LFUS vs. NOVT, HCP, FYBR, FN, ZI, TENB, BMI, FRSH, RMBS, and SMAR
Should you be buying Littelfuse stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Littelfuse include Novanta (NOVT), HashiCorp (HCP), Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR), Fabrinet (FN), ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI), Tenable (TENB), Badger Meter (BMI), Freshworks (FRSH), Rambus (RMBS), and Smartsheet (SMAR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Novanta (NASDAQ:NOVT) and Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) 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 dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
Novanta has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Littelfuse has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Novanta currently has a consensus target price of $161.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.69%. Littelfuse has a consensus target price of $275.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.16%. Given Novanta's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Littelfuse is more favorable than Novanta.
Littelfuse has higher revenue and earnings than Novanta. Littelfuse is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Novanta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Littelfuse had 19 more articles in the media than Novanta. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Littelfuse and 2 mentions for Novanta. Novanta's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Littelfuse's score of 0.42 indicating that Littelfuse is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Littelfuse received 62 more outperform votes than Novanta when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.14% of users gave Novanta an outperform vote while only 58.31% of users gave Littelfuse an outperform vote.
Littelfuse has a net margin of 9.58% compared to Littelfuse's net margin of 8.27%. Littelfuse's return on equity of 17.15% beat Novanta's return on equity.
98.4% of Novanta shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Littelfuse shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Novanta shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Littelfuse shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Littelfuse beats Novanta on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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