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Vishay Precision Group, Inc.: Q4 FY2025 earnings call

What management said about Q4 FY2025, from the documents filed with the SEC on 11 February 2026: press release. Guidance figures: 3 new. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Fourth-quarter revenue rose 10.9%: Revenue was $80.6 million, up 10.9% from a year earlier and up 1.1% sequentially. Gross margin was 36.8%, against 38.2%, and adjusted gross margin was 37.0%. Source
  • Fourth-quarter net loss per share: The company reported a net loss attributable to VPG stockholders of $1.9 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, against net earnings of $0.8 million, or $0.06, a year earlier. Adjusted diluted EPS was $0.07. Source
  • Sensors margin fell on FX, mix: Sensors revenue was $30.4 million, up 18.0% year over year and down 3.9% sequentially. Adjusted gross margin was 28.5%, against 32.0% a year earlier and 33.6% in the third quarter, on foreign exchange, product mix and discrete inventory adjustments. Source
  • Mix and inventory cut adjusted margin: Management said adjusted gross margin was significantly affected by $1 million from unfavorable product mix and $1 million from inventory reductions. Source
  • Book-to-bill of 1.01, fifth quarter: Orders were $81.3 million, grew sequentially, and gave a book-to-bill of 1.01, the fifth consecutive quarter at 1.00 or better. Source
  • Fourth-quarter operating cash $4.4 million: Operating cash flow was $4.4 million and adjusted free cash flow $1.3 million, after capital expenditures of $3.1 million. Source
  • Organizational and strategic changes continue: The CEO said the company continues to implement organizational and strategic changes to accelerate growth. Source

“In the fourth quarter we achieved continued improvement in sales and orders.”

Ziv Shoshani, Chief Executive Officer of VPG

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Net revenues Sourcefirst quarter of fiscal 2026$74 million to $80 millionNew
Bookings from business development initiatives Sourcefiscal 202620% year-over-year growthNew
Cost reductions Sourcefiscal 2026Approximately $6 millionNew

What changed from last quarter

  • New guidance: First-quarter fiscal 2026 net revenue range given, at constant fourth-quarter 2025 exchange rates. Source
  • New guidance: Key objectives for fiscal 2026 set: revenue growth, bookings growth from business development, and about $6 million of cost-reductions. Source
  • Ended: The fourth-quarter 2025 revenue range given in the prior release covered a period that has ended; this release reports $80.6 million.
  • New: Adjusted operating margin definition now also excludes acquisition costs. Source

Results and growth drivers

  • Fourth-quarter revenue rose 10.9%: Revenue was $80.6 million, up 10.9% from a year earlier and up 1.1% sequentially. Gross margin was 36.8%, against 38.2%, and adjusted gross margin was 37.0%. Source
  • Fourth-quarter net loss per share: The company reported a net loss attributable to VPG stockholders of $1.9 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, against net earnings of $0.8 million, or $0.06, a year earlier. Adjusted diluted EPS was $0.07. Source
  • Full-year revenue flat, earnings lower: Full-year revenue was $307.2 million, up 0.2%. Gross margin was 38.9%, against 41.0%. Diluted EPS was $0.40, against $0.74; adjusted diluted EPS was $0.49, against $0.95. Source

Segments and regions

  • Sensors margin fell on FX, mix: Sensors revenue was $30.4 million, up 18.0% year over year and down 3.9% sequentially. Adjusted gross margin was 28.5%, against 32.0% a year earlier and 33.6% in the third quarter, on foreign exchange, product mix and discrete inventory adjustments. Source
  • Weighing margin fell on one-time costs: Weighing Solutions revenue was $27.7 million, up 7.8% year over year, mainly on Transportation. Gross margin was 33.0%, against 34.1% a year earlier and 40.3% in the third quarter. Source
  • Measurement Systems revenue rose 6.0%: Measurement Systems revenue was $22.4 million, up 6.0% year over year and 9.1% sequentially, mainly on Steel and AMS, offset in part by lower Transportation sales. Source

“2025 was a year of change and progress for VPG.”

