DLB vs. WSC, NCLH, HAS, CROX, TAL, BIRK, MHK, LNW, AS, and PARA
Should you be buying Dolby Laboratories stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dolby Laboratories include WillScot Mobile Mini (WSC), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), Hasbro (HAS), Crocs (CROX), TAL Education Group (TAL), Birkenstock (BIRK), Mohawk Industries (MHK), Light & Wonder (LNW), Amer Sports (AS), and Paramount Global (PARA). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) and WillScot Mobile Mini (NASDAQ:WSC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
58.6% of Dolby Laboratories shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of WillScot Mobile Mini shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.5% of Dolby Laboratories shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of WillScot Mobile Mini shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
WillScot Mobile Mini has a net margin of 20.15% compared to Dolby Laboratories' net margin of 14.70%. WillScot Mobile Mini's return on equity of 24.52% beat Dolby Laboratories' return on equity.
WillScot Mobile Mini has higher revenue and earnings than Dolby Laboratories. WillScot Mobile Mini is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dolby Laboratories, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Dolby Laboratories had 1 more articles in the media than WillScot Mobile Mini. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Dolby Laboratories and 10 mentions for WillScot Mobile Mini. Dolby Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat WillScot Mobile Mini's score of 0.50 indicating that Dolby Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dolby Laboratories currently has a consensus target price of $98.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.53%. WillScot Mobile Mini has a consensus target price of $51.13, indicating a potential upside of 34.57%. Given WillScot Mobile Mini's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe WillScot Mobile Mini is more favorable than Dolby Laboratories.
Dolby Laboratories received 132 more outperform votes than WillScot Mobile Mini when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.86% of users gave WillScot Mobile Mini an outperform vote while only 57.48% of users gave Dolby Laboratories an outperform vote.
Dolby Laboratories has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WillScot Mobile Mini has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
WillScot Mobile Mini beats Dolby Laboratories on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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