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LITTELFUSE INC /DE
LFUS
$10.0B
Mkt Cap
$404.86
-2.48%
LITTELFUSE INC /DE (LFUS) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 6.9%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
LITTELFUSE INC /DE (LFUS) has a market capitalization of $11.0B. It is classified as a large-cap stock.
Yes, LITTELFUSE INC /DE (LFUS) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 0.67%. The company also returns capital through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 0.00%.
LITTELFUSE INC /DE (LFUS) operates in the Switchgear & Switchboard Apparatus industry, within the Industrials sector.
LITTELFUSE INC /DE (LFUS) reported annual revenue of $2.4 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
LITTELFUSE INC /DE (LFUS) has a net profit margin of -3.0%. The company is currently unprofitable.
LITTELFUSE INC /DE (LFUS) generated $366 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
Littelfuse is a diversified industrial technology manufacturer founded in 1927 that designs, manufactures, and markets passive electronics and protection components alongside high-value-add power semiconductor capabilities across three reportable segments: Electronics, Transportation, and Industrial. The Electronics segment offers one of the broadest product portfolios in the industry, including fuses, resettable fuses, electromechanical switches, ESD suppressors, varistors, reed switches, TVS diodes, thyristors, MOSFETs, IGBTs, and other semiconductor products serving data centers, aerospace and defense, industrial controls, appliances, consumer electronics, healthcare, energy storage, grid infrastructure, and renewable energy markets. The Transportation segment provides circuit protection, power control, and sensing technologies for OEMs, Tier-one suppliers, and aftermarket distributors across passenger vehicles, heavy-duty trucks, buses, off-road vehicles, material handling, agricultural equipment, and construction equipment. The Industrial segment comprises industrial circuit protection, protective and monitoring relays, and industrial controls. The company operates a robust global manufacturing footprint strategically positioned in-region with customers and supply chain partners, employs approximately 17,000 associates across more than 20 countries, and generates resilient profitability and strong cash flow through mission-critical products addressing customers' escalating challenges related to system safety and energy efficiency as end markets transition toward higher power and energy density architectures. Engineering teams are frequently embedded within customers' R&D processes to collaborate on next-generation solution design-ins, and the company maintains a strong balance sheet providing significant capital allocation flexibility for organic and inorganic growth opportunities.
【Grid modernization and data center growth】 Management expects continued strong momentum driven by approximately $3 trillion in grid modernization investments through 2030 and accelerating demand for high-power protection and excitation systems to support global data center infrastructure build-out. The Basler acquisition, which closed in late 2025, is positioned to capitalize on these opportunities and is expected to deliver high-teens adjusted EBITDA margins in 2026. The company anticipates continued operational execution and margin expansion across segments, with particular focus on transportation profitability enhancements and power semiconductor rationalization toward higher-value applications and markets where Littelfuse has strong market share and technology expertise. Management remains confident in long-term margin improvement and sustainable content expansion per platform as customers transition to higher-power architectures, supported by strong backlog, high customer engagement, and disciplined execution across the global footprint.
| Metric | Target | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Net sales | $625 million–$645 million | Q1 FY2026 |
| Adjusted diluted EPS | $2.70–$2.90 | Q1 FY2026 |
| Basler revenue contribution | $130 million–$135 million | FY2026 |
| Basler adjusted earnings contribution | 10–15 cents | FY2026 |
| Basler adjusted EBITDA margin | high teens | FY2026 |
| Net sales | $690 million–$710 million | Q2 FY2025 |
| Adjusted diluted EPS | $3.65–$3.85 | Q2 FY2025 |
Net sales (Q1 FY2026): “We expect first quarter sales in the range of $625 million-$645 million, which assumes 7% organic growth at the midpoint and five points of growth from our Basler acquisition.”
Adjusted diluted EPS (Q1 FY2026): “We are projecting first quarter EPS to be in the range of $2.70-$2.90, which assumes 25% flow through at the midpoint, as well as a 3-cent contribution from the Basler acquisition.”
Basler revenue contribution (FY2026): “We anticipate the acquisition will contribute between $130 million and $135 million in revenue, and 10-15 cents of adjusted earnings in 2026.”
