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DLB vs. LFUS, VSH, ROG, APH, GLW, IDCC, APPS, ACTG, JYNT, and VHC

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), InterDigital (IDCC), Digital Turbine (APPS), Acacia Research (ACTG), Joint (JYNT), and VirnetX (VHC).

Dolby Laboratories vs.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Littelfuse$2.21B2.11$113M$4.3243.68
Dolby Laboratories$1.32B5.53$261.83M$2.7228.02

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
15 Very Positive mention(s)
2 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

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.

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
Littelfuse5.16% 8.55% 5.36%
Dolby Laboratories 19.97%11.32%9.11%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LittelfuseOutperform Votes
378
57.89%
Underperform Votes
275
42.11%
Dolby LaboratoriesOutperform Votes
355
58.58%
Underperform Votes
251
41.42%

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

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

Littelfuse currently has a consensus target price of $252.25, indicating a potential upside of 33.69%. Dolby Laboratories has a consensus target price of $100.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.20%. Given Littelfuse's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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

Summary

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

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DLB vs. The Competition

MetricDolby LaboratoriesPatent owners & lessors IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.33B$913.38M$7.49B$18.96B
Dividend Yield1.73%5.37%3.39%4.01%
P/E Ratio28.025.6416.3932.87
Price / Sales5.53612.337.5428.03
Price / Cash21.9012.4216.4217.52
Price / Book2.892.744.414.47
Net Income$261.83M$7.52M$260.40M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.56%0.08%0.31%0.59%
1 Month Performance-6.19%-4.45%-2.88%-3.54%
1 Year Performance-4.39%4.91%-4.55%3.80%

Dolby Laboratories Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DLB
Dolby Laboratories
4.7715 of 5 stars
$76.22
-0.7%
$100.00
+31.2%
-1.8%$7.33B$1.32B28.022,340Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
LFUS
Littelfuse
4.8908 of 5 stars
$156.13
+1.5%
$258.00
+65.2%
-19.1%$3.86B$2.19B34.7018,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
VSH
Vishay Intertechnology
3.494 of 5 stars
$11.09
-1.3%
$20.50
+84.9%
-40.2%$1.50B$2.94B-46.2123,900Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
ROG
Rogers
4.4637 of 5 stars
$54.04
+0.2%
$85.00
+57.3%
-46.5%$1.00B$830.10M38.333,800Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
APH
Amphenol
4.262 of 5 stars
$63.62
-2.2%
$79.40
+24.8%
+32.0%$77.09B$15.22B33.2291,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Positive News
Gap Up
GLW
Corning
3.0829 of 5 stars
$40.77
-1.8%
$53.31
+30.8%
+33.7%$34.93B$13.12B70.2957,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
IDCC
InterDigital
1.937 of 5 stars
$183.37
-3.1%
$130.00
-29.1%
+106.5%$4.71B$868.52M15.23420Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
APPS
Digital Turbine
1.7388 of 5 stars
$2.92
-6.4%
$2.38
-18.7%
+55.2%$306.62M$483.58M-0.96840Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
ACTG
Acacia Research
1.1848 of 5 stars
$2.92
+1.0%
N/A-36.1%$280.57M$122.31M5.51290Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
JYNT
Joint
3.2603 of 5 stars
$9.70
-3.1%
$17.50
+80.4%
-19.2%$148.63M$51.90M-8.51320
VHC
VirnetX
0.5221 of 5 stars
$8.52
-0.9%
N/A+63.3%$36.10M$5,000.00-1.6020

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