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Littelfuse (Littelfuse) PB Ratio

: 2.28 (As of Today)
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The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-20), Littelfuse's share price is $226.75. Littelfuse's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $99.55. Hence, Littelfuse's PB Ratio of today is 2.28.

Good Sign:

Littelfuse Inc stock PB Ratio (=2.28) is close to 3-year low of 2.24

The historical rank and industry rank for Littelfuse's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LFUS' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.84   Med: 3.06   Max: 5.36
Current: 2.28

During the past 13 years, Littelfuse's highest PB Ratio was 5.36. The lowest was 1.84. And the median was 3.06.

LFUS's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
63.45% of 2391 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.78 vs LFUS: 2.28

During the past 12 months, Littelfuse's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 11.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 14.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 11.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Littelfuse was 21.20% per year. The lowest was 4.20% per year. And the median was 11.55% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Littelfuse PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Littelfuse's PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Littelfuse Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.12 3.88 4.10 2.47 2.69

Littelfuse Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
PB Ratio Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.47 2.88 3.07 2.56 2.69

Competitive Comparison

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Littelfuse's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Littelfuse PB Ratio Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Littelfuse's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Littelfuse's PB Ratio falls into.



Littelfuse PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Littelfuse's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=226.75/99.554
=2.28

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Littelfuse  (NAS:LFUS) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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Littelfuse (Littelfuse) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
8755 West Higgins Road, Suite 500, Chicago, IL, USA, 60631
Littelfuse is a primary provider of circuit protection products (such as fuses and relays) into the transportation, industrial, telecommunications, and consumer electronics end markets. The firm is also increasing its power semiconductor business, where it predominantly serves industrial end markets and is breaking into electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Littelfuse has 17,000 global employees.
Executives
Deepak Nayar officer: SVP & GM Electronics Business 8755 WEST HIGGINS ROAD, SUITE 500, CHICAGO IL 60631
Matthew Cole officer: SVP eMobility & Corp Strategy 8755 WEST HIGGINS ROAD, SUITE 500, CHICAGO IL 60631
Gayla J Delly director 3000 TECHNOLOGY DR, ANGLETON TX 77515
Gregory N. Henderson director C/O HITTITE MICROWAVE CORPORATION, 2 ELIZABETH DRIVE, CHELMSFORD MA 01824
T J Chung director C/O BRUNSWICK CORP, 1 N FIELD COURT, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Maggie Chu officer: SVP, CHRO 8755 W HIGGINS ROAD, SUITE 500, CHICAGO IL 60631
Kristina A. Cerniglia director ONE BATESVILLE BOULEVARD, BATESVILLE IN 47006
Cary T Fu director 3000 TECHNOLOGY DR, ANGLETON TX 77515
Anthony Grillo director PLEASANTVILLE RD, NEW VERNON NJ 07976
William P Noglows director C/O CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORP, 870 N. COMMONS DR, AURORA IL 60504
Maria C Green director C/O INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY, 800-E BEATY STREET, DAVIDSON NC 28036
Gordon Hunter director 25950 ELENA RD, LOS ALTOS HILLS CA 94022
Jeffrey G Gorski officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer C/O RR DONNELLEY $ SONS COMPANY, 35 W. WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60601
Ryan K Stafford officer: EVP, CLO & Corp Secretary 8755 WEST HIGGINS ROAD, SUITE 500, CHICAGO IL 60631
Meenal Sethna officer: Executive VP, CFO 8755 WEST HIGGINS ROAD, SUITE 500, CHICAGO IL 60631

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