integrated circuits, and integrated function power devices. The Diodes segment provides rectifiers, small signal diodes, protection diodes, thyristors/silicon-controlled rectifiers, and power modules. The Optoelectronic Components segment contains standard and customer specific optoelectronic components, such as infrared (IR) emitters and detectors, IR remote control receivers, optocouplers, solid-state relays, optical sensors, light-emitting diodes, 7-segment displays, and IR data transceiver modules. The Resistors segment offers resistors, which are basic components used in various forms of electronic circuitry to adjust and regulate levels of voltage and current. The Inductors segment provides inductors for use as an internal magnetic field to change alternating current phase and resist alternating current. The Capacitors segment offers capacitors, which store energy and discharge it when needed. It sells its products under Siliconix, Dale, Draloric, Beyschlag, Sfernice, MCB, UltraSource, Applied Thin-Film Products, IHLP, HiRel Systems, Sprague, Vitramon, Barry, Roederstein, ESTA, and BCcomponents brand names. The company serves industrial, automotive, telecommunications, computing, consumer products, power supplies, military and aerospace, and medical end markets. Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. was incorporated in 1962 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

About CPS Technologies

CPS Technologies Corporation provides advanced material solutions to the transportation, automotive, energy, computing/internet, telecommunication, aerospace, defense, and oil and gas markets in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company offers metal matrix composites such as baseplates for various applications, including motor controllers used in electric trains, subway cars, wind turbines, and hybrid and electric vehicles; hermetic packages for use in radar, satellite, and avionics applications; baseplates and housings used in modules built with wide band gap semiconductors; and lids and heat spreaders for use in internet switches and routers. It also assembles housings and packages that includes metal matrix composite components for hybrid circuits; and produces armor for naval and military applications. The company sells its products to microelectronics systems companies. The company was formerly known as Ceramics Process Systems Corporation and changed its name to CPS Technologies Corporation in March 2007. CPS Technologies Corporation was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Norton, Massachusetts.