LFUS vs. FYBR, ST, ALGM, NOVT, RMBS, ZI, QLYS, BMI, TENB, and FRSH
Should you be buying Littelfuse stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Littelfuse include Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR), Sensata Technologies (ST), Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM), Novanta (NOVT), Rambus (RMBS), ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI), Qualys (QLYS), Badger Meter (BMI), Tenable (TENB), and Freshworks (FRSH). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) and Frontier Communications Parent (NASDAQ:FYBR) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings and dividends.
96.1% of Littelfuse shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Littelfuse shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Frontier Communications Parent shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Littelfuse has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Frontier Communications Parent. Littelfuse is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Frontier Communications Parent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Littelfuse had 3 more articles in the media than Frontier Communications Parent. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Littelfuse and 13 mentions for Frontier Communications Parent. Littelfuse's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Frontier Communications Parent's score of 0.31 indicating that Littelfuse is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Littelfuse has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontier Communications Parent has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Littelfuse received 331 more outperform votes than Frontier Communications Parent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.31% of users gave Littelfuse an outperform vote while only 56.67% of users gave Frontier Communications Parent an outperform vote.
Littelfuse has a net margin of 9.58% compared to Frontier Communications Parent's net margin of 0.47%. Littelfuse's return on equity of 10.21% beat Frontier Communications Parent's return on equity.
Littelfuse presently has a consensus price target of $275.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.31%. Frontier Communications Parent has a consensus price target of $29.13, suggesting a potential upside of 14.85%. Given Frontier Communications Parent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Frontier Communications Parent is more favorable than Littelfuse.
Summary
Littelfuse beats Frontier Communications Parent on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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