Littelfuse (LFUS) Return on Sales [ROS] (2010 - 2026)
Littelfuse (LFUS) posted Return on Sales [ROS] of 20.00% for Q3 2026, up 4.41 percentage points from 15.60% a year earlier and up 3.80 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Littelfuse (LFUS) Return on Sales [ROS] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Sep 26, 2026, Return on Sales [ROS] at Littelfuse was 5.49%, down 3.59 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 1.57%, down 5.68 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Sales [ROS] has declined for three consecutive years, with a five-year change of -9.66 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Littelfuse's Return on Sales [ROS] was 7.25% in FY2024 (-8.03 pp), 15.27% in FY2023 (-4.65 pp), 19.92% in FY2022 (+1.38 pp) and 18.54% in FY2021 (+7.31 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] since Q2 2022.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Sales [ROS] has increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -4.43 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] in the past five years was Q3 2026, with a gain of 4.41 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2025, with a drop of 28.17 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales [ROS] for the three prior quarters was 16.21% (Q2 2026), 15.40% (Q1 2026) and -37.52% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apple | 5,020.54 Bn | 4,766.00 Bn | 54.82 Bn | 31.13% |
| 2 | Cisco Systems | 371.11 Bn | 307.04 Bn | 11.06 Bn | 24.72% |
| 3 | Arista Networks | 215.34 Bn | 164.54 Bn | 2.33 Bn | 44.90% |
| 4 | Dell Technologies | 212.13 Bn | 167.88 Bn | 9.83 Bn | 11.46% |
| 5 | Sony | 161.14 Bn | 95.68 Bn | 7.96 Bn | 18.15% |
| 6 | Sandisk | 122.92 Bn | 107.75 Bn | 9.38 Bn | 79.59% |
| 7 | Seagate Technology Holdings | 105.29 Bn | 100.14 Bn | 2.43 Bn | 48.76% |
| 8 | Western Digital | 96.46 Bn | 86.29 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 46.70% |
| 9 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 59.75 Bn | 37.63 Bn | 4.93 Bn | 11.41% |
| 10 | Littelfuse | 9.05 Bn | 6.55 Bn | 318.56 Mn | 20.00% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2026 | 20.00% |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 16.21% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 15.40% |
| Dec 27, 2025 | -37.52% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 15.60% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 15.12% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 12.66% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | -9.35% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 15.48% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 11.73% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 10.26% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 12.09% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 15.43% |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 15.04% |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 18.14% |
| Oct 1, 2022 | 18.50% |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 21.69% |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 24.16% |
| Jan 1, 2022 | 16.78% |
| Sep 25, 2021 | 22.26% |
API Access
Littelfuse Return on Sales [ROS] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=LFUS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "LFUS", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=LFUS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();