Generated solely from the company's own reports listed below — not from third-party data. Hallucination risk is low. · Sources: 10-K, Q4 FY2025 Earnings Call, Q3 FY2025 Earnings Call, Q2 FY2025 Earnings Call, Q1 FY2025 Earnings Call
| Segment | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | % of Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Operating Segments | — | $802M | $767M | $615M | $676M | 22% |
Electronics – Passive Products and Sensors | $415M | $691M | $583M | $571M | $676M | 22% |
Electronics – Semiconductor | $522M | $802M | $767M | $615M | $670M | 22% |
Industrial Products | $112M | $305M | $334M | $332M | $364M | 12% |
Commercial Vehicle Products | $101M | $375M | $324M | $321M | $321M | 10% |
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.5B | 2.4B | 2.2B | 2.4B | 2.1B | 1.4B |
| Net Income | -40M | -72M | 100M | 259M | 284M | 130M |
| EPS | $-1.49 | $-2.89 | $4.00 | $10.34 | $11.38 | $5.29 |
| Free Cash Flow | 390M | 366M | 292M | 371M | 283M | 202M |
| ROIC | -2.6% | 0.8% | 4.0% | 10.1% | 11.5% | 8.1% |
| Gross Margin | 38.3% | 38.0% | 35.9% | 38.1% | 37.1% | 34.7% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.25 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.51 | 0.44 |
| Dividends/Share | $2.70 | $2.90 | $2.70 | $2.50 | $2.26 | $1.92 |
| Operating Income | 69M | 38M | 159M | 361M | 386M | 162M |
| Operating Margin | 2.8% | 1.6% | 7.2% | 15.3% | 18.5% | 11.2% |
| ROE | -1.6% | -3.0% | 4.2% | 10.5% | 12.8% | 8.1% |
| Shares Outstanding | 27M | 25M | 25M | 25M | 25M | 25M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 668M | 758M | 852M | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.7B | 1.5B | 1.4B | 2.1B | 2.4B | 2.2B | 2.4B | 2.5B |
| Gross Margin | 38.7% | 39.1% | 38.1% | 39.1% | 41.5% | 38.0% | 36.3% | 34.7% | 37.1% | 38.1% | 35.9% | 38.0% | 38.3% |
| R&D | 21M | 24M | 31M | 42M | 50M | 87M | 80M | 53M | 66M | 102M | 108M | 107M | 111M |
| SG&A | 124M | 133M | 147M | 206M | 213M | 288M | 220M | 205M | 275M | 355M | 350M | 382M | 393M |
| EBIT | 107M | 130M | 134M | 131M | 219M | 225M | 193M | 162M | 386M | 361M | 159M | 38M | 69M |
| Op. Margin | 16.0% | 17.1% | 15.7% | 12.4% | 17.9% | 13.1% | 12.8% | 11.2% | 18.5% | 15.3% | 7.2% | 1.6% | 2.8% |
| Net Income | 75M | 89M | 99M | 104M | 76M | 165M | 139M | 130M | 284M | 259M | 100M | -72M | -40M |
| Net Margin | 11.3% | 11.7% | 11.7% | 9.9% | 6.2% | 9.6% | 9.2% | 9.0% | 13.6% | 11.0% | 4.6% | -3.0% | -1.6% |
| Non-Recurring | 54M | 0 | -1.0M | 11M | -1.4M | 13M | 13M | 76M | 7.1M | 17M | 153M | 621M | 17M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 19.1% | 15.0% | 15.3% | 10.0% | 12.5% | 10.7% | 9.7% | 8.1% | 11.5% | 10.1% | 4.0% | 0.8% | -2.6% |
| ROE | 13.8% | 13.9% | 14.1% | 12.8% | 8.7% | 11.1% | 9.3% | 8.1% | 12.8% | 10.5% | 4.2% | -3.0% | -1.6% |
| ROA | 10.3% | 9.9% | 9.5% | 7.0% | 4.7% | 6.3% | 5.4% | 4.7% | 7.3% | 6.5% | 2.6% | -1.8% | -1.0% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 116M | 117M | 153M | 180M | 269M | 332M | 245M | 258M | 373M | 457M | 368M | 434M | 448M |
| Free Cash Flow | 94M | 82M | 121M | 134M | 203M | 257M | 183M | 202M | 283M | 371M | 292M | 366M | 390M |
| Owner Earnings | 77M | 74M | 102M | 115M | 190M | 201M | 134M | 144M | 255M | 296M | 211M | 272M | -507M |
| CapEx | 23M | 35M | 32M | 46M | 66M | 75M | 62M | 56M | 91M | 86M | 76M | 68M | 59M |
| Maint. CapEx | 31M | 34M | 42M | 53M | 63M | 103M | 93M | 96M | 99M | 137M | 130M | 135M | 927M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 473K | 0 | 0 | 2.9M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 31M | 34M | 42M | 53M | 63M | 103M | 93M | 96M | 99M | 137M | 130M | 135M | 927M |
