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LITTELFUSE INC /DE LFUS
LITTELFUSE INC /DE (LFUS) earns a Piotroski F-score of 6/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend yielding 0.63% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $2.4B at a -3.0% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.89 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | Baird | Outperform (main) |
| 2026-05-18 | Needham | Buy (reit) |
| 2026-05-07 | Oppenheimer | Outperform (main) |
| 2026-05-07 | Needham | Buy (main) |
| 2026-05-01 | Needham | Buy (init) |
| 2026-04-10 | Oppenheimer | Outperform (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Forward estimates · earnings calendar →
Consensus analyst estimates and scheduled dates — forward-looking, may change.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 1957 companies
Percentile vs other Manufacturing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 6/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.228 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.422 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.009 |
| Equity / liabilities | 1.585 |
Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LFUS | LITTELFUSE INC /DE | 6/9 | 4.6 | — | +8.9% |
| POWL | POWELL INDUSTRIES INC | 5/9 | 7.48 | 56.4 | +9.1% |
| ABBNY | ABB LTD | 4/9 | 3.45 | — | +9.5% |
| VFS | VinFast Auto Ltd. | 4/9 | -13.01 | — | +57.9% |
| TM | TOYOTA MOTOR CORP/ | 7/9 | 2.55 | — | -1% |
| HMC | HONDA MOTOR CO LTD | 6/9 | 2.79 | — | +19.9% |
| SONY | Sony Group Corp | 6/9 | 0.86 | — | +9% |
About LITTELFUSE INC /DE
Littelfuse, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells electronic components, modules, and subassemblies. It operates through three segments: Electronics, Transportation, and Industrial. Its Electronics segment offers fuses and fuse accessories, coefficient resettable fuses, switches and interconnect solutions, polymer electrostatic discharge suppressors, varistors, reed switch based magnetic sensing, and gas discharge tubes; and discrete transient voltage suppressor diodes, TVS diode arrays, protection and switching thyristors, silicon and silicon carbide metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistors and diodes, and insulated gate bipolar transistors. This segment serves data center computing and communications infrastructure, industrial controls, building controls, aerospace and defense, appliances, consumer electronics solutions, healthcare solutions, industrial equipment, energy storage, diversified industrials, grid and utility infrastructure, passenger vehicles, and commercial vehicles. Its Transportation segment provides blade, resettable, high-current, and high-voltage fuses; battery cable protectors; circuit breakers, and power distribution modules; and sensor products. This segment serves heavy-duty truck and bus, construction, agriculture, off-road and recreational vehicles, material handling, passenger and commercial vehicles, and marine markets. Its Industrial segment offers industrial fuses, protection relays, contactors, transformers, residual current devices and monitors, ground fault circuit interrupters, arc fault detection devices, solid state switches, 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 applications. It sells its products through distributors, direct sales force, and manufacturers' representatives. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois.
FAQ
Is LFUS financially healthy?
LITTELFUSE INC /DE's Piotroski F-score is 6/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does LFUS pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. LITTELFUSE INC /DE pays a dividend yielding about 0.63% with a -100.4% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is LFUS?
In FY2025, LITTELFUSE INC /DE had a net margin of -3.0% and a return on equity of -3.0%.
Is LFUS overvalued or undervalued?
LITTELFUSE INC /DE trades at about 114.8× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 17.2×–59.6×, median 31.6×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for LFUS?
The average Wall-Street price target for LITTELFUSE INC /DE is $488.75, about 6.5% above the recent price, from 4 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is LFUS a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on LITTELFUSE INC /DE: a Piotroski F-score of 6/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a dividend yield of 0.63%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-27. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.