Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Competitors

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

Is LFUS or DLB 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
Littelfuse	5.30%	9.74%	6.15%
Dolby Laboratories	19.62%	11.52%	9.26%

Do analysts prefer LFUS or DLB?

Littelfuse currently has a consensus target price of $234.50, indicating a potential downside of 8.83%. Dolby Laboratories has a consensus target price of $95.75, indicating a potential upside of 32.28%. Given Dolby Laboratories' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dolby Laboratories is more favorable than Littelfuse.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Littelfuse	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Dolby Laboratories	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LFUS or DLB?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Littelfuse	$2.19B	2.91	$100.19M	$4.80	53.59
Dolby Laboratories	$1.27B	5.45	$261.83M	$2.73	26.51

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LFUS or DLB?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 38.4% of Dolby Laboratories shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is LFUS or DLB a better dividend stock?

Littelfuse pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Dolby Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Littelfuse pays out 62.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dolby Laboratories pays out 48.4% 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 raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Dolby Laboratories has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Dolby Laboratories is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, LFUS or DLB?

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

Does the media favor LFUS or DLB?

In the previous week, Dolby Laboratories had 1 more articles in the media than Littelfuse. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Dolby Laboratories and 4 mentions for Littelfuse. Dolby Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Littelfuse's score of 1.02 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dolby Laboratories	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

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