Is the business good?
How good a business is LFUS?
Littelfuse, Inc. earns 2.0% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.
2.0%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 7.0 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value
- Operating margin
- 2.8%
Operating margin · Electronic Components median 9.6% · 12 months to Q1 2026
- Share count, year on year
- +1.8%
Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago
- R&D as % of revenue
- 4.4%
R&D as % of revenue
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 11% |
| FY2021 | 19% |
| FY2022 | 20% |
| FY2023 | 15% |
| FY2024 | 7.2% |
| FY2025 | 1.6% |
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- Gross margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 38%
- Operating margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 2.8%
- Net margin12 months to Q1 2026
- −1.6%
- Free cash flow margin
- 16%
- R&D as % of revenue
- 4.4%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $2.49B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $390M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- −$40M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 2.0%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Electronic Components
Ranks #2 of 23 by Smart Score