Alps Electric (OTCMKTS:APELY – Get Free Report) and Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Dividends
Alps Electric pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Littelfuse pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Alps Electric pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Littelfuse pays out -177.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Littelfuse has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
0.1% of Alps Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Littelfuse shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Alps Electric shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Littelfuse shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Alps Electric | $6.77 billion | 0.41 | $178.56 million | $1.78 | 15.17 |
| Littelfuse | $2.39 billion | 4.70 | -$71.70 million | ($1.69) | -262.67 |
Alps Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Littelfuse. Littelfuse is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alps Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Alps Electric has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Littelfuse has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Alps Electric and Littelfuse, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Alps Electric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 |
| Littelfuse | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3.00 |
Littelfuse has a consensus price target of $436.67, suggesting a potential downside of 1.63%. Given Littelfuse’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Littelfuse is more favorable than Alps Electric.
Profitability
This table compares Alps Electric and Littelfuse’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Alps Electric | 2.62% | 7.42% | 4.18% |
| Littelfuse | -1.61% | 11.62% | 7.39% |
Summary
Littelfuse beats Alps Electric on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Alps Electric
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells electronic components in Japan and internationally. It operates through four segments: Components, Sensor Communication, Module Systems, and Logistics. The company’s products for the consumer, industrial equipment, and IoT markets include TACT switches, worker condition monitoring systems, HAPTIC reactor, actuator for cameras, remote monitoring system for logistics, analog meter monitoring system, resistive position sensor, pressure sensor, air environment sensor module, three-axis geomagnetic sensor, humidity sensor, and pc board mount current sensor. Its products for the automotive market comprises TACT and detector switches, Encoder, aspherical glass lens with metal holder, HAPTIC reactor, trimagic converter, current sensor, magnetic sensor, millimeter-wave sensor, GNSS module, 5G NR module, power window switch, electric shifter, sound system, cabin controller, smart door trim, electric shifter, integrated display, premium sound speakers, and customized car products. The company also provides systems development, office, and financing and leasing services, as well as transportation, storage, and forwarding services. The company was formerly known as Alps Electric Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Alps Alpine Co., Ltd. in January 2019. The company was incorporated in 1948 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
About Littelfuse
Littelfuse, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells electronic components, modules, and subassemblies in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe. The company operates through Electronic, Transportation, and Industrial segments. The Electronics segment offers fuses and fuse accessories, positive temperature coefficient resettable fuses, electromechanical switches and interconnect solutions, polymer electrostatic discharge suppressors, varistors, reed switch based magnetic sensing products, and gas discharge tubes; and discrete transient voltage suppressor (TVS) diodes, TVS diode arrays, protection and switching thyristors, metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors and diodes, and insulated gate bipolar transistors. This segment serves industrial motor drives and power conversion, automotive electronics, electric vehicle and related charging infrastructure, aerospace, power supplies, data centers, telecommunications, medical devices, alternative energy, building and home automation, appliances, and mobile electronics markets. The Transportation segment provides blade, resettable, and high-current and high-voltage fuses, as well as battery cable protectors; fuses, switches, relays, circuit breakers, and power distribution modules; and sensor products. This segment serves heavy-duty truck, construction, agriculture, material handling, and marine. The Industrial segment offers industrial fuses, protection relays, contactors, transformers, residual current devices, ground fault circuit interrupters, residual current monitors, arc fault detection devices, and temperature sensors for use in renewable energy and energy storage systems, electric vehicle infrastructure, HVAC systems, industrial safety, non-residential construction, MRO, mining, and factory automation. It sells its products through distributors, direct sales force, and manufacturers' representatives. Littelfuse, Inc. was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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