Insider buying last 90 days
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Vishay Precision (VPG) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$69.20−3.43 (−4.7%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeVishay Precision shares fell this week, with shares down 4.1% to $72.25 on 8 October amid continued scrutiny of valuation, and the company confirmed it will release third-quarter fiscal 2026 results on 4 November before the market opens. This follows a second-quarter revenue miss reported on 5 October, with revenue of $83.94 million against a $87.44 million consensus estimate, and adjusted EPS of $0.04 versus $0.19 expected.
VPG closed at $69.20, down 4.7%, sitting between its 50-day average of $68.72 and 200-day average of $72.49. The GekkoIndex reads 58.9, placing the stock in the Neutral zone. Price sits 2.3% above Gekko Fair Value of $67.63, a gap within 5%. One-month returns stand at 5.9%, three-month at -37.6%, and one-year at 110.7%, reflecting a stock with a typical daily move of 4.9%.
The next earnings date falls on 4 November, 23 days away, inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window, with the prior quarter's reaction at -32.6% following an EPS miss against two beats in eight recent quarters. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged 0.2% across 5 years, rising in 3 of those years. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the current windows. Analyst consensus from 2 firms carries a $93.33 price target, with both rated buy, implying 34.9% upside per that consensus.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Vishay Precision price vs fair value
Close $69.20200-day averageGekko Fair Value $67.63
Vishay Precision quick facts
- Market cap
- $921.8M
- P/E ratio
- 240.8
- Forward P/E
- 35.1
- EPS, TTM
- $0.30
- Revenue, TTM
- $328.6M
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 1.39
- Volume
- 259,899 avg 310,198
- 1-year return
- +110.7%
- Typical daily move
- ±4.9%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.8%
- 50-day average
- $68.72
- 200-day average
- $72.49
- Next earnings
- Nov 4 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 12.28M
Vishay Precision swing-trade checklist
Vishay Precision scores 1 supportive, 3 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
1 supportive3 mixed1 headwind
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $69.20 sits between the 50-day ($68.72) and 200-day ($72.49) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
58.9, Neutral
Reading 58.9 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
2.3% above
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (2.3% above).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 23 days
Reports on Nov 4, 2026, 23 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+0.2% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +0.2% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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Vishay Precision stock chart and price history
Vishay Precision closed at $69.20 on Oct 12, 2026, +110.7% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $29.08 to $151.78.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- +5.9%
- 3 months
- −37.6%
- 6 months
- +33.2%
- 1 year
- +110.7%
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About Vishay Precision
Vishay Precision designs and manufactures precision measurement and sensing equipment, serving customers across the United States, Europe, Israel, Asia, and Canada. Its catalog spans resistors, strain gages, load cells, weighing systems for vehicles and industrial processes, tension and pressure measurement tools, optical and laser-based gauging instruments, and thermal-mechanical simulation equipment used in metallurgical research, along with data acquisition hardware, sensors, displays, and related software.
The company runs through three segments covering sensors, weighing solutions, and measurement systems, and sells its offerings under a range of brand names including VFR, Alpha Electronics, Powertron, Celtron, Revere, Sensortronics, Tedea-Huntleigh, Stress-tek, Vulcan, BLH Nobel, KELK, Gleeble, DTS, and Pacific Instruments. Its equipment reaches industries such as waste management, bulk hauling, logging, scales manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, oil, chemicals, steel, paper, and food production, as well as test and measurement, medical, construction, and agricultural markets.
Vishay Precision was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker VPG.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Electronic technology
- Industry
- Electronic components
- Website
- vpgsensors.com
Vishay Precision GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Vishay Precision’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 58.9, in the Neutral zone, up 9.2 points over five sessions.
58.9Neutral
Up 9.2 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 16 | +1.6% | −4.0% |
| Accumulation | 230 | 0.0% | +1.8% |
| Neutral (current zone) | 371 | +1.1% | +4.0% |
| Distribution | 54 | +4.1% | +18.0% |
| Selling | 11 | +1.8% | +9.7% |
Average VPG share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Vishay Precision stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Vishay Precision trades 2.3% above Gekko Fair Value of $67.63, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Vishay Precision shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$67.63
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
2.3% above fair value · About fair value
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 4.1% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Vishay Precision insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Vishay Precision, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in VPG were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
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Buybacks
Vishay Precision has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Dec 31, 2025
- $60K
- As a share of market cap
- 0.01%
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
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Vishay Precision earnings: next date and track record
Vishay Precision reports on Nov 4, 2026, before the open (23 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 2 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 4, 2026
Expected before the open, 23 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.16
- Revenue estimate
- $86.47M
2 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±14.9%average move across the report
3 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Aug 5, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- VPG reported solid order momentum in Q2 2026 driven by strength in the Sensors segment and AI-related markets (semiconductor equipment, data center infrastructure, aerospace & defense). Orders totaled $95.5M; book-to-bill was 1.14 consolidated and 1.44 for Sensors. Revenue was $83.9M (flat sequential, +12% YoY) with a temporary ~$3M shipment delay at KELK due to an ERP implementation; those orders are expected to ship by the end of Q4. Gross margin was 38.6% (flat Q/Q) with segment variance: Sensors margin down to 31.5% (FX, material costs, wage increases), Weighing Solutions margin up to 37.3%, Measurement Systems margin ~52.5%. GAAP loss was $1.7M (-$0.13 per share); adjusted net earnings $0.04/share. Adjusted operating margin was 1.7% and adjusted EBITDA was $5.5M (6.5% of revenue). Management described ongoing capacity additions and capital investments to support an anticipated humanoid robotics ramp from an initial customer and continues prototype activity and pipeline development across multiple potential humanoid customers. Management expects price increases to begin benefiting P&L in H2 and reiterated a plan to achieve $6M of cost savings (H1 $1.6M achieved). CapEx for H1 was $5M. Management identified foreign exchange, ERP-related shipment delays and inflationary wage/material pressures as headwinds but emphasized strong bookings and backlog ($135.8M) as supportive of future growth.
