Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (VPG) Stock Price & How to Invest

Vishay Precision Group was spun out of Vishay Intertechnology in 2010 and sells the parts other companies build their measurements on. The Sensors segment makes bulk metal foil resistors (VFR, Alpha Electronics, Powertron, APR) and precision strain gages under the Micro-Measurements brand, and produced ~$33.4 million of revenue in Q2 2026. Weighing Solutions supplies load cells, transducers and onboard vehicle weighing through VPG Transducers, BLH Nobel, Stress-Tek, Celtron and Vulcan, at ~$30.3 million. Measurement Systems is the smallest and by far the most profitable of the three at ~$20.2 million on a ~52.5% gross margin, covering KELK strip gauges for steel mills, DSI, Pacific Instruments and the DTS crash-test data recorders. End markets run from industrial and steel through test and measurement, agriculture and medical to avionics, defense and space.

The investment picture is a widening gap between orders and earnings. Consolidated bookings reached ~$95.5 million in Q2 2026 for a ~1.14 book-to-bill, the seventh straight quarter at or above parity, and Sensors alone booked a record ~$48.1 million on AI infrastructure, semiconductor capital equipment and fiber optic demand. Profit did not follow. Adjusted EPS came in at ~$0.04 against a ~$0.11 consensus, held down by a ~$3.3 million year-over-year currency drag, hiring and material costs tied to a capacity expansion, and a soft global steel market that pushed KELK orders lower. With ~$858 million of market value against ~$329 million of trailing revenue and a trailing P/E near 150, the price already assumes the backlog converts and margins come back.

Currency is the largest single swing factor right now: a ~$3.3 million year-over-year hit to operating profit in one quarter is heavy against a company that generated ~$5.5 million of adjusted EBITDA in the same period. The global steel market has stayed weak, and KELK also pushed roughly $3 million of revenue out of the quarter after supply chain problems from a new ERP rollout, leaving Measurement Systems orders down ~22% sequentially. Weighing Solutions ran a book-to-bill below parity at ~0.94 on softer industrial demand, so two of three segments were shrinking backlog while Sensors expanded it. The humanoid robotics ramp rests on a customer forecast rather than a firm contract, and forecasts at this stage of an industry move a great deal. Valuation leaves little slack for any of it: near 150 times trailing earnings and roughly 30 times EV to EBITDA, a slow conversion of the order book becomes a repricing rather than a rounding error.

3 analysts publish price targets on VPG, averaging $93.33 against a $64.45 price as of August 2026, or +44.8%. The published targets run from $77.00 to $105.00, a moderate spread, and the ratings split 2 buy, 0 hold, 0 sell. Over the last six months there have been 2 raises and 1 cut among the published actions. A price target is what an analyst published on a date, not a prediction, and sell-side ratings skew positive across the whole market.

Read the full VPG forecast and price target for the target table, the recent rating actions by firm, and how the consensus has shifted.

We give no verdict on Vishay Precision Group, Inc.. Both cases are real, which is why the question is contested at all, so here is the strongest version of each.

The case for buying. Record Sensors bookings on AI infrastructure. Sensors booked ~$48.1 million in Q2 2026, up ~62% from a year earlier, for a ~1.44 book-to-bill that is the highest the segment has recorded. The most optimistic published target, $105.00, assumes this works close to its best case.

The case against. Currency is the largest single swing factor right now: a ~$3.3 million year-over-year hit to operating profit in one quarter is heavy against a company that generated ~$5.5 million of adjusted EBITDA in the same period. The most pessimistic target, $77.00, is roughly what VPG is worth if this bites instead.

Read the full bull and bear case on VPG, including what would have to change to break either one. Walnut is not an investment adviser.

A simple financial snapshot. These are approximations and refresh quarterly; for current figures see Vishay Precision Group, Inc.'s investor relations page or your broker.

• Revenue (TTM): ~$329 million
• Q2 2026 revenue: ~$83.9 million, up ~12% year over year
• Book-to-bill (Q2 2026): ~1.14 consolidated, ~1.44 in Sensors
• Adjusted EBITDA (Q2 2026): ~$5.5 million, with adjusted EPS of ~$0.04
• Market cap: ~$858 million at ~$64 per share
• Net cash: ~$60 million (~$75.7M cash against ~$15.6M long-term debt)

VPG is priced on expected earnings power rather than on trailing earnings. The trailing P/E sits near 150 and enterprise value is around 30 times EBITDA, both describing a company earning far below what its revenue base would support at more normal margins. A net cash position of roughly $60 million gives management room to keep funding capacity without leaning on the balance sheet, and no dividend is paid.

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There are three common ways to get VPG exposure. Buy shares (or fractional shares) directly at any major broker. Hold an ETF that includes it, which spreads the position across many companies. Or build it into a focused thematic portfolio, so VPG sits alongside other stocks that express the same thesis.

Walnut takes the portfolio route. Describe a thesis where VPG fits (for example “AI infrastructure” or “dividend-growth large-caps”) and the AI proposes 5 to 6 constituents with target weights. You review the plan and fund it through your own broker when you're ready.

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VPG is an order book and a margin recovery priced as though both have already arrived.

Whether VPG is worth buying today depends more on your time horizon and what you already hold than on any single call. We walk through valuation, what would have to go right, and the risks in is VPG a buy or a sell?, and where the stock could go from here in the VPG stock forecast.

For income investors, whether VPG pays a dividend and how the payout looks is covered in does VPG pay a dividend? And to weigh VPG against a peer, read the full side-by-side comparisons: VPG vs VSH and VPG vs TEL.