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Littelfuse (LFUS) Competitors

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$176.58 +13.63 (+8.36%)
As of 04/24/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

LFUS vs. DLB, VSH, ROG, APH, GLW, POWL, ABBNY, STX, DOCU, and FFIV

Should you be buying Littelfuse stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Littelfuse include Dolby Laboratories (DLB), Vishay Intertechnology (VSH), Rogers (ROG), Amphenol (APH), Corning (GLW), Powell Industries (POWL), ABB (ABBNY), Seagate Technology (STX), DocuSign (DOCU), and F5 (FFIV).

Littelfuse vs.

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

96.1% of Littelfuse shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Dolby Laboratories shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Littelfuse shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 38.4% of Dolby Laboratories shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Littelfuse has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dolby Laboratories has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Littelfuse presently has a consensus price target of $258.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.11%. Dolby Laboratories has a consensus price target of $100.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.91%. 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
Littelfuse
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Dolby Laboratories
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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
Littelfuse5.16% 8.55% 5.36%
Dolby Laboratories 19.97%11.32%9.11%

In the previous week, Dolby Laboratories had 2 more articles in the media than Littelfuse. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Dolby Laboratories and 14 mentions for Littelfuse. Dolby Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Littelfuse's score of 0.96 indicating that Dolby Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Littelfuse pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Dolby Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Littelfuse pays out 62.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dolby Laboratories pays out 48.5% 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 raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Dolby Laboratories is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Littelfuse received 22 more outperform votes than Dolby Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.58% of users gave Dolby Laboratories an outperform vote while only 58.00% of users gave Littelfuse an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LittelfuseOutperform Votes
377
58.00%
Underperform Votes
273
42.00%
Dolby LaboratoriesOutperform Votes
355
58.58%
Underperform Votes
251
41.42%

Dolby Laboratories has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Littelfuse$2.19B1.99$113M$4.5039.24
Dolby Laboratories$1.32B5.50$261.83M$2.7227.87

Summary

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

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LFUS vs. The Competition

MetricLittelfuseSwitchgear & switchboard apparatus IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.36B$34.07B$22.62B$7.70B
Dividend Yield1.84%1.22%3.01%4.33%
P/E Ratio39.2425.8341.4718.31
Price / Sales1.992.332,222.80107.09
Price / Cash23.0620.0734.6934.62
Price / Book1.814.216.024.25
Net Income$113M$1.40B$735.88M$247.51M
7 Day Performance14.74%8.04%4.17%6.86%
1 Month Performance-18.42%-11.10%-3.70%-2.95%
1 Year Performance-23.36%2.60%52,586.07%5.17%

Littelfuse Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LFUS
Littelfuse
4.7553 of 5 stars
$176.58
+8.4%
$258.00
+46.1%
-24.4%$4.36B$2.19B39.2418,000Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
DLB
Dolby Laboratories
4.81 of 5 stars
$74.10
+1.0%
$100.00
+35.0%
-4.8%$7.07B$1.32B27.242,340Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
VSH
Vishay Intertechnology
3.9654 of 5 stars
$11.39
+2.1%
$20.50
+80.0%
-41.9%$1.54B$2.94B-47.4623,900News Coverage
Gap Down
ROG
Rogers
4.2777 of 5 stars
$55.65
-1.0%
$85.00
+52.7%
-47.7%$1.03B$830.10M39.473,800News Coverage
APH
Amphenol
4.0832 of 5 stars
$65.48
+0.1%
$79.90
+22.0%
+30.9%$79.35B$15.22B34.1991,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
GLW
Corning
4.197 of 5 stars
$41.57
+0.8%
$53.69
+29.2%
+39.3%$35.62B$13.12B71.6757,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
POWL
Powell Industries
4.1187 of 5 stars
$171.97
-0.7%
$312.00
+81.4%
+23.5%$2.07B$1.06B13.062,170News Coverage
Positive News
ABBNY
ABB
N/A$50.57
+0.8%
N/A+5.5%$94.09B$32.85B23.85105,000
STX
Seagate Technology
4.8001 of 5 stars
$72.67
+3.6%
$118.78
+63.4%
-4.7%$15.38B$8.04B13.2940,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Positive News
DOCU
DocuSign
4.4033 of 5 stars
$75.26
+1.2%
$93.85
+24.7%
+42.6%$15.24B$2.98B15.527,460Analyst Forecast
FFIV
F5
3.8964 of 5 stars
$262.69
+0.4%
$285.78
+8.8%
+47.1%$15.14B$2.89B26.117,090Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:LFUS) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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