Littelfuse vs Powell Industries
LFUS and POWL 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 LFUS and POWL compare
Littelfuse is the larger company, worth 1.9 times as much as Powell Industries ($9.8B against $5.2B).
On earnings, Powell Industries is cheaper: it trades at 27.4× trailing earnings, against 396× for Littelfuse.
Littelfuse grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (18.7% versus 7.0% for Powell Industries).
Powell Industries keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 16.5% compared with 1.4% at Littelfuse.
Both pay dividends: Littelfuse yields 0.79% and Powell Industries 0.25%.
Powell Industries scores higher on the StockData Score (21 against 13 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 | LFUS | POWL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $9.8B | $5.2B |
| Share price | $387.64 | $142.72 |
| Change, 1 year | 57.4% | 20.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 20.6% | 1495% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.31 | 1.30 |
| Employees | 17K | 3,143 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 | 21 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividend score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 396× | 27.4× (better) |
| P/S | 3.6× (better) | 4.5× |
| P/B | 3.6× (better) | 6.9× |
| EV/EBITDA | 63.7× | 19.3× (better) |
| P/FCF | 18.6× (better) | 21.3× |
| PEG | – | 0.20 |
| FCF yield | 5.4% (better) | 4.7% |
| Fair value | $140.87 | $145.29 |
| Margin of safety | −175% | 1.8% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 18.7% (better) | 7.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 10.5% | 16.3% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −68.1% | 8.8% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −79.4% | 8.5% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 59.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 40.1% (better) | 30.1% |
| Operating margin | 5.5% | 19.7% (better) |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 16.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | 19.2% | 21.1% (better) |
| Return on equity | 1.4% | 28.3% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 2.9% | 124% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.23 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −1.29 | – |
| Interest coverage | 5.7× | – |
| Current ratio | 2.67 (better) | 1.97 |
| Altman Z-score | 5.65 | 7.43 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.79% (better) | 0.25% |
| Payout ratio | 203% | 6.8% |
| Years of dividend growth | 7 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 8.6% (better) | 0.52% |
| Buyback yield | 0.00% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 0.79% (better) | 0.25% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 99.7% | 75.2% |
| Held by insiders | 1.3% | 8.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$36.1M (better) | −$69.5M |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.4% | 8.7% |
Go deeper
- LFUS stock overview
- LFUS income statement
- LFUS valuation and score
- POWL stock overview
- POWL income statement
- POWL valuation and score
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