Littelfuse (LFUS) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to DLB or LFUS?

In the previous week, Littelfuse had 1 more articles in the media than Dolby Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Littelfuse and 10 mentions for Dolby Laboratories. Littelfuse's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Dolby Laboratories' score of 1.07 indicating that Littelfuse 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Littelfuse	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DLB or LFUS?

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 58.27% 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 377 58.27%	Underperform Votes 270 41.73%

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 1.7%. Littelfuse pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. 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.

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

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

Which has more volatility and risk, DLB or LFUS?

Dolby Laboratories has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Littelfuse has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend DLB or LFUS?

Dolby Laboratories currently has a consensus target price of $100.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.24%. Littelfuse has a consensus target price of $280.00, indicating a potential upside of 65.44%. Given Littelfuse's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	5.66	$261.83M	$2.72	28.67
Littelfuse	$2.19B	1.91	$113M	$4.50	37.61

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%

Summary

Littelfuse beats Dolby Laboratories on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.