LFUS vs. ST, DLB, VSH, SMTC, ROG, CTS, BELFB, APH, GLW, and POWL
Should you be buying Littelfuse stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Littelfuse include Sensata Technologies (ST), Dolby Laboratories (DLB), Vishay Intertechnology (VSH), Semtech (SMTC), Rogers (ROG), CTS (CTS), Bel Fuse (BELFB), Amphenol (APH), Corning (GLW), and Powell Industries (POWL).
Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) and Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
Littelfuse has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sensata Technologies. Sensata Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Littelfuse, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Littelfuse pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Sensata Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Littelfuse pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sensata Technologies pays out -436.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Sensata Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Littelfuse presently has a consensus target price of $280.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.12%. Sensata Technologies has a consensus target price of $43.78, indicating a potential upside of 5.95%. Given Littelfuse's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Littelfuse is more favorable than Sensata Technologies.
Littelfuse has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sensata Technologies has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Littelfuse and Littelfuse both had 6 articles in the media. Sensata Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Littelfuse's score of 0.76 indicating that Sensata Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.1% of Littelfuse shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of Sensata Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Littelfuse shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Sensata Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sensata Technologies received 71 more outperform votes than Littelfuse when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.22% of users gave Sensata Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.44% of users gave Littelfuse an outperform vote.
Littelfuse has a net margin of 9.58% compared to Sensata Technologies' net margin of -0.35%. Sensata Technologies' return on equity of 17.58% beat Littelfuse's return on equity.
Summary
Sensata Technologies beats Littelfuse on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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