InterDigital (IDCC) Competitors

Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) and InterDigital (NASDAQ:IDCC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Is DLB or IDCC more profitable?

InterDigital has a net margin of 36.69% compared to Dolby Laboratories' net margin of 16.87%. InterDigital's return on equity of 40.49% beat Dolby Laboratories' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dolby Laboratories	16.87%	10.66%	8.59%
InterDigital	36.69%	40.49%	15.32%

Which has better earnings and valuation, DLB or IDCC?

InterDigital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dolby Laboratories. InterDigital 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
Dolby Laboratories	$1.30B	6.02	$200.66M	$2.19	37.45
InterDigital	$721.23M	6.41	$214.07M	$9.36	19.48

Do analysts rate DLB or IDCC?

Dolby Laboratories presently has a consensus price target of $100.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.92%. InterDigital has a consensus price target of $120.00, suggesting a potential downside of 34.17%. Given Dolby Laboratories' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Dolby Laboratories is more favorable than InterDigital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dolby Laboratories	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
InterDigital	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DLB or IDCC?

InterDigital received 116 more outperform votes than Dolby Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.37% of users gave InterDigital an outperform vote while only 58.10% of users gave Dolby Laboratories an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dolby Laboratories	Outperform Votes 348 58.10%	Underperform Votes 251 41.90%
InterDigital	Outperform Votes 464 62.37%	Underperform Votes 280 37.63%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DLB or IDCC?

58.6% of Dolby Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of InterDigital shares are held by institutional investors. 39.5% of Dolby Laboratories shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of InterDigital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor DLB or IDCC?

In the previous week, Dolby Laboratories had 19 more articles in the media than InterDigital. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Dolby Laboratories and 6 mentions for InterDigital. InterDigital's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Dolby Laboratories' score of 0.32 indicating that InterDigital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dolby Laboratories	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
InterDigital	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DLB or IDCC a better dividend stock?

Dolby Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. InterDigital pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Dolby Laboratories pays out 54.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. InterDigital pays out 19.2% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, DLB or IDCC?

Dolby Laboratories has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InterDigital has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

InterDigital beats Dolby Laboratories on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.