Vishay Intertechnology (VSH) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, DLB or VSH?

Dolby Laboratories has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vishay Intertechnology has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DLB or VSH a better dividend stock?

Dolby Laboratories pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Vishay Intertechnology pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Dolby Laboratories pays out 54.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vishay Intertechnology pays out 32.5% 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. Vishay Intertechnology is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DLB or VSH?

58.6% of Dolby Laboratories shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.7% of Vishay Intertechnology shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.5% of Dolby Laboratories shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Vishay Intertechnology shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is DLB or VSH more profitable?

Dolby Laboratories has a net margin of 16.87% compared to Vishay Intertechnology's net margin of 5.48%. Dolby Laboratories' return on equity of 10.66% beat Vishay Intertechnology's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dolby Laboratories	16.87%	10.66%	8.59%
Vishay Intertechnology	5.48%	8.72%	4.49%

Do analysts prefer DLB or VSH?

Dolby Laboratories presently has a consensus target price of $99.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.50%. Vishay Intertechnology has a consensus target price of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 31.36%. Given Vishay Intertechnology's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vishay Intertechnology 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
Vishay Intertechnology	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, DLB or VSH?

Vishay Intertechnology has higher revenue and earnings than Dolby Laboratories. Vishay Intertechnology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dolby Laboratories, 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	$1.30B	5.57	$200.66M	$2.19	34.64
Vishay Intertechnology	$3.13B	0.78	$323.82M	$1.23	14.54

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DLB or VSH?

Vishay Intertechnology received 58 more outperform votes than Dolby Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.90% of users gave Vishay Intertechnology an outperform vote while only 57.82% of users gave Dolby Laboratories an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dolby Laboratories	Outperform Votes 344 57.82%	Underperform Votes 251 42.18%
Vishay Intertechnology	Outperform Votes 402 65.90%	Underperform Votes 208 34.10%

Does the media prefer DLB or VSH?

In the previous week, Vishay Intertechnology had 8 more articles in the media than Dolby Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Vishay Intertechnology and 10 mentions for Dolby Laboratories. Vishay Intertechnology's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat Dolby Laboratories' score of 0.08 indicating that Vishay Intertechnology is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Vishay Intertechnology beats Dolby Laboratories on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.