Dolby Laboratories (DLB) Competitors

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

Is LFUS or DLB more profitable?

Dolby Laboratories has a net margin of 20.56% compared to Littelfuse's net margin of 8.88%. Dolby Laboratories' return on equity of 11.19% beat Littelfuse's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Littelfuse	8.88%	8.49%	5.32%
Dolby Laboratories	20.56%	11.19%	9.03%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LFUS or DLB?

96.1% of Littelfuse shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Dolby Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Littelfuse shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.5% of Dolby Laboratories shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, LFUS or DLB?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Littelfuse	$2.36B	2.60	$259.48M	$7.78	31.85
Dolby Laboratories	$1.27B	6.03	$261.83M	$2.71	29.69

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LFUS or DLB?

Littelfuse received 24 more outperform votes than Dolby Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.37% of users gave Littelfuse an outperform vote while only 58.17% of users gave Dolby Laboratories an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Littelfuse	Outperform Votes 373 58.37%	Underperform Votes 266 41.63%
Dolby Laboratories	Outperform Votes 349 58.17%	Underperform Votes 251 41.83%

Which has more risk & volatility, LFUS or DLB?

Littelfuse has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dolby Laboratories has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LFUS or DLB a better dividend stock?

Littelfuse pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Dolby Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Littelfuse pays out 36.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dolby Laboratories pays out 44.3% 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.

Does the media prefer LFUS or DLB?

In the previous week, Dolby Laboratories had 11 more articles in the media than Littelfuse. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Dolby Laboratories and 7 mentions for Littelfuse. Littelfuse's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Dolby Laboratories' score of 0.38 indicating that Littelfuse is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Littelfuse	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Dolby Laboratories	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate LFUS or DLB?

Littelfuse currently has a consensus price target of $285.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.00%. Dolby Laboratories has a consensus price target of $100.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.27%. Given Dolby Laboratories' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dolby Laboratories is more favorable than Littelfuse.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Littelfuse	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Dolby Laboratories	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

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