VSH vs. DLB, LFUS, ROG, APH, GLW, OLED, MRCY, SNPO, VPG, and CETX
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), Snap One (SNPO), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), and Cemtrex (CETX).
Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) and Vishay Intertechnology (NYSE:VSH) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.
Dolby Laboratories has a net margin of 15.00% compared to Dolby Laboratories' net margin of 7.41%. Dolby Laboratories' return on equity of 11.95% beat Vishay Intertechnology's return on equity.
In the previous week, Dolby Laboratories had 6 more articles in the media than Vishay Intertechnology. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Dolby Laboratories and 2 mentions for Vishay Intertechnology. Dolby Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Vishay Intertechnology's score of 0.69 indicating that Vishay Intertechnology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dolby Laboratories has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vishay Intertechnology has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dolby Laboratories currently has a consensus price target of $98.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.97%. Vishay Intertechnology has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.80%. Given Vishay Intertechnology's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Dolby Laboratories is more favorable than Vishay Intertechnology.
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.
58.6% of Dolby Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.7% of Vishay Intertechnology shares are held by institutional investors. 39.5% of Dolby Laboratories shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Vishay Intertechnology shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dolby Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Vishay Intertechnology pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Dolby Laboratories pays out 61.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vishay Intertechnology pays out 23.0% 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 9 consecutive years. Vishay Intertechnology is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Vishay Intertechnology received 62 more outperform votes than Dolby Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.01% of users gave Vishay Intertechnology an outperform vote while only 57.53% of users gave Dolby Laboratories an outperform vote.
Summary
Vishay Intertechnology beats Dolby Laboratories on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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