Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, DLB or LFUS?

Dolby Laboratories has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Littelfuse has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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	$1.27B	5.48	$261.83M	$2.73	26.67
Littelfuse	$2.19B	2.94	$100.19M	$4.80	54.08

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 1.8%. Littelfuse pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Dolby Laboratories pays out 48.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Littelfuse pays out 62.5% 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. 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.

Is DLB or LFUS more profitable?

Dolby Laboratories has a net margin of 19.62% compared to Littelfuse's net margin of 5.30%. Dolby Laboratories' return on equity of 11.52% beat Littelfuse's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dolby Laboratories	19.62%	11.52%	9.26%
Littelfuse	5.30%	9.74%	6.15%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DLB or LFUS?

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer DLB or LFUS?

Dolby Laboratories presently has a consensus target price of $103.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.48%. Littelfuse has a consensus target price of $234.50, indicating a potential downside of 9.66%. 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the media refer more to DLB or LFUS?

In the previous week, Dolby Laboratories had 9 more articles in the media than Littelfuse. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Dolby Laboratories and 6 mentions for Littelfuse. Dolby Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Littelfuse's score of 1.10 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	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Littelfuse	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Dolby Laboratories beats Littelfuse on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.