Electronic component provider Littelfuse (NASDAQ: LFUS) will be reporting earnings this Wednesday morning. Here’s what you need to know.
Littelfuse beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 6.8% last quarter, reporting revenues of $613.4 million, up 9.8% year on year. It was an incredible quarter for the company, with EPS guidance for next quarter exceeding analysts’ expectations and a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Littelfuse’s revenue to grow 9.6% year on year to $621.9 million, a reversal from the 6.5% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $2.80 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Littelfuse has only missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates once over the last two years, exceeding top-line expectations by 2.8% on average.
Looking at Littelfuse’s peers in the electrical equipment segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Vicor delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 18.5%, beating analysts’ expectations by 15.7%, and Vertiv reported revenues up 29%, topping estimates by 3.4%. Vicor traded up 30.1% following the results while Vertiv was also up 4.6%.
Read our full analysis of Vicor’s results here and Vertiv’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the electrical equipment segment, with share prices up 3.8% on average over the last month. Littelfuse is up 5.4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $307.50 (compared to the current share price of $271.84).
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