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Littelfuse, Inc. LFUS
$456.53 +4.82% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $11.60B
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-0.50, down 110.4% year over year.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 6 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +10.4%).
- Over the past year the stock returned +77.0%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 61.9 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 42%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 11%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 34%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 25%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 31%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 38%
- Gross marginBottom 35%
- Operating marginBottom 47%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 28%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 50%
- Interest coverBottom 48%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 40%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 42%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 44%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 47%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 18%
- 6-month returnTop 44%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 19%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 17%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 44%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 32%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 39%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 35%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 22%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 19%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 43%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 50%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 12.6% | 15.4% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -139.1% | -110.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 36.7% | 39.3% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 8.9% | 3.7% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 13.9% | 16.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 15.4% | 12.6% | ↑ | Top 42% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -110.4% | -139.1% | ↑ | Bottom 11% |
| Gross margin | 39.3% | 36.7% | ↑ | Bottom 35% |
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 8.9% | ↓ | Bottom 47% |
| Net margin | -0.3% | 4.7% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 16.9% | 13.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -0.3% | — | Bottom 38% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -1.7% | — | Bottom 25% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -12.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -1.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.29×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.65%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.84%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.19%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 27, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 6
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +10.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $518.33
- Target vs current price
- +13.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 12
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 58%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +10.8% | +4.7% | +19.0% | +3.4% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +16.1% | +4.5% | +7.9% | +14.6% | +4.6% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | +7.2% | +6.1% | +12.1% | +27.2% | +35.6% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +7.3% | -3.8% | -8.1% | -3.6% | +10.7% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +21.3% | +10.4% | +6.7% | +11.3% | +11.4% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | +20.3% | +0.1% | +9.4% | +18.4% | +27.5% |
| Jan 28, 2025 | -1.4% | -2.3% | +1.1% | +5.2% | -28.9% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | +29.7% | +1.8% | -2.4% | -1.3% | -10.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $4.19 | $3.78 | +10.8% | $738.8M |
| May 6, 2026 | $3.31 | $2.85 | +16.1% | $657.0M |
| Jan 28, 2026 | $2.69 | $2.51 | +7.2% | $593.9M |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $2.95 | $2.75 | +7.3% | $624.6M |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $2.85 | $2.35 | +21.3% | $613.4M |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $2.19 | $1.82 | +20.3% | $554.3M |
| Jan 28, 2025 | $2.04 | $2.07 | -1.4% | $529.5M |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $2.71 | $2.09 | +29.7% | $567.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 27.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 41.6× | — | — | Bottom 44% |
| EV / Sales | 4.47× | — | — | Bottom 47% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.82% | — | — | Top 42% |
| Earnings yield | -0.11% | — | — | Bottom 40% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 15.7× – 54.3× since Jun 26, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +77.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -110.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +48.9%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 2
- Days above the 200-day average
- 317
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +7.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +18.0%
- RSI (14)
- 66.9
- Relative volume
- 0.90×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 42.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 86th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.53
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.59
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -6.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -45.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -54.8% | 849 days | 206 days (Feb 3, 2026) |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Jul 28, 2026 | -19.8% | 25 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Mar 6, 2026 | -19.8% | 7 days | 24 days (Apr 10, 2026) |
| Jan 20, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -16.2% | 124 days | 29 days (Aug 27, 2021) |
| May 13, 2026 | May 19, 2026 | -10.6% | 4 days | 9 days (Jun 2, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $11.60B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.50
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.61B
- Dividend yield
- 0.67%
- 52-week range
- $233.36 – $500.57
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.08B | $2.51B | $2.36B | $2.19B | $2.39B |
| Gross profit | $771.9M | $1.01B | $900.2M | $787.5M | $906.0M |
| Operating income | $385.6M | $500.8M | $360.9M | $158.8M | $37.5M |
| Net income | $283.8M | $373.3M | $259.5M | $100.2M | -$71.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $11.38 | $14.94 | $10.34 | $4.00 | -$2.90 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $567.4M | $529.5M | $554.3M | $613.4M | $624.6M | $593.9M | $657.0M | $738.8M |
| Net income | $58.1M | -$51.8M | $43.6M | $57.3M | $69.5M | -$242.1M | $75.1M | $89.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.32 | -$1.57 | $1.75 | $2.30 | $2.77 | -$9.72 | $2.96 | $3.49 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $373.3M | $419.7M | $457.4M | $367.6M | $433.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$90.6M | -$104.3M | -$86.2M | -$75.9M | -$67.6M |
| Free cash flow | $282.8M | $315.4M | $371.2M | $291.7M | $366.1M |
| Dividends paid | -$49.7M | -$55.9M | -$62.2M | -$67.1M | -$72.0M |
| Net share buybacks | $13.4M | -$862,000 | $7.9M | -$40.9M | -$4.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $628.6M
- Total assets
- $4.01B
- Total liabilities
- $1.39B
- Total debt
- $709.4M
- Net debt
- $81.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.62B
As of Jun 27, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 | $0.80 | Sep 3, 2026 |
| May 21, 2026 | $0.75 | Jun 4, 2026 |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $0.75 | Mar 5, 2026 |
| Nov 20, 2025 | $0.75 | Dec 4, 2025 |
| Aug 21, 2025 | $0.75 | Sep 4, 2025 |
| May 22, 2025 | $0.70 | Jun 5, 2025 |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $0.70 | Mar 6, 2025 |
| Nov 21, 2024 | $0.70 | Dec 5, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,237,900
- Days to cover
- 7.02
- Change vs previous report
- +0.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 11, 1997
- 2-for-1