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DLB vs. LFUS, VSH, ROG, APH, GLW, SONO, GPRO, LVO, KUKE, and KOSS

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), Sonos (SONO), GoPro (GPRO), LiveOne (LVO), Kuke Music (KUKE), and Koss (KOSS).

Dolby Laboratories vs. Its Competitors

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

Dolby Laboratories has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Littelfuse has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Littelfuse had 2 more articles in the media than Dolby Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Littelfuse and 8 mentions for Dolby Laboratories. Dolby Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Littelfuse's score of 0.92 indicating that Dolby Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Dolby Laboratories
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Littelfuse
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Dolby Laboratories has a net margin of 19.44% compared to Littelfuse's net margin of 4.89%. Dolby Laboratories' return on equity of 11.48% beat Littelfuse's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dolby Laboratories19.44% 11.48% 9.24%
Littelfuse 4.89%9.00%5.65%

Dolby Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Littelfuse pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Dolby Laboratories pays out 49.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Littelfuse pays out 64.8% 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. Dolby Laboratories has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and 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.

58.6% of Dolby Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Littelfuse shares are held by institutional investors. 38.4% of Dolby Laboratories shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Littelfuse shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dolby Laboratories has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dolby Laboratories$1.27B5.76$261.83M$2.6528.80
Littelfuse$2.19B2.60$100.19M$4.3253.32

Dolby Laboratories presently has a consensus target price of $102.33, indicating a potential upside of 34.09%. Littelfuse has a consensus target price of $252.25, indicating a potential upside of 9.51%. Given Dolby Laboratories' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Dolby Laboratories is more favorable than Littelfuse.

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

Summary

Dolby Laboratories beats Littelfuse on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DLB vs. The Competition

MetricDolby LaboratoriesAUDIO/VIDEO PRD IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.33B$16.56B$8.33B$21.11B
Dividend Yield1.73%1.06%3.10%3.60%
P/E Ratio28.806.1321.4528.44
Price / Sales5.762.044.6558.61
Price / Cash20.3134.0116.6522.92
Price / Book2.931.944.864.69
Net Income$261.83M$651.01M$215.28M$995.51M
7 Day Performance1.28%7.53%2.26%1.64%
1 Month Performance2.96%9.15%45.43%5.92%
1 Year Performance-1.91%45.64%16.83%11.50%

Dolby Laboratories Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DLB
Dolby Laboratories
4.9465 of 5 stars
$76.32
0.0%
$102.33
+34.1%
-1.9%$7.33B$1.27B28.802,080Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
LFUS
Littelfuse
4.2851 of 5 stars
$231.77
-0.9%
$252.25
+8.8%
-11.0%$5.73B$2.21B53.6516,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
VSH
Vishay Intertechnology
3.4736 of 5 stars
$17.48
-2.1%
$20.50
+17.3%
-27.9%$2.37B$2.94B-35.6722,700Positive News
ROG
Rogers
4.5359 of 5 stars
$67.88
-7.4%
$85.00
+25.2%
-48.0%$1.26B$830.10M74.593,200Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
APH
Amphenol
4.468 of 5 stars
$100.28
+1.5%
$91.64
-8.6%
+68.5%$121.29B$15.22B48.68125,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GLW
Corning
3.4137 of 5 stars
$53.17
+3.0%
$55.73
+4.8%
+26.8%$45.54B$13.12B102.2656,300Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SONO
Sonos
0.6765 of 5 stars
$10.70
+1.6%
$12.25
+14.5%
-15.9%$1.28B$1.46B-18.141,708
GPRO
GoPro
2.6955 of 5 stars
$0.82
+3.8%
$0.75
-8.5%
-5.8%$129.19M$801.47M-0.91880Trending News
LVO
LiveOne
2.7867 of 5 stars
$0.77
+2.3%
$1.50
+94.0%
-50.3%$74.29M$114.41M-4.30180
KUKE
Kuke Music
N/A$2.93
-4.6%
N/A-79.4%$59.54M$9.59M0.00170
KOSS
Koss
0.8761 of 5 stars
$5.11
-2.7%
N/A-36.7%$47.93M$12.27M-63.8830

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This page (NYSE:DLB) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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