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).
Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) and Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Sensata Technologies has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Littelfuse has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Littelfuse has a net margin of 9.58% compared to Littelfuse's net margin of -0.35%. Littelfuse's return on equity of 17.58% beat Sensata Technologies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Littelfuse had 1 more articles in the media than Sensata Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Littelfuse and 8 mentions for Sensata Technologies. Littelfuse's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Sensata Technologies' score of 0.73 indicating that Sensata Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
99.4% of Sensata Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Littelfuse shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Sensata Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Littelfuse shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sensata Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Littelfuse pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Sensata Technologies pays out -436.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Littelfuse pays out 29.8% 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 has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Littelfuse has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Sensata Technologies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Sensata Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $43.78, indicating a potential upside of 3.67%. Littelfuse has a consensus target price of $280.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.33%. Given Sensata Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Littelfuse is more favorable than Sensata Technologies.
Littelfuse has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Summary
Littelfuse beats Sensata Technologies on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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