Littelfuse (LFUS) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $5.79
- Estimate
- $4.98
- Surprise
- +16.2%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-26)
- $766.7M
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.8 → 5.8/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Littelfuse (LFUS) beat the $4.98 estimate with adjusted EPS of $5.79 — a large 16.2% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.8/10) to Sell at 5.8/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates LFUS Sell at 5.7/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +16.2% surprise compares with a +12.4% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Strong growth profile
What argues against it
- Thin upside margin: 9.0%
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.2)
- Sector modifier (Technology): -0.8
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $387.15
- Price target
- $421.81
- Stop
- $360.05
- Upside to target
- +9.0%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.8:1
The stock trades at 314.8× trailing but 18.0× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 1.8× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-29 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
LFUS at TrendMatrix's latest read
Technology names get repriced on forward expectations more than trailing prints — a quarter here is read through next-year growth and multiple, not the EPS line alone.
- Industry
- Electronic Components
- Market cap
- $9.83B
- P/E (fwd)
- 18.0
- P/E (ttm)
- 314.8
- 52-week range
- $233.36–$500.57
- Off 52-week high
- 22.7%
- RSI (14)
- 36
- Volume vs avg
- 1.76×
- Score today
- 5.7/10