Standex International (NYSE:SXI – Get Free Report) and Vishay Intertechnology (NYSE:VSH – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
Dividends
Standex International pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Vishay Intertechnology pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Standex International pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vishay Intertechnology pays out 210.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Standex International has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
Profitability
This table compares Standex International and Vishay Intertechnology’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Standex International | 11.73% | 14.47% | 6.78% |
| Vishay Intertechnology | 0.86% | 1.84% | 0.94% |
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Standex International | $891.60 million | 4.50 | $104.63 million | $8.67 | 38.22 |
| Vishay Intertechnology | $3.07 billion | 1.55 | -$8.98 million | $0.19 | 184.37 |
Standex International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vishay Intertechnology. Standex International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vishay Intertechnology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations for Standex International and Vishay Intertechnology, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Standex International | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.80 |
| Vishay Intertechnology | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2.43 |
Standex International presently has a consensus target price of $298.67, suggesting a potential downside of 9.87%. Vishay Intertechnology has a consensus target price of $33.25, suggesting a potential downside of 5.08%. Given Vishay Intertechnology’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vishay Intertechnology is more favorable than Standex International.
Risk & Volatility
Standex International has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vishay Intertechnology has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
90.3% of Standex International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.7% of Vishay Intertechnology shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Standex International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Vishay Intertechnology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Standex International beats Vishay Intertechnology on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Standex International
Standex International Corporation, together with subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of various products and services for commercial and industrial markets in the United States and internationally. It operates through five segments: Electronics, Engraving, Scientific, Engineering Technologies, and Specialty Solutions. The Electronics segment offers reed relays, fluid level, proximity, motion, flow, HVAC condensate, and custom electronics sensors; and custom wound transformers and inductors for low and high frequency, current sense technology, advanced planar transformer technology, value added assembly, and mechanical packaging applications under the Standex Electronics, Renco, and Agile Magnetics. The Engraving segment provides mold texturizing, slush molding tools, roll engraving, hygiene product tooling, and low observation vents, as well as project management and design services for stealth aircraft; and process machinery for various industries under the Piazza Rosa, World Client Services, Tenibac-Graphion, GS Engineering, and Innovent brand names. The Scientific segment offers temperature-controlled equipment for the medical, scientific, pharmaceutical, biotech, and industrial markets under the American BioTech Supply, Lab Research Products, Corepoint, Cryosafe, CryoGuard, and Scientific brands. The Engineering Technologies segment offers net and near net formed single-source customized solutions that are used in the manufacture of engineered components for the aviation, aerospace, defense, energy, industrial, medical, marine, oil and gas, and manned and unmanned space markets under the Spincraft brand. The Specialty Solutions segment manufactures and sells refrigerated, heated, and dry merchandizing display cases; and single and double acting telescopic, and piston rod hydraulic cylinders under the Federal and Custom Hoist brands. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Salem, New Hampshire.
About Vishay Intertechnology
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. manufactures and sells discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The company operates through Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs), Diodes, Optoelectronic Components, Resistors, Inductors, and Capacitors segments. The MOSFETs segment offers low- and medium-voltage TrenchFET MOSFETs, high-voltage planar MOSFETs, high voltage Super Junction MOSFETs, power integrated circuits, and integrated function power devices. The Diodes segment provides rectifiers, small signal diodes, protection diodes, thyristors/silicon-controlled rectifiers, and power modules. The Optoelectronic Components segment contains standard and customer specific optoelectronic components, such as infrared (IR) emitters and detectors, IR remote control receivers, optocouplers, solid-state relays, optical sensors, light-emitting diodes, 7-segment displays, and IR data transceiver modules. The Resistors segment offers resistors, which are basic components used in various forms of electronic circuitry to adjust and regulate levels of voltage and current. The Inductors segment provides inductors for use as an internal magnetic field to change alternating current phase and resist alternating current. The Capacitors segment offers capacitors, which store energy and discharge it when needed. It sells its products under Siliconix, Dale, Draloric, Beyschlag, Sfernice, MCB, UltraSource, Applied Thin-Film Products, IHLP, HiRel Systems, Sprague, Vitramon, Barry, Roederstein, ESTA, and BCcomponents brand names. The company serves industrial, automotive, telecommunications, computing, consumer products, power supplies, military and aerospace, and medical end markets. Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. was incorporated in 1962 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
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