Sonic Foundry (NASDAQ:SOFO – Get Free Report) and Vishay Precision Group (NYSE:VPG – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Sonic Foundry and Vishay Precision Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Sonic Foundry | $23.04 million | 0.00 | -$19.35 million | ($0.65) | N/A |
| Vishay Precision Group | $307.20 million | 2.91 | $5.29 million | $0.30 | 224.24 |
Profitability
This table compares Sonic Foundry and Vishay Precision Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Sonic Foundry | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Vishay Precision Group | 1.20% | 1.77% | 1.31% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Sonic Foundry and Vishay Precision Group, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Sonic Foundry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Vishay Precision Group | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.50 |
Vishay Precision Group has a consensus price target of $82.33, indicating a potential upside of 22.39%. Given Vishay Precision Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vishay Precision Group is more favorable than Sonic Foundry.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
87.6% of Vishay Precision Group shares are held by institutional investors. 46.5% of Sonic Foundry shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Vishay Precision Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
Sonic Foundry has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vishay Precision Group has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vishay Precision Group beats Sonic Foundry on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Sonic Foundry
Sonic Foundry, Inc. provides video capture, management, and streaming solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and internationally. The company offers Video Capture solutions, including Mediasite Recorder and Recorder Pro that are built-in room appliances used in schedule-based capture and advanced audio/video integration; Mediasite Mobile Recorders, a portable recording device used to capture and stream broadcast-quality video; Mediasite Mosaic & Mosaic Pro that allows instructors, employees, and students to create videos, screencasts, and slideshows from their computers or mobile devices; and Mediasite Capture, a browser-based recording application that provides users a quick way to record their camera, microphone, and desktop. It also provides Video Management and Delivery solutions to manage, search, analyze, publish, and stream video content; Vidable, an AI powered solution that turns an organization’s video libraries into dynamic knowledge base; Global Learning Exchange that provides students to access higher education in a flexible, cost effective, and locally supported environment; and Mediasite Cloud, a Software as a Service solution to host and manage customers’ content. It markets its products to educational institutions, corporations, and government entities through reseller networks, direct sales, and partnerships with system integrators. Sonic Foundry, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.
About Vishay Precision Group
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. Its product portfolio includes precision resistors, strain gages, load cells and force measurement transducers, on-board weighing systems, and process weighing products; rolling force measuring load cell systems and pressure transmitters; web tension measurement load cells and systems; and optical strip width gages; and laser velocimeters for speed and length measurements and closed-loop crop optimization control systems for optimal strip cuts. The company also offers data acquisition systems and sensors for product safety testing; thermal-mechanical simulation systems for metallurgical research; and conditioning, data acquisition and control systems, as well as electronic displays, signal processors, microelectromechanical system sensors, cabling, system software, and communications software/hardware. Its products are used in industrial comprising waste management, bulk hauling, logging, scales manufacturing, engineering systems, pharmaceutical, oil, chemical, steel, paper, and food industries, as well as test and measurement, steel, medical, construction, agricultural, and consumer markets. The company offers its products under the Alpha Electronics, Powertron, Vishay Foil Resistors, Micro-Measurements, APR, Celtron, Revere, Sensortronics, Tedea-Huntleigh, Stress-tek, Vulcan, BLH Nobel, KELK, and DTS brands. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
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