Will Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) continue to fall in March?

While some of us are excited about technology space, it makes sense to sum up Littelfuse in greater detail to make a better perception of its potential. As we have suggested previously, Littelfuse is beginning its fall as retail investors shift to be more bearish due to the increased sector volatility. Lots of the inclinations of the company stock price movements has been a rough manifestation of what is happening in the market overall. Invariable technical and fundamental indicators of the enterprise may also connote signals of long-running gains for Littelfuse retail investors. Littelfuse is scheduled to announce its earnings today. The next earnings report is expected on the 5th of May 2021.
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This firm's average rating is Hold from 7 analysts. Do analysts base this consensus on technical analyses? We know that typical technical analysis utilizes price momentum, patterns, and trends looking at historical prices. It aims to identify signals based on Littelfuse market sentiment investors' perception of the future value of Littelfuse. Let us look at a few aspects of Littelfuse technical analysis. The company has Profit Margin (PM) of 6.77 %, which can signify that it executes well on its competitive strategies and has good control over its expenditures. This is very large. Similarly, it shows Operating Margin (OM) of 19.89 %, which suggests for every 100 dollars of sales, it generated a net operating income of 0.2.
Using predictive technical analysis, we can analyze different prices and returns patterns and diagnose historical swings to determine the real value of Littelfuse. In general, sophisticated investors focus on analyzing Littelfuse stock price patterns and their correlations with different microeconomic environment and drivers. They apply predictive analytics to build Littelfuse's daily price indicators and compare them against related drivers such as momentum indicators and various other types of predictive indicators. Using this methodology combined with a more conventional technical analysis and fundamental analysis, we attempt to find the most accurate representation of Littelfuse's intrinsic value. In addition to deriving basic predictive indicators for Littelfuse, many experienced traders also check how macroeconomic factors affect Littelfuse price patterns. Please read more on our technical analysis page or use our predictive modules below to complement your research.
Sophisticated investors, who have witnessed many market ups and downs, anticipate that the market will even out over time. This tendency of Littelfuse's price to converge to an average value over time is called mean reversion. However, historically, high market prices usually discourage investors that believe in mean reversion to invest, while low prices are viewed as an opportunity to buy.
Please note, it is not enough to conduct a financial or market analysis of a single entity such as Littelfuse. Your research has to be compared to or analyzed against Littelfuse's peers to derive any actionable benefits. When done correctly, Littelfuse's competitive analysis will give you plenty of quantitative and qualitative data to validate your investment decisions or develop an entirely new strategy toward taking a position in Littelfuse.

How does Littelfuse Stands against Peers?

Analyzing Littelfuse competition or peers my help you to expand the diversification possibilities of your existing portfolios and to get a better perspective on locking in new positions. Try to analyze the advantages of investing in traded instruments related to Littelfuse across multiple sectors and thematic ideas. A good competitive analysis can cover a lot of different areas. But what areas to choose depends on who you are. The more exhaustive you are in your analysis, the more effective your competitive analysis will be. Check out Littelfuse Competition Details

Littelfuse Gross Profit

Littelfuse Gross Profit growth is one of the most critical measures in evaluating the company. The Gross Profit growth rate is calculated simply by comparing Littelfuse previous period's values with its current period's values. Each time period you're measuring should be of equal lengths the increase or decrease, in a company's Gross Profit between two periods. Here we show Littelfuse Gross Profit growth over the last 10 years. Please check Littelfuse's gross profit and other fundamental indicators for more details.

Closer look at Littelfuse Semi Deviation

Littelfuse has current Semi Deviation of 1.62. Semi-deviation provides a good measure of downside risk for a equity or a portfolio. It is similar to standard deviation, but it only looks at periods where the returns are less than the target or average level.
Semi-deviation is the square root of semi-variance. Semi-variance is calculated by averaging the deviations of returns that have a result that is less than the mean.
Semi Deviation 
=  
SQRT(SV) 
 = 
1.62
SQRT = Square root notation
SV =   Littelfuse semi variance of returns over selected period
Let's now compare Littelfuse Semi Deviation to its closest peers:
LFUS
FN
MU
ON
DSWL
LFUS1.6237641130336775
FN1.52
MU1.3
ON1.37
DSWL2.23

Littelfuse has 62 percent chance to fall under $255 in the coming weeks

The standard deviation is down to 1.92 as of today. Littelfuse currently demonstrates below-verage downside deviation. It has Information Ratio of 0.17 and Jensen Alpha of 0.27. However, we do advice investors to further question Littelfuse expected returns to ensure all indicators are consistent with the current outlook about its relatively low value at risk.

Our Conclusion on Littelfuse

While some other companies in the electronic components industry are either recovering or due for a correction, Littelfuse may not be performing as strong as the other in terms of long-term growth potentials. With an optimistic outlook on your 30 days horizon, it may be a good time to buy new shares of Littelfuse or increase your existing holdings in the Stock as it seems the potential growth has not yet been fully factored into the current price. Please use our equity advice module to run different scenarios to ensure your current risk level and investment horizon are fully reflective of your current investing preferences in regards to Littelfuse.

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