| CapEx/OCF | 19.4% | 29.8% | 21.1% | 26.5% | 24.5% | 22.5% | 25.2% | 21.8% | 24.3% | 18.8% | 20.6% | 15.6% | 13.1% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 17M | 19M | 21M | 28M | 32M | 40M | 45M | 47M | 50M | 62M | 67M | 72M | 73M |
| Dividend Yield | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 0.7% |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 0 | 14M | 0 | 0 | 64M | 99M | 23M | 0 | 0 | 41M | 28M | 179K |
| Buyback Yield | N/A | N/A | 0.7% | 1.0% | N/A | 1.6% | 2.2% | 0.4% | N/A | N/A | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 7.3M | 8.6M | 9.1M | 12M | 16M | 27M | 19M | 18M | 20M | 24M | 26M | 27M | 28M |
| Debt Repayment | 0 | 1.3M | 5.0M | 3.6M | 128M | 60M | 0 | 110M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 17M | 29M | -23M | 288M | 66M | 215M | 175M | 12M | 574M | 330M | 198M | 335M | 150M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 235M | 305M | 298M | 275M | 430M | 490M | 531M | 688M | 563M | 556M | 725M | 563M | 482M |
| Long-Term Debt | 84M | 94M | 107M | 448M | 489M | 685M | 669M | 687M | 867M | 858M | 789M | 706M | 531M |
| Debt/Equity | 0.43 | 0.50 | 0.38 | 0.70 | 0.53 | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.44 | 0.51 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.25 |
| Interest Coverage | 62.8 | 44.5 | 27.3 | 15.1 | 16.3 | 10.0 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 20.8 | 9.1 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Equity | 587M | 687M | 728M | 815M | 927M | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.6B | 2.2B | 2.5B | 2.4B | 2.4B | 2.5B |
| Total Assets | 778M | 1.0B | 1.1B | 1.5B | 1.7B | 2.6B | 2.6B | 2.7B | 3.9B | 4.0B | 3.9B | 4.0B | 3.9B |
| Total Liabilities | 190M | 338M | 343M | 676M | 813M | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.7B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.3B |
| Intangibles | N/A | 93M | 99M | 213M | 204M | 361M | 321M | 292M | 594M | 606M | 482M | 595M | 570M |
| Retained Earnings | 435M | 445M | 523M | 634M | 722M | 857M | 951M | 1.0B | 1.6B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.7B | 1.7B |
| Working Capital | 290M | 357M | 350M | 425M | 568M | 737M | 779M | 942M | 940M | 1.0B | 1.1B | 903M | 849M |
| Current Assets | 445M | 566M | 554M | 612M | 792M | 1.0B | 1.0B | 1.2B | 1.5B | 1.4B | 1.6B | 1.4B | 1.4B |
| Current Liabilities | 155M | 209M | 204M | 188M | 225M | 295M | 226M | 276M | 572M | 375M | 434M | 533M | 527M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 3.40 | 3.94 | 4.32 | 4.60 | 5.21 | 6.52 | 5.60 | 5.29 | 11.38 | 10.34 | 4.00 | -2.89 | -1.49 |
| Owner EPS | 3.49 | 3.30 | 4.44 | 5.06 | 13.08 | 7.97 | 5.39 | 5.85 | 10.23 | 11.80 | 8.43 | 10.96 | -18.60 |
| Book Value | 26.51 | 30.48 | 31.61 | 35.87 | 63.91 | 58.57 | 60.23 | 65.47 | 88.66 | 98.83 | 96.35 | 97.79 | 92.26 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 5.24 | 5.21 | 6.65 | 7.93 | 18.55 | 13.15 | 9.88 | 10.50 | 14.97 | 18.23 | 14.68 | 17.48 | 32.54 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.75 | 0.83 | 0.92 | 1.23 | 2.19 | 1.58 | 1.80 | 1.92 | 2.26 | 2.50 | 2.70 | 2.90 | 2.70 |
| Shares Out. | 22.2M | 22.5M | 23.0M | 22.7M | 14.5M | 25.2M | 24.8M | 24.6M | 24.9M | 25.1M | 25.0M | 24.8M | 27.3M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 15.5 | 20.9 | 20.3 | 39.1 | 34.9 | 24.0 | 32.2 | 45.4 | 18.3 | 25.6 | 58.4 | N/A | -270.9 |
| P/FCF | 12.5 | 22.5 | 16.9 | 23.6 | 13.0 | 15.4 | 24.4 | 29.2 | 18.3 | 17.9 | 20.1 | 17.7 | 28.3 |
| EV/EBIT | 8.9 | 14.5 | 14.9 | 32.1 | 19.4 | 18.5 | 24.1 | 36.3 | 14.9 | 19.3 | 38.1 | 181.8 | 163.1 |
| Price/Book | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 4.4 |
| Price/Sales | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 4.4 |
