Rice Hall James & Associates LLC Has $1.86 Million Stake in Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE:VPG)

Rice Hall James & Associates LLC decreased its position in Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE:VPG) by 2.3% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 79,423 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 1,836 shares during the quarter. Rice Hall James & Associates LLC owned about 0.60% of Vishay Precision Group worth $1,864,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VPG. Quantbot Technologies LP bought a new stake in shares of Vishay Precision Group in the third quarter valued at approximately $51,000. Quest Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vishay Precision Group in the third quarter valued at approximately $66,000. SG Americas Securities LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vishay Precision Group in the third quarter valued at approximately $146,000. Kovack Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vishay Precision Group in the third quarter valued at approximately $218,000. Finally, EMC Capital Management boosted its stake in shares of Vishay Precision Group by 577.8% in the fourth quarter. EMC Capital Management now owns 9,069 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $213,000 after buying an additional 7,731 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 87.61% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the company. B. Riley upgraded Vishay Precision Group from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $24.50 to $28.50 in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. StockNews.com cut Vishay Precision Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 13th.

Vishay Precision Group Stock Up 6.2 %

NYSE VPG opened at $26.58 on Wednesday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $23.41 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $24.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a current ratio of 4.41 and a quick ratio of 2.80. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $20.83 and a fifty-two week high of $35.54. The stock has a market capitalization of $351.93 million, a PE ratio of 35.92 and a beta of 1.15.

Vishay Precision Group (NYSE:VPG) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.03 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.13 by ($0.10). Vishay Precision Group had a return on equity of 3.87% and a net margin of 3.23%. Equities analysts expect that Vishay Precision Group, Inc. will post 0.9 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Vishay Precision Group Profile

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.