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Littelfuse (Littelfuse) Cash Ratio

: 1.48 (As of Dec. 2023)
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The Cash Ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with cash and near-cash resources. It is calculated as a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Littelfuse's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.48.

Littelfuse has a Cash Ratio of 1.48. It generally indicates that the company is able to cover all short-term debt and still have cash remaining.

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

LFUS' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.98   Med: 1.54   Max: 2.49
Current: 1.48

During the past 13 years, Littelfuse's highest Cash Ratio was 2.49. The lowest was 0.98. And the median was 1.54.

LFUS's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
74% of 2469 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 0.65 vs LFUS: 1.48

Littelfuse Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Littelfuse's Cash 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
Cash Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.35 2.49 1.10 0.98 1.48

Littelfuse Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cash 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 0.98 0.82 0.97 1.16 1.48

Competitive Comparison

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

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

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



Littelfuse Cash Ratio Calculation

The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.

Littelfuse's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=555.748/375.494
=1.48

Littelfuse's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=555.748/375.494
=1.48

* 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.


Littelfuse  (NAS:LFUS) Cash Ratio Explanation

The cash ratio is more conservative than other liquidity ratios, such as Quick Ratio and Current Ratio, because it only considers a company's most liquid resources. The numerator of cash ratio only considers Cash, Cash Equivalents and marketable securities. Other current assets, such as accounts receivable and inventories, are not included. The rationale is that these assets may require time to be transformed into cash, and the amount of money received is also uncertain.

The cash ratio shows a company’s ability to pay all current liabilities immediately without selling or liquidating other assets. Generally speaking, a higher cash ratio suggests the company has a stronger ability to cover its short-term debt. However, a high cash ratio could also indicate inefficient management: the company is inefficient in making full utilization of cash to invest protential profitable project. It may also suggest that the company is not confident about future profitability.

In general, the higher the cash ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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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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