$VPG
Vishay Precision Group, Inc. Stock $vpg

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2020 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000148795221000006 Filed on March 11, 2021

Income Statement

Concept	2020	2019 Q4	2018 Q4
Revenue	$269.8M	$69.14M	$76.98M
YoY Change	-4.98%	-10.18%	10.86%
Cost Of Revenue	$165.5M	$44.98M	$46.17M
YoY Change	-3.95%	-2.58%	8.13%
Gross Profit	$104.3M	$24.17M	$30.82M
YoY Change	-6.58%	-21.58%	15.24%
Gross Profit Margin	38.65%	34.95%	40.03%
Selling, General & Admin	$78.26M	$20.22M	$20.91M
YoY Change	-1.72%	-3.3%	11.05%
% of Gross Profit	75.05%	83.67%	67.85%
Research & Development	$12.60M
YoY Change	4.13%
% of Gross Profit	12.08%
Depreciation & Amortization	$12.51M	$3.160M	$2.690M
YoY Change	6.04%	17.47%	1.51%
% of Gross Profit	11.99%	13.08%	8.73%
Operating Expenses	$90.86M	$20.22M	$20.90M
YoY Change	-0.94%	-3.25%	10.99%
Operating Profit	$22.66M	$1.757M	$7.091M
YoY Change	-20.91%	-75.22%	-0.96%
Interest Expense	$1.366M	-$610.0K	-$100.0K
YoY Change	-9.36%	510.0%	-84.62%
% of Operating Profit	6.03%	-34.72%	-1.41%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$4.348M	-$140.0K	-$710.0K
YoY Change	96.92%	-80.28%	144.83%
Pretax Income	$18.31M	$1.010M	$6.280M
YoY Change	-30.75%	-83.92%	0.96%
Income Tax	$7.509M	-$2.850M	$2.850M
% Of Pretax Income	41.01%	-282.18%	45.38%
Net Earnings	$10.79M	$3.871M	$3.418M
YoY Change	-51.38%	13.25%	-23.64%
Net Earnings / Revenue	4.0%	5.6%	4.44%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$0.80	$0.29	$0.25
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$0.79	$0.28	$0.25
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	13.57M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	13.62M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2020	2019 Q4	2018 Q4
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$98.40M	$86.90M	$90.20M
YoY Change	13.23%	-3.66%	21.4%
Cash & Equivalents	$98.40M	$86.91M	$90.16M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$15.80M	$15.60M	$9.300M
YoY Change	1.28%	67.74%	-9.71%
Inventory	$62.30M	$66.90M	$62.24M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$45.30M	$43.20M	$53.16M
Other Receivables	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$221.9M	$212.6M	$214.9M
YoY Change	4.37%	-1.07%	12.31%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$96.80M	$61.27M	$59.42M
YoY Change	38.29%	3.12%	6.73%
Goodwill		$35.02M	$16.14M
YoY Change		116.95%	-15.85%
Intangibles		$34.20M	$17.66M
YoY Change		93.69%	-13.77%
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets	$20.10M	$18.68M	$18.30M
YoY Change	7.49%	2.07%	-8.08%
Total Long-Term Assets	$180.0M	$157.9M	$111.5M
YoY Change	14.07%	41.55%	-3.23%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$221.9M	$212.6M	$214.9M
Total Long-Term Assets	$180.0M	$157.9M	$111.5M
Total Assets	$401.9M	$370.4M	$326.4M
YoY Change	8.5%	13.49%	6.47%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$13.00M	$8.900M	$11.50M
YoY Change	25.0%	-22.61%	-16.06%
Accrued Expenses	$25.60M	$16.13M	$17.03M
YoY Change	8.94%	-5.31%	6.76%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$0.00	$44.52M	$4.654M
YoY Change	-100.0%	856.51%	20.01%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$47.50M	$88.91M	$54.78M
YoY Change	-46.57%	62.3%	5.52%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$40.60M	$17.00K	$22.42M
YoY Change		-99.92%	-21.27%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$52.50M	$14.78M	$13.55M
YoY Change	44.63%	9.08%	-4.15%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$93.10M	$14.79M	$35.97M
YoY Change	156.47%	-58.87%	-15.59%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$47.50M	$88.91M	$54.78M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$93.10M	$14.79M	$35.97M
Total Liabilities	$144.1M	$128.7M	$107.9M
YoY Change	11.62%	19.21%	-4.7%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings		$89.29M	$66.57M
YoY Change		34.13%	54.54%
Common Stock		$198.4M	$198.0M
YoY Change		0.23%	1.95%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)		$8.765M	$8.765M
YoY Change		0.0%	0.0%
Treasury Stock Shares		619.7K shares	619.7K shares
Shareholders Equity	$257.8M	$241.4M	$218.4M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$401.9M	$370.4M	$326.4M
YoY Change	8.5%	13.49%	6.47%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2020	2019 Q4	2018 Q4
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$10.79M	$3.871M	$3.418M
YoY Change	-51.38%	13.25%	-23.64%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$12.51M	$3.160M	$2.690M
YoY Change	6.04%	17.47%	1.51%
Cash From Operating Activities	$35.31M	$6.310M	$17.43M
YoY Change	14.16%	-63.8%	119.8%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$22.95M	-$2.580M	-$4.550M
YoY Change	104.91%	-43.3%	75.68%
Acquisitions	-$156.0K
YoY Change	-100.39%
Other Investing Activities	$1.140M	-$40.14M	-$40.00K
YoY Change	-102.86%	100250.0%	-140.0%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$21.81M	-$42.70M	-$4.590M
YoY Change	-57.29%	830.28%	83.6%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-$5.031M	20.84M	-880.0K
YoY Change	-130.54%	-2468.18%	29.41%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	$35.31M	6.310M	17.43M
Cash From Investing Activities	-$21.81M	-42.70M	-4.590M
Cash From Financing Activities	-$5.031M	20.84M	-880.0K
Net Change In Cash	$11.53M	-15.55M	11.96M
YoY Change	-454.82%	-230.02%	151.79%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$35.31M	$6.310M	$17.43M
Capital Expenditures	-$22.95M	-$2.580M	-$4.550M
Free Cash Flow	$58.26M	$8.890M	$21.98M
YoY Change	38.29%	-59.55%	108.94%

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CY2018	us-gaap	Payments To Minority Shareholders PaymentsToMinorityShareholders	0	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	22295000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Sharebased Compensation Requisite Service Period Recognition Value AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalSharebasedCompensationRequisiteServicePeriodRecognitionValue	1336000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Noncontrolling Interest Increase From Business Combination NoncontrollingInterestIncreaseFromBusinessCombination	299000	USD
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CY2020	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	10800000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	283958000	USD
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CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Contract With Customer Liability ContractWithCustomerLiability	2873000	USD
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CY2019	us-gaap	Goodwill Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss GoodwillForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	271000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	35018000	USD
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CY2020	us-gaap	Goodwill Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss GoodwillForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	203000	USD
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