Rogers (ROG) Competitors

Rogers (NYSE:ROG) and Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is ROG or DLB more profitable?

Dolby Laboratories has a net margin of 16.87% compared to Rogers' net margin of 6.75%. Dolby Laboratories' return on equity of 10.66% beat Rogers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rogers	6.75%	4.67%	3.87%
Dolby Laboratories	16.87%	10.66%	8.59%

Do analysts recommend ROG or DLB?

Dolby Laboratories has a consensus target price of $99.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.04%. Given Dolby Laboratories' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dolby Laboratories is more favorable than Rogers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rogers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Dolby Laboratories	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ROG or DLB?

Dolby Laboratories has higher revenue and earnings than Rogers. Rogers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dolby Laboratories, 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
Rogers	$861.30M	2.21	$56.60M	$3.64	28.09
Dolby Laboratories	$1.26B	5.62	$200.66M	$1.96	37.68

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ROG or DLB?

Rogers received 133 more outperform votes than Dolby Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.81% of users gave Rogers an outperform vote while only 57.82% of users gave Dolby Laboratories an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rogers	Outperform Votes 477 64.81%	Underperform Votes 259 35.19%
Dolby Laboratories	Outperform Votes 344 57.82%	Underperform Votes 251 42.18%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ROG or DLB?

96.0% of Rogers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Dolby Laboratories shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Rogers shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.5% of Dolby Laboratories shares are owned by company 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, ROG or DLB?

Rogers has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dolby Laboratories has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ROG or DLB?

In the previous week, Rogers had 21 more articles in the media than Dolby Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Rogers and 3 mentions for Dolby Laboratories. Dolby Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Rogers' score of 0.19 indicating that Dolby Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rogers	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Dolby Laboratories	3 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 Rogers on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.