- Guidance
- - Expect KELK delayed shipments to be filled by the end of Q4 2026. - Management expects price increase benefits to begin appearing in the P&L in H2 2026 (Q3 impact in the hundreds of thousands, per comments). - Operational tax rate assumption for 2026: ~30% (GAAP tax rate for Q2 was 8%). - Expect improved order intake for Measurement Systems in Q3; KELK production improvement in Q3 with larger revenue contribution in Q4. - Management is planning to complete the remainder of the $6M cost-savings plan in H2 2026. - Capacity investments were made to support an expected humanoid customer ramp beginning in H2 2026 and could support thousands of units per week if orders materialize. - CapEx YTD (H1) $5M; Q2 CapEx $2M.
- Risks flagged
- - Foreign exchange headwinds materially impacted margins (impact cited as $900k sequentially and $3.3M YoY on adjusted operating margin). - ERP implementation caused temporary supply-chain/production delays at KELK (~$3M of shipments delayed). - Customer concentration risk related to humanoid opportunity: significant capacity investments tied to a single initial customer's production projections; other humanoid customers remain in earlier stages or redesign phases. - Inflationary pressures (material and labor costs) and wage increases may continue to pressure margins. - Backlog protection: announced price increases apply only to new orders, not to existing backlog, delaying benefit realization. - Macroeconomic risks: interest rates and industrial investment levels could slow recovery in weighing/measurement end markets.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.04 est $0.19 | $83.94M est $87.44M | −32.6% |
| May 12, 2026 | $0.07 est $0.20 | $84.35M est $77.08M | +49.5% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $0.07 est $0.21 | $80.57M est $78.07M | −12.9% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.26 est $0.20 | $79.73M est $78.07M | −5.1% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.17 est $0.04 | $75.16M est $76.57M | +5.2% |
| May 6, 2025 | −$0.07 est $0.06 | $71.74M est $75.71M | −8.4% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $0.06 est $0.13 | $72.65M est $73.64M | +3.6% |
| Nov 5, 2024 | $0.19 est $0.20 | $75.73M est $73.67M | −1.6% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Vishay Precision stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Vishay Precision is $93.33, +34.9% from the last close, from 2 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$93.33consensus 12-month target, +34.9% from the last close
Now $69.20Avg $93.33
Low $98High $105
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 2 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15 | Lake Street | $98 | +41.6% |
| Aug 6 | B. Riley Securities | $105 | +51.7% |
| Jul 27 | B. Riley Securities | $109 | +57.5% |
+4.0%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+0.2%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±4.9%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Vishay Precision seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Vishay Precision averaged +0.2% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +3.1% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +3.2% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +4.3% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +0.2% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +3.3% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, VPG’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.8%.
Vishay Precision market cap and key statistics
Vishay Precision’s market cap is $921.8M, with a P/E ratio of 240.8 and revenue of $328.6M over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $921.8M
- P/E ratio
- 240.8
- Forward P/E
- 35.1
- EPS, TTM
- $0.30
- Gekko Fair Value
- $67.63
Trading
- Volume
- 259,899
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 310,198
- 52-week high
- $151.78
- 52-week low
- $29.08
- Shares outstanding
- 12.28M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $328.6M
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Return on equity
- 1.2%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- −94.5%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.39
- Typical daily move
- ±4.9%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.8%
Vishay Precision stock news this week
3 headlines about Vishay Precision from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
Vishay Precision peers
Vishay Precision’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| APHAmphenol | Neutral | 15.5% above |
| GLWCorning | Accumulation | 3.3% below |
| CLSCelestica | Neutral | 10.9% below |
| NVTnVent Electric | Neutral | 9.8% above |
| VICRVicor | Neutral | 5.4% below |
| TTMITTM Technologies | Accumulation | 29.7% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Vishay Precision stock FAQ
What is Vishay Precision’s market cap?
Vishay Precision’s market cap is $921.8M at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $69.20, with 12.28M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 240.8.
What is the Vishay Precision stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Vishay Precision is $93.33, +34.9% from the last close. Of the 2 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 2 rate it a buy, 0 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Vishay Precision stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Vishay Precision is about fair value: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $69.20 is 2.3% above Gekko Fair Value of $67.63. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Vishay Precision report earnings next?
Vishay Precision is expected to report on Nov 4, 2026, before the market opens (23 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.16 per share on revenue of $86.47M. Vishay Precision beat the earnings estimate in 2 of its last 8 reports, moving 14.9% on average across the report.
What is Vishay Precision’s 52-week high and low?
Vishay Precision’s 52-week high is $151.78 and its 52-week low is $29.08; it closed at $69.20 on Oct 12, 2026, +110.7% over the past year.
Is Vishay Precision stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 1 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (seasonality), 3 as mixed (trend, gekkoindex and fair value) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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