When speculating how a given stock will perform in the future, it is important to look at how it has performed in the past.  Today we will examine how  Littelfuse Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS)’s stock has performed at various points in its past.  Currently, the stock stands at $118.12, which is  -0.13% from its open.  How did it get here?

Year to date, Littelfuse Inc.’s stock has performed at 10.96%.  Breaking that down further, it has performed 2.13% for the week, 6.41% for the month, -0.45% over the last quarter, 10.56% for the past half-year and 23.62% for the last year. 

EPS 

EPS is a portion of a company’s profit distributed to each outstanding common share.  It acts as an indicator of a company’s profitability.  EPS is considered to be the single most important variable in determining a the price of a share.  Littelfuse Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS)’s EPS growth this year is -17.00% and their trailing 12-month EPS is 3.6.  As such, analysts can estimate Littelfuse Inc.’s growth for next year as 14.44%. 

RETURNS AND RECOMMENDATION

While looking at past performance of a particular stock is important when speculating on its future, we must take other indicators into consideration as well.  What are the returns?   Littelfuse Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS)’s Return on Assets (ROA) of 7.00% is an indicator of how profitable Littelfuse Inc. is relative to their total assets. ROA gives us an idea of how efficient management is at using assets to generate earnings  We get ROA by dividing their annual earnings by their total assets.  Littelfuse Inc.’s Return on Equity (ROE) is 10.80%, measure their profitability and reveals how much profit they generate with the money their shareholders. We calculate ROE by dividing their net income by their shareholder’s equity.  Finally, Littelfuse Inc.’s Return on Investment, a measure used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment, calculated by the return of an investment divided by the cost, stands at 8.70%.  Analysts on a consensus basis have a 1.8 recommendation on this stock.

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