Littelfuse (LFUS) Competitors

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) and Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Is LFUS or DLB a better dividend stock?

Littelfuse pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Dolby Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Littelfuse pays out 64.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dolby Laboratories pays out 48.5% 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 increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Dolby Laboratories is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, LFUS or DLB?

Dolby Laboratories has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Littelfuse. Dolby Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Littelfuse, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Littelfuse	$2.21B	2.11	$113M	$4.32	43.68
Dolby Laboratories	$1.32B	5.53	$261.83M	$2.72	28.02

Do analysts prefer LFUS or DLB?

Littelfuse currently has a consensus price target of $252.25, indicating a potential upside of 33.69%. Dolby Laboratories has a consensus price target of $100.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.20%. Given Littelfuse's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Littelfuse is more favorable than Dolby Laboratories.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Littelfuse	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Dolby Laboratories	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer LFUS or DLB?

In the previous week, Littelfuse had 18 more articles in the media than Dolby Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Littelfuse and 14 mentions for Dolby Laboratories. Dolby Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Littelfuse's score of 0.97 indicating that Dolby Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Littelfuse	14 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dolby Laboratories	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, LFUS or DLB?

Littelfuse has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dolby Laboratories has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in LFUS or DLB?

96.1% of Littelfuse shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Dolby Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Littelfuse shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.4% of Dolby Laboratories shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LFUS or DLB?

Littelfuse received 23 more outperform votes than Dolby Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.58% of users gave Dolby Laboratories an outperform vote while only 57.89% of users gave Littelfuse an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Littelfuse	Outperform Votes 378 57.89%	Underperform Votes 275 42.11%
Dolby Laboratories	Outperform Votes 355 58.58%	Underperform Votes 251 41.42%

Is LFUS or DLB more profitable?

Dolby Laboratories has a net margin of 19.97% compared to Littelfuse's net margin of 5.16%. Dolby Laboratories' return on equity of 11.32% beat Littelfuse's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Littelfuse	5.16%	8.55%	5.36%
Dolby Laboratories	19.97%	11.32%	9.11%

Summary

Dolby Laboratories beats Littelfuse on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.