Littelfuse (LFUS) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, DLB or LFUS?

Dolby Laboratories has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Littelfuse. Dolby Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Littelfuse, 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	$1.32B	5.88	$261.83M	$2.72	29.77
Littelfuse	$2.19B	2.55	$113M	$4.50	50.02

Which has more volatility and risk, DLB or LFUS?

Dolby Laboratories has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Littelfuse has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in DLB or LFUS?

58.6% of Dolby Laboratories shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Littelfuse shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.4% of Dolby Laboratories shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Littelfuse shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate DLB or LFUS?

Dolby Laboratories presently has a consensus target price of $100.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.52%. Littelfuse has a consensus target price of $280.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.40%. Given Littelfuse's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Littelfuse is more favorable than Dolby Laboratories.

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
Littelfuse	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the media refer more to DLB or LFUS?

In the previous week, Littelfuse had 5 more articles in the media than Dolby Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Littelfuse and 5 mentions for Dolby Laboratories. Dolby Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Littelfuse's score of 0.87 indicating that Dolby Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dolby Laboratories	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Littelfuse	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DLB or LFUS a better dividend stock?

Dolby Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Littelfuse pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Dolby Laboratories pays out 48.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Littelfuse pays out 62.2% 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. Littelfuse has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Dolby Laboratories is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is DLB or LFUS more profitable?

Dolby Laboratories has a net margin of 19.97% compared to Littelfuse's net margin of 5.16%. Dolby Laboratories' return on equity of 11.32% beat Littelfuse's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dolby Laboratories	19.97%	11.32%	9.11%
Littelfuse	5.16%	8.55%	5.36%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DLB or LFUS?

Littelfuse received 21 more outperform votes than Dolby Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.58% of users gave Dolby Laboratories an outperform vote while only 58.39% of users gave Littelfuse an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dolby Laboratories	Outperform Votes 355 58.58%	Underperform Votes 251 41.42%
Littelfuse	Outperform Votes 376 58.39%	Underperform Votes 268 41.61%

Summary

Dolby Laboratories and Littelfuse tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.