DLB vs. LFUS, VSH, ROG, APH, GLW, IDCC, ACTG, JYNT, APPS, and REFR
Should you be buying Dolby Laboratories stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dolby Laboratories include Littelfuse (LFUS), Vishay Intertechnology (VSH), Rogers (ROG), Amphenol (APH), Corning (GLW), InterDigital (IDCC), Acacia Research (ACTG), Joint (JYNT), Digital Turbine (APPS), and Research Frontiers (REFR).
Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) and Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
Littelfuse received 27 more outperform votes than Dolby Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.44% of users gave Littelfuse an outperform vote while only 57.53% of users gave Dolby Laboratories an outperform vote.
Littelfuse has higher revenue and earnings than Dolby Laboratories. Littelfuse is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dolby Laboratories, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Littelfuse has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dolby Laboratories has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Littelfuse had 7 more articles in the media than Dolby Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Littelfuse and 4 mentions for Dolby Laboratories. Dolby Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Littelfuse's score of 0.49 indicating that Littelfuse is being referred to more favorably in the media.
96.1% of Littelfuse shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Dolby Laboratories shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Littelfuse shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 39.5% of Dolby Laboratories shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Dolby Laboratories has a net margin of 15.00% compared to Dolby Laboratories' net margin of 9.58%. Dolby Laboratories' return on equity of 10.21% beat Littelfuse's return on equity.
Littelfuse presently has a consensus target price of $280.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.64%. Dolby Laboratories has a consensus target price of $98.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.55%. Given Littelfuse's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dolby Laboratories is more favorable than Littelfuse.
Littelfuse pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Dolby Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Littelfuse pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dolby Laboratories pays out 61.2% 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. Littelfuse has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Dolby Laboratories has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years.
Summary
Littelfuse beats Dolby Laboratories on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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