Ziv Shoshani, Chief Executive Officer of VPG

Products and end markets

  • Test and measurement led Sensors bookings: Management said Sensors demand strengthened mainly in Test & Measurement, which drove the segment's bookings in the fourth quarter. Source
  • Resistors and strain gages drove growth: Sensors revenue grew year over year on precision resistors and strain gages, mainly for Test and Measurement and Other markets. Source
  • Sensors sequential decline in AMS: Sensors revenue fell 3.9% sequentially on lower precision resistor sales in AMS and strain gage sales in General Industrial, partly offset by higher Test and Measurement resistor sales. Source

Costs, margins and pricing

  • Mix and inventory cut adjusted margin: Management said adjusted gross margin was significantly affected by $1 million from unfavorable product mix and $1 million from inventory reductions. Source
  • FX and discrete impacts in margin: Management put discrete inventory and manufacturing impacts at about $1 million, and the unfavorable foreign exchange effect at $0.4 million. Source
  • Measurement Systems margin above 53%: Measurement Systems adjusted gross margin was 53.3%, against 51.2% a year earlier and 51.1% in the third quarter. Higher volume was partly offset by discrete inventory adjustments. Source

“As we continue to implement fundamental organizational and strategic changes to accelerate our growth, we are increasingly optimistic for 2026 and beyond.”

Ziv Shoshani, Chief Executive Officer of VPG

Demand and order book

  • Book-to-bill of 1.01, fifth quarter: Orders were $81.3 million, grew sequentially, and gave a book-to-bill of 1.01, the fifth consecutive quarter at 1.00 or better. Source
  • Sensors book-to-bill of 1.15: Sensors book-to-bill was 1.15, on bookings the CEO described as the highest levels since 2022. Source
  • Weighing orders at fiscal-year high: Weighing Solutions orders reached their highest quarterly level of fiscal 2025, with a book-to-bill of 1.02. Source

Capital, cash and returns to shareholders

  • Fourth-quarter operating cash $4.4 million: Operating cash flow was $4.4 million and adjusted free cash flow $1.3 million, after capital expenditures of $3.1 million. Source
  • Full-year adjusted free cash flow $17.3 million: Operating cash flow was $14.4 million for the year and adjusted free cash flow $17.3 million, after $8.0 million of capital expenditures and $10.9 million of asset sale proceeds. Source
  • Cash up, long-term debt down: Cash and equivalents were $87.4 million at year-end, up from $79.3 million. Long-term debt fell to $20.6 million from $31.4 million after an $11.0 million revolver payment. Source

Strategy and investment

  • Organizational and strategic changes continue: The CEO said the company continues to implement organizational and strategic changes to accelerate growth. Source
  • Humanoid robot orders exceeded target: Orders for growth initiatives, including humanoid robot components, reached $37.8 million for 2025, above the $30 million target. Source
  • Adjusted measures exclude one-time items: Adjusted results exclude items treated as outside core operations, including restructuring, severance, start-up costs, purchase accounting and foreign exchange. Source

Coming up, as management said on 11 February 2026

  • Sensors production ramp-up: Management expects higher Sensors sales beginning in the second quarter as production ramps. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Book-to-bill Source1.01 consolidated; Sensors 1.15; Weighing Solutions 1.02
Gross margin Source36.8% GAAP; 37.0% adjusted, fourth quarter
Inventories Source$82.8 million at December 31, 2025
End-market revenue SourceSensors up in Test and Measurement and Other; Weighing up in Transportation; Measurement Systems up in Steel and AMS

Risks management discussed

  • Operational: Weighing Solutions margin was reduced by one-time manufacturing fixed costs, inventory reduction and higher logistics costs. Source
  • Financial: A foreign exchange loss of $1.4 million in the fourth quarter was excluded from adjusted results. Source
  • Demand: Sensors sales declined sequentially on lower precision resistor sales in AMS and strain gage sales in General Industrial. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Ahead: Management said orders for growth initiatives exceeded the $30 million target for 2025. Source
  • Not stated: The prior release gave this range; this release reports fourth-quarter revenue of $80.6 million and does not state a status against it.

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.