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Littelfuse (Littelfuse) Interest Coverage

: 6.74 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Littelfuse's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $68 Mil. Littelfuse's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-10 Mil. Littelfuse's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.74. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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

LFUS' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.24   Med: 16.6   Max: 32.78
Current: 9.47


LFUS's Interest Coverage is ranked worse than
56.04% of 1597 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 12.72 vs LFUS: 9.47

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Littelfuse Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Littelfuse's Interest Coverage 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.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Littelfuse Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.24 9.68 20.93 19.48 9.47

Littelfuse Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Interest Coverage 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 10.92 11.66 9.84 9.72 6.74

Competitive Comparison

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Littelfuse's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage 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 Interest Coverage Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Littelfuse's Interest Coverage falls into.



Littelfuse Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Littelfuse's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Littelfuse's Interest Expense was $-40 Mil. Its Operating Income was $377 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $907 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*377.363/-39.866
=9.47

Littelfuse's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Littelfuse's Interest Expense was $-10 Mil. Its Operating Income was $68 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $907 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*67.803/-10.063
=6.74

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Littelfuse  (NAS:LFUS) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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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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