Acuity vs Littelfuse
AYI and LFUS side by side, both in electronic and other electrical equipment and components, except computer equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AYI and LFUS compare
Acuity and Littelfuse are about the same size, with market caps of $9.5B and $10.0B.
Littelfuse grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (15.4% versus 10.5% for Acuity).
Acuity keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.3% compared with −0.31% at Littelfuse.
Both pay dividends: Acuity yields 0.25% and Littelfuse 0.78%.
Acuity scores higher on the StockData Score (21 against 11 for Littelfuse), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AYI | LFUS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $9.5B | $10.0B |
| Share price | $318.14 | $393.08 |
| Change, 1 year | −12.0% | 55.7% |
| Change, 5 years | 47.5% | 22.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.05 | 1.31 |
| Employees | 14K | 17K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 21 (better) | 11 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 21.1× | – |
| P/S | 2.1× (better) | 3.8× |
| P/B | 3.3× (better) | 3.8× |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.8× (better) | 105× |
| P/FCF | 14.9× (better) | 22.5× |
| PEG | 5.04 | – |
| FCF yield | 6.7% (better) | 4.5% |
| Fair value | $385.42 | $119.04 |
| Margin of safety | 17.5% (better) | −230% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 10.5% | 15.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 5.5% | 10.5% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 17.6% (better) | −108% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 18.8% (better) | −117% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 14.9% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 49.3% (better) | 39.3% |
| Operating margin | 14.5% (better) | 3.7% |
| Net margin | 10.3% (better) | −0.31% |
| FCF margin | 13.9% | 17.0% (better) |
| Return on equity | 17.4% (better) | −0.31% |
| Return on invested capital | 16.6% (better) | 1.8% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.24 | 0.24 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.34 | 0.01 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 18.0× (better) | 3.2× |
| Current ratio | 2.05 | 2.76 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 6.28 (better) | 5.96 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.25% | 0.78% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 4.9% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 2 | 7 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 4.9% | 8.6% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 2.7% (better) | 0.00% |
| Shareholder yield | 3.0% (better) | 0.78% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 100% | 99.7% |
| Held by insiders | 0.58% | 1.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$2.9M (better) | −$36.1M |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.1% | 5.3% |
Go deeper
- AYI stock overview
- AYI income statement
- AYI valuation and score
- LFUS stock overview
- LFUS income statement
- LFUS valuation and score
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