SG Americas Securities LLC Has $156,000 Position in Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE:VPG)

SG Americas Securities LLC grew its holdings in Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE:VPG) by 45.7% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 4,582 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,437 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC’s holdings in Vishay Precision Group were worth $156,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of VPG. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd acquired a new position in Vishay Precision Group in the third quarter worth $70,000. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC boosted its stake in Vishay Precision Group by 270.8% in the third quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 2,603 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $87,000 after purchasing an additional 1,901 shares in the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in Vishay Precision Group by 99.9% in the fourth quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 2,869 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $110,000 after purchasing an additional 1,434 shares in the last quarter. Barclays PLC boosted its stake in Vishay Precision Group by 500.9% in the fourth quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 3,335 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $128,000 after purchasing an additional 2,780 shares in the last quarter. Finally, State of Wyoming boosted its stake in Vishay Precision Group by 160.9% in the second quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 3,661 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $136,000 after purchasing an additional 2,258 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 87.61% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, TheStreet upgraded Vishay Precision Group from a “c+” rating to a “b-” rating in a research report on Friday, March 1st.

Vishay Precision Group Trading Up 0.4 %

VPG stock opened at $33.16 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $443.68 million, a P/E ratio of 17.64 and a beta of 1.26. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. has a twelve month low of $27.93 and a twelve month high of $41.25. The company has a quick ratio of 2.51, a current ratio of 3.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. The business has a fifty day moving average of $34.12 and a 200-day moving average of $32.43.

Vishay Precision Group (NYSE:VPG) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 14th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.61 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.36 by $0.25. The company had revenue of $89.53 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $79.69 million. Vishay Precision Group had a return on equity of 9.19% and a net margin of 7.24%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.76 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Vishay Precision Group, Inc. will post 1.59 EPS for the current year.

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.