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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.

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

Which has stronger 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	$2.20B	2.61	$259.48M	$7.78	29.64
Dolby Laboratories	$1.27B	5.93	$261.83M	$2.71	29.20

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%

Which has more risk and volatility, LFUS or DLB?

Littelfuse has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dolby Laboratories has a beta of 0.98, indicating 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 1.2%. Dolby Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Littelfuse pays out 36.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dolby Laboratories pays out 48.7% 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 MarketBeat Community favor LFUS or DLB?

Littelfuse received 23 more outperform votes than Dolby Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.37% of users gave Littelfuse an outperform vote while only 58.24% 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 350 58.24%	Underperform Votes 251 41.76%

Does the media favor LFUS or DLB?

In the previous week, Littelfuse had 11 more articles in the media than Dolby Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Littelfuse and 2 mentions for Dolby Laboratories. Dolby Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Littelfuse's score of 0.60 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dolby Laboratories	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer LFUS or DLB?

Littelfuse currently has a consensus target price of $285.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.59%. Dolby Laboratories has a consensus target price of $100.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.37%. Given Dolby Laboratories' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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.