| FCF Yield | 8.0% | 4.4% | 6.0% | 4.2% | 4.9% | 6.5% | 4.1% | 3.4% | 5.5% | 5.6% | 5.0% | 5.6% | 3.5% |
| Market Cap | 1.2B | 1.9B | 2.0B | 3.2B | 4.2B | 3.9B | 4.5B | 5.9B | 5.2B | 6.6B | 5.9B | 6.5B | 11.0B |
| Avg. Price | 48.50 | 66.02 | 82.01 | 111.74 | 160.94 | 190.59 | 167.75 | 169.22 | 236.03 | 249.04 | 244.08 | 230.94 | 404.86 |
| Year-End Price | 52.64 | 82.26 | 88.56 | 139.19 | 182.04 | 156.34 | 180.55 | 239.96 | 207.91 | 264.51 | 233.66 | 261.55 | 404.86 |
LITTELFUSE INC /DE passes 3 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 27.8x vs a median of 18.1x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 6.9% with a gross margin of 36.8%. Total shareholder yield (dividends) is 0.7%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is +10.3%.
LITTELFUSE INC /DE (LFUS) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37. This indicates a conservatively financed balance sheet.
LITTELFUSE INC /DE (LFUS) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-2.89 in its most recent fiscal year.
LITTELFUSE INC /DE (LFUS) has a return on equity (ROE) of -3.0%. A negative ROE may indicate losses or negative equity.
LITTELFUSE INC /DE (LFUS) has a 5-year average gross margin of 36.8%. This indicates decent pricing power.
The Ledger Terminal provides 14 years of financial data for LITTELFUSE INC /DE (LFUS), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
LITTELFUSE INC /DE (LFUS) has a book value per share of $97.79, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.
Based on recent SEC filings and earnings disclosures, Management expects continued strong momentum driven by approximately $3 trillion in grid modernization investments through 2030 and accelerating demand for high-power protection and excitation systems to support global data center infrastructure build-out. The Basler acquisition, which closed in late 2025, is positioned to capitalize on these opportunities and is expected to deliver high-teens adjusted EBITDA margins in 2026. The company anticipates continued operational execution and margin expansion across segments, with particular focus on transportation profitability enhancements and power semiconductor rationalization toward higher-value applications and markets where Littelfuse has strong market share and technology expertise. Management remains confident in long-term margin improvement and sustainable content expansion per platform as customers transition to higher-power architectures, supported by strong backlog, high customer engagement, and disciplined execution across the global footprint.
Based on recent SEC filings and earnings calls, LITTELFUSE INC /DE (LFUS) has provided the following forward guidance: Net sales: $625 million–$645 million (Q1 FY2026); Adjusted diluted EPS: $2.70–$2.90 (Q1 FY2026); Basler revenue contribution: $130 million–$135 million (FY2026); Basler adjusted earnings contribution: 10–15 cents (FY2026); Basler adjusted EBITDA margin: high teens (FY2026), plus 2 additional metrics.
Basler adjusted earnings contribution (FY2026): “We anticipate the acquisition will contribute between $130 million and $135 million in revenue, and 10-15 cents of adjusted earnings in 2026.”
Basler adjusted EBITDA margin (FY2026): “We also expect Basler to deliver a high teens Adjusted EBITDA margin for the year.”
Net sales (Q2 FY2025): “Based on current market conditions, we expect second quarter net sales in the range of $690 million-$710 million. This represents 14% growth versus the prior year.”
Adjusted diluted EPS (Q2 FY2025): “We also expect 2Q adjusted diluted EPS to be in the range of $3.65-$3.85 with an adjusted effective tax rate of 21%-22%.”
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