Littelfuse (LFUS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Littelfuse, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells electronic components, modules, and subassemblies in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe. The company operates through Electronic, Transportation, and Industrial segments. The Electronics segment offers fuses and fuse accessories, positive temperature coefficient resettable fuses, electromechanical switches and interconnect solutions, polymer electrostatic discharge suppressors, varistors, reed switch based magnetic sensing products, and gas discharge tubes; and discrete transient voltage suppressor (TVS) diodes, TVS diode arrays, protection and switching thyristors, metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors and diodes, and insulated gate bipolar transistors. This segment serves industrial motor drives and power conversion, automotive electronics, electric vehicle and related charging infrastructure, aerospace, power supplies, data centers, telecommunications, medical devices, alternative energy, building and home automation, appliances, and mobile electronics markets. The Transportation segment provides blade, resettable, and high-current and high-voltage fuses, as well as battery cable protectors; fuses, switches, relays, circuit breakers, and power distribution modules; and sensor products. This segment serves heavy-duty truck, construction, agriculture, material handling, and marine. The Industrial segment offers industrial fuses, protection relays, contactors, transformers, residual current devices, ground fault circuit interrupters, residual current monitors, arc fault detection devices, and temperature sensors for use in renewable energy and energy storage systems, electric vehicle infrastructure, HVAC systems, industrial safety, non-residential construction, MRO, mining, and factory automation. It sells its products through distributors, direct sales force, and manufacturers' representatives. Littelfuse, Inc. was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $232.54 to $238.52
• 50-Day Range: $233.99 to $262.24
• 52-Week Range: $222.91 to $275.58
• Volume: 467,637 shs
• Average Volume: 127,502 shs
• Market Capitalization: $5.82 billion
• P/E Ratio: 30.13
• Dividend Yield: 1.19%
• Price Target: $285.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Littelfuse Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Littelfuse scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 45th out of 653 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Littelfuse has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.71, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Littelfuse has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 19.95%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Littelfuse are expected to grow by 19.95% in the coming year, from $8.47 to $10.16 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Littelfuse is 30.13, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 114.00.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Littelfuse is 30.13, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 241.65.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Littelfuse has a PEG Ratio of 2.48. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Littelfuse has a P/B Ratio of 2.35. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.21% of the float of Littelfuse has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Littelfuse has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Littelfuse has recently increased by 2.71%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Littelfuse pays a meaningful dividend of 1.15%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Littelfuse has been increasing its dividend for 15 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Littelfuse is 35.99%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Littelfuse will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.56% next year. This indicates that Littelfuse will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Environmental Score: -1.18

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.21% of the float of Littelfuse has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Littelfuse has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Littelfuse has recently increased by 2.71%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.67

News Sentiment

Littelfuse has a news sentiment score of 0.67. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Littelfuse this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added Littelfuse to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Littelfuse insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $174,314.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 2.30% of the stock of Littelfuse is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

96.14% of the stock of Littelfuse is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

LFUS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have LFUS shares performed this year?

Littelfuse's stock was trading at $267.56 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, LFUS stock has decreased by 12.4% and is now trading at $234.44.
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How were Littelfuse's earnings last quarter?

Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The technology company reported $2.71 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.62. Littelfuse's revenue for the quarter was down 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

Does Littelfuse have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of Littelfuse: Hartland Controls, Monolith Semiconductor, IXYS, U.S. Sensor, MENBER'S SpA, TE Connectivity - Business, Sigmar Srl, and others.

Who are Littelfuse's major shareholders?

Littelfuse's top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.01%), Impax Asset Management Group plc (2.83%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.06%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.74%). Insiders that own company stock include David W Heinzmann, Ryan K Stafford, Gordon Hunter, Meenal Sethna, T J Chung, William P Noglows, Matthew Cole, Deepak Nayar, Jeffrey G Gorski, Maggie Chu and Nathan Zommer.
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How do I buy shares of Littelfuse?

Shares of LFUS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of Littelfuse own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Littelfuse investors own include American Water Works (AWK), Humana (HUM), Waste Connections (WCN), The RMR Group (RMR), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH) and AUO (AUOTY).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 10/29/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 12/5 Dividend: 11/21/2024
• Dividend Payable: 12/05/2024
• Today: 12/21/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Switchgear & switchboard apparatus
• Sub-Industry: Electronic Components
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:LFUS
• CUSIP: 53700810
• CIK: 889331
• Web: www.littelfuse.com
• Phone: (773) 628-1000
• Fax: 847-787-5190
• Employees: 17,000
• Year Founded: 1927

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $285.00
• High Stock Price Target: $315.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $260.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +21.6%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.71
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $7.78
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 30.13
• Forward P/E Ratio: 27.68
• P/E Growth: 2.48
• Net Income: $259.48 million
• Net Margins: 8.88%
• Pretax Margin: 11.55%
• Return on Equity: 8.49%
• Return on Assets: 5.32%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.31
• Current Ratio: 3.55
• Quick Ratio: 2.52

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.20 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.65
• Cash Flow: $16.16 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.51
• Book Value: $99.61 per share
• Price / Book: 2.35

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 24,815,000
• Free Float: 24,244,000
• Market Cap: $5.82 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.26