Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DLB or LFUS?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dolby Laboratories	$1.32B	5.50	$261.83M	$2.65	28.50
Littelfuse	$2.21B	2.33	$113M	$4.32	48.19

Is DLB or LFUS 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
Dolby Laboratories	19.97%	11.32%	9.11%
Littelfuse	5.16%	8.55%	5.36%

Is DLB or LFUS a better dividend stock?

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 1.3%. 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 raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Littelfuse has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Dolby Laboratories is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer DLB or LFUS?

In the previous week, Littelfuse had 2 more articles in the media than Dolby Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Littelfuse and 9 mentions for Dolby Laboratories. Dolby Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Littelfuse's score of 1.43 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Littelfuse	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, DLB or LFUS?

Dolby Laboratories has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Littelfuse has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DLB or LFUS?

Littelfuse received 21 more outperform votes than Dolby Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.78% of users gave Dolby Laboratories an outperform vote while only 57.86% of users gave Littelfuse an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dolby Laboratories	Outperform Votes 358 58.78%	Underperform Votes 251 41.22%
Littelfuse	Outperform Votes 379 57.86%	Underperform Votes 276 42.14%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in DLB or LFUS?

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

Do analysts recommend DLB or LFUS?

Dolby Laboratories currently has a consensus price target of $102.33, suggesting a potential upside of 35.48%. Littelfuse has a consensus price target of $252.25, suggesting a potential upside of 21.17%. Given Dolby Laboratories' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.