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Bel Fuse Inc. (BELFA) vs Littelfuse, Inc. (LFUS)

Bel Fuse Inc. and Littelfuse, Inc. are both Electronic Components companies. Littelfuse, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $10.8B against $3.4B — 3.2× the size. Littelfuse, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Bel Fuse Inc. trades at 49.8×. Bel Fuse Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 25.3% against 15.4%. Bel Fuse Inc. has the higher net margin (7.21% vs −0.31%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.3% vs 2.28%). Both pay a dividend; Littelfuse, Inc. yields more (0.72% vs 0.15%). Across the 22 metrics below, Bel Fuse Inc. leads on 16 and Littelfuse, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric BELFA LFUS Electronic Components median
P/E 49.84 n/m 38.16
P/S 3.57 4.13 3.21
P/B 2.92 4.12 3.56
Price to free cash flow 34.83 23.54 27.56
EV/EBITDA 17.44 20.17 19.42
EV/Sales 3.45 4.13 3.44
Earnings yield 2.01% (0.09%) 1.31%
Free cash flow yield 2.87% 4.25% 0.42%

Profitability

Metric BELFA LFUS Electronic Components median
Gross margin 39.52% 39.28% 33.21%
Operating margin 15.88% 3.65% 3.53%
Net margin 7.21% (0.31%) 2.79%
Free cash flow margin 10.25% 17.54% 0.20%
Return on equity 8.17% (0.31%) 2.60%
Return on assets 4.85% (0.20%) 2.50%
Return on invested capital 12.25% 2.28% 2.28%

Growth

Metric BELFA LFUS Electronic Components median
Revenue growth (TTM) 25.26% 15.44% 12.01%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 50.49% (164.08%) 42.31%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.72% 10.54% 7.19%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 36.90% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BELFA LFUS Electronic Components median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.24 0.13
Current ratio 4.48 2.76 2.41
Net debt to EBITDA 1.00 0.50 0.34

Dividend

Metric BELFA LFUS Electronic Components median
Dividend yield 0.15% 0.72% 0.78%
Payout ratio 0.08 — 0.29

Size

Metric BELFA LFUS Electronic Components median
Market cap 3.41b 10.80b 761.62m

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