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

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 Research Frontiers (REFR).

Dolby Laboratories vs.

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.

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$1.32B5.50$261.83M$2.6528.50
Littelfuse$2.21B2.33$113M$4.3248.19

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 Laboratories19.97% 11.32% 9.11%
Littelfuse 5.16%8.55%5.36%

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.

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

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.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Dolby LaboratoriesOutperform Votes
358
58.78%
Underperform Votes
251
41.22%
LittelfuseOutperform Votes
379
57.86%
Underperform Votes
276
42.14%

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.

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.

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DLB vs. The Competition

MetricDolby LaboratoriesPatent owners & lessors IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.26B$1.01B$7.86B$19.30B
Dividend Yield1.72%5.35%3.24%3.84%
P/E Ratio27.776.5415.1134.53
Price / Sales5.50947.078.0134.83
Price / Cash21.9012.4216.3717.51
Price / Book2.863.384.774.69
Net Income$261.83M$7.52M$257.85M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.18%-1.79%-0.71%-1.74%
1 Month Performance3.83%9.37%8.01%7.50%
1 Year Performance-6.88%7.52%-3.46%4.15%

Dolby Laboratories Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DLB
Dolby Laboratories
4.8825 of 5 stars
$75.53
-0.3%
$102.33
+35.5%
-7.2%$7.26B$1.32B27.772,340Positive News
LFUS
Littelfuse
4.7494 of 5 stars
$217.72
+10.2%
$252.25
+15.9%
-19.5%$5.38B$2.21B48.3818,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
VSH
Vishay Intertechnology
4.1431 of 5 stars
$14.75
+12.3%
$20.50
+39.0%
-39.4%$2.00B$2.91B-61.4623,900Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ROG
Rogers
4.4111 of 5 stars
$70.28
+6.5%
$85.00
+20.9%
-43.5%$1.30B$807.20M49.843,800Gap Down
APH
Amphenol
3.9198 of 5 stars
$84.45
+4.4%
$81.62
-3.4%
+26.6%$102.15B$16.78B44.1091,000Positive News
GLW
Corning
2.8043 of 5 stars
$47.00
+4.2%
$53.08
+12.9%
+32.1%$40.25B$13.60B81.0357,500Analyst Revision
IDCC
InterDigital
2.2871 of 5 stars
$217.54
+2.6%
$130.00
-40.2%
+95.0%$5.64B$815.48M18.07420News Coverage
Positive News
APPS
Digital Turbine
1.1956 of 5 stars
$4.37
+5.0%
$2.38
-45.7%
+77.4%$458.88M$483.58M-1.44840Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
ACTG
Acacia Research
0.794 of 5 stars
$3.89
+3.2%
N/A-33.5%$373.78M$122.31M7.34290Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
JYNT
Joint
3.4509 of 5 stars
$10.12
+1.3%
$15.50
+53.2%
-38.8%$155.07M$51.90M-8.88320News Coverage
REFR
Research Frontiers
0.3202 of 5 stars
$1.74
+9.4%
N/A-17.8%$58.32M$1.34M-58.006Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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