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Ethical passes the values gate
Price64.95 USD
Fair value72.27
Ethical score70.0/100
Our investment reviews on this name
2026-10-02Read Markup64.95+0.0% to today ✓
2026-08-16Read Distribution70.13-7.4% to today ✓
2026-07-02Read Markup139.52-53.4% to today
Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against the screened price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.
Vishay Precision Group, Inc. holds its Markup at $64.95. Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 11 days.
As held on the ledger · 2026-09-21
Phase
Markup
Quantitative state
Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 11 days
Price at the screen
$64.95
Valuation
216.50 trailing · 36.28 forward price to earnings
Values screen
PASS· score 70.0
Beta
1.42
The Workings
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Full pass across all five screens. This security clears the Titan Ethical Standard: its business and its balance sheet both stay inside the lines.
Test
Figure
Limit
What it means
Status
Business activity
Permissible
Core business clean
Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending.
Pass
Debt load
9.76%
Below 33%
Interest-bearing debt is just 9.8% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money.
Pass
Interest-bearing cash
0.00%
Below 33%
Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit.
Pass
Receivables
31.52%
Below 49%
Money owed to the company is 31.5% of assets, under the 49% limit.
Pass
Revenue purity
0.55%
Below 5%
Only 0.6% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line.
Pass
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
The Ethical Read
Why It Clears, in Plain English
Vishay Precision Group, clears all five screens. Its business is in a permissible area, its interest-bearing debt is about 10%, inside the ~33% line, and almost none of its income is interest, so it passes.
Read as at 2026-10-04. It updates when the underlying figures move, and past reads are kept below.
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-21 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 11.3% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 3 covering, consensus None. The average target sits +51% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.
Price History & Projections
Where it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-09-21 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain Words
Precision tools priced far beyond their returns
Picture a workshop full of exact sensors and scales that measure everything from factory loads to aircraft stress. Vishay Precision Group supplies those components across three continents. Yet at $103.89 against a fair value of $72.53 the shares already price in far more perfection than the business delivers.
Revenue is rising 18 percent but the company converts that into just a 2 percent profit margin and 2 percent return on equity. The forward multiple sits at 57.4 times earnings while three analysts see a median target of $98. The ethical screen is cleared yet nothing else suggests the valuation gap will close.
High multiples on thin returns often signal that growth has already been fully paid for. Any slowdown in industrial demand would leave little room for error. Analysis, not advice.
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market; it already moves more than the market on an average day.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
Where & How to Trade
VPG trades on the NYSE. As a listed security it is accessible through almost any international broker offering its home market. New to this, or investing from abroad? Our guide to accessing global markets covers brokers, currencies and the practical steps.
The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited
Every Entry, As Written
2026-10-02Markup · changed$64.95-1.9%Entry 6
The framework has shifted from distribution to markup since the last review. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 1.9% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A. Technically it is holding around 182% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 366%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 43%. The street (3 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $95. Since the last review it its composite score rose.
2026-09-16Distribution$66.22-5.6%Entry 5
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 5.6% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A. Technically it is holding around 182% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 366%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 43%. The street (3 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $95.
The framework has shifted from markup to distribution since the last review. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 49.7% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A. Technically it is holding around 182% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 366%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 43%. The street (3 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $95.
2026-07-18Markup$139.52+0.0%Entry 3
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 182% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading overbought. Over the past year the shares are up 366%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 43%. The street (3 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $95.
2026-07-03Markup$139.52+0.0%Entry 2
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.
2026-07-02Markup$139.52Entry 1
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
