VSH vs. DLB, LFUS, ROG, APH, GLW, OLED, MRCY, VPG, CETX, and HUBB
Should you be buying Vishay Intertechnology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vishay Intertechnology include Dolby Laboratories (DLB), Littelfuse (LFUS), Rogers (ROG), Amphenol (APH), Corning (GLW), Universal Display (OLED), Mercury Systems (MRCY), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Cemtrex (CETX), and Hubbell (HUBB).
Vishay Intertechnology (NYSE:VSH) and Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.
Vishay Intertechnology received 60 more outperform votes than Dolby Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.01% of users gave Vishay Intertechnology an outperform vote while only 57.67% of users gave Dolby Laboratories an outperform vote.
Vishay Intertechnology currently has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.17%. Dolby Laboratories has a consensus target price of $99.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.36%. Given Dolby Laboratories' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dolby Laboratories is more favorable than Vishay Intertechnology.
Dolby Laboratories has a net margin of 15.00% compared to Vishay Intertechnology's net margin of 7.41%. Vishay Intertechnology's return on equity of 11.95% beat Dolby Laboratories' return on equity.
93.7% of Vishay Intertechnology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Dolby Laboratories shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Vishay Intertechnology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 39.5% of Dolby Laboratories shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Vishay Intertechnology has higher revenue and earnings than Dolby Laboratories. Vishay Intertechnology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dolby Laboratories, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vishay Intertechnology has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dolby Laboratories has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vishay Intertechnology had 1 more articles in the media than Dolby Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Vishay Intertechnology and 6 mentions for Dolby Laboratories. Vishay Intertechnology's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Dolby Laboratories' score of 0.98 indicating that Vishay Intertechnology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vishay Intertechnology pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Dolby Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Vishay Intertechnology pays out 23.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dolby Laboratories pays out 61.2% 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. Vishay Intertechnology is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Vishay Intertechnology beats Dolby Laboratories on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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