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Littelfuse, Inc. (LFUS) vs Plexus Corp. (PLXS)

Littelfuse, Inc. and Plexus Corp. are both Electronic Components companies. Littelfuse, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $8.9B against $5.0B — 1.8× the size. Plexus Corp. trades at the lower P/E: 24.9× against 259×. Plexus Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 23.1% against 18.7%. Plexus Corp. has the higher net margin (4.08% vs 1.37%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.6% vs 3.74%). Across the 21 metrics below, Plexus Corp. leads on 14 and Littelfuse, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric LFUS PLXS Electronic Components median
P/E 259.30 24.93 24.82
P/S 3.23 1.01 2.28
P/B 3.27 3.20 2.86
Price to free cash flow 16.57 n/m 22.99
EV/EBITDA 14.71 16.32 14.69
EV/Sales 3.16 1.01 2.38
Earnings yield 0.39% 4.01% 2.68%
Free cash flow yield 6.04% (0.57%) 1.70%

Profitability

Metric LFUS PLXS Electronic Components median
Gross margin 40.07% 10.12% 32.78%
Operating margin 5.49% 5.31% 4.90%
Net margin 1.37% 4.08% 3.46%
Free cash flow margin 19.50% (0.58%) 1.66%
Return on equity 1.40% 13.38% 5.59%
Return on assets 0.90% 5.73% 4.13%
Return on invested capital 3.74% 10.62% 4.66%

Growth

Metric LFUS PLXS Electronic Components median
Revenue growth (TTM) 18.72% 23.11% 13.94%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (172.25%) 18.36% 35.44%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.54% 8.07% 6.70%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 7.83% 7.53%

Health

Metric LFUS PLXS Electronic Components median
Debt to equity 0.23 0.17 0.11
Current ratio 2.67 1.43 2.50
Net debt to EBITDA 0.50 (0.06) 0.41

Dividend

Metric LFUS PLXS Electronic Components median
Dividend yield 0.87% — 1.10%
Payout ratio 2.49 — 0.28

Size

Metric LFUS PLXS Electronic Components median
Market cap 8.85b 5.00b 1.16b

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