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LFUS (Littelfuse) Moat Score : 6/10 (As of Jul. 02, 2025)


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What is Littelfuse Moat Score?

Littelfuse has the Moat Score of 6, which implies that the company might have Narrow Moat - Strong narrow moat, clearly distinguishable but not wide.

Littelfuse has Narrow Moat: Littelfuse Inc has a strong narrow moat due to its valuable patents, economies of scale, and established distribution network in the electronics industry. While it has some pricing power and brand strength, these advantages are not sufficient to classify it as a wide moat.

Moat Score is a ranking system developed by GuruFocus to assess a company's ability to sustain a competitive advantage, rated on a scale from 0 to 10. It takes into account key factors such as market leadership, cost advantages, network effects, customer switching costs, and more.

The company's Moat Score is based on these criteria:

1. Market leadership and sustainable market share
2. Network effects and significant customer switching costs
3. Valuable intellectual property and patents
4. Strong brand strength and deep customer loyalty
5. Durable cost advantages (e.g., economies of scale, proprietary technology)
6. Significant regulatory barriers and exclusive licenses
7. Superior distribution network
8. Strong and sustainable pricing power
9. Consistent and impactful innovation and R&D capabilities

Based on the research, GuruFocus believes Littelfuse might have Narrow Moat - Strong narrow moat, clearly distinguishable but not wide.

Competitive Comparison of Littelfuse's Moat Score

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Littelfuse's Moat Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Moat Score 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's Moat Score Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Littelfuse's Moat Score falls into.


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Littelfuse  (NAS:LFUS) Moat Score Explanation

The Moat Score ranges from 0 to 10, with 10 as the highest. GuruFocus divided Moat Score into following 8 categories:

Moat Score Moat Level
10Wide Moat - Exceptionally dominant and durable wide moat
8 - 9Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat
7Wide Moat - Entry-level wide moat, clearly possessing durable advantages
6Narrow Moat - Strong narrow moat, clearly distinguishable but not wide
5Narrow Moat - Solid narrow moat
4Narrow Moat - Discernible but modest moat
1 - 3No Moat - Very weak/transient advantages
0No Moat - No discernible moat

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Littelfuse Business Description

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LFS:Germany
Address
6133 North River Road, Suite 500, Rosemont, IL, USA, 60018
Website
https://www.littelfuse.com
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
Meenal Sethna officer: Executive VP, CFO 8755 WEST HIGGINS ROAD, SUITE 500, CHICAGO IL 60631
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
Anthony Grillo director PLEASANTVILLE RD, NEW VERNON NJ 07976
Jeffrey G Gorski officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer C/O RR DONNELLEY $ SONS COMPANY, 35 W. WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60601
Maggie Chu officer: SVP, CHRO 8755 W HIGGINS ROAD, SUITE 500, CHICAGO IL 60631
David W Heinzmann director, officer: President & CEO 8755 WEST HIGGINS ROAD, SUITE 500, CHICAGO IL 60631
Ryan K Stafford officer: EVP, CLO & Corp Secretary 8755 WEST HIGGINS ROAD, SUITE 500, CHICAGO IL 60631
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Gregory N. Henderson director C/O HITTITE MICROWAVE CORPORATION, 2 ELIZABETH DRIVE, CHELMSFORD MA 01824
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