LightPath Technologies (NASDAQ:LPTH – Get Free Report) and Vishay Precision Group (NYSE:VPG – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Risk and Volatility
LightPath Technologies has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vishay Precision Group has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings for LightPath Technologies and Vishay Precision Group, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| LightPath Technologies | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.80 |
| Vishay Precision Group | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares LightPath Technologies and Vishay Precision Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| LightPath Technologies | $31.73 million | 6.30 | -$8.01 million | ($0.26) | -17.31 |
| Vishay Precision Group | $306.52 million | 1.23 | $9.91 million | ($0.09) | -315.56 |
Vishay Precision Group has higher revenue and earnings than LightPath Technologies. Vishay Precision Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LightPath Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
56.3% of LightPath Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of Vishay Precision Group shares are held by institutional investors. 14.7% of LightPath Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of Vishay Precision Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares LightPath Technologies and Vishay Precision Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| LightPath Technologies | -30.18% | -41.68% | -19.01% |
| Vishay Precision Group | -0.43% | 1.72% | 1.23% |
Summary
Vishay Precision Group beats LightPath Technologies on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About LightPath Technologies
LightPath Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes optical components and assemblies. The company offers precision molded glass aspheric optics, molded and diamond-turned infrared aspheric lenses, and other optical components used to produce products that manipulate light; and infrared products, including catalog and custom infrared optics. Its products are used in defense products, medical devices, laser aided industrial tools, automotive safety applications, barcode scanners, optical data storage, hybrid fiber coax datacom, telecommunications, machine vision and sensors, and other sectors. The company sells its products directly to customers in Europe and Asia. LightPath Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.
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.
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