---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000889331-22-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LFUS"
cik: "0000889331"
company_name: "LITTELFUSE INC /DE"
filed_at: "2022-11-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T20:51:31.663879+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Littelfuse Q3 net sales up 22% to $658.9M; adj. EPS $4.28 beats guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $658.9M, +22% YoY (+8% organic); record performance driven by global wins.
- GAAP diluted EPS $3.02; adjusted diluted EPS $4.28, up 8% YoY.
- Cash from operations $148.1M; free cash flow $126.5M, up 41% YoY.
- Q4 guidance: sales $603-623M, adj. EPS $3.14-$3.34; ~11% growth at midpoint.
- Dividend $0.60/share payable Dec 8 to record Nov 24.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000889331-22-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LFUS
- cik: 0000889331
- company_name: LITTELFUSE INC /DE
- filed_at: 2022-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889331/000088933122000044/0000889331-22-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889331/000088933122000044/lfus-20221101.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000889331-22-000044
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000889331-22-000044.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000889331-22-000044.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  LITTELFUSE INC /DE reported the third quarter ended October 1, 2022 results: revenue $658.9 million, EPS $3.02.
  - Period: the third quarter ended October 1, 2022
  - Revenue: $658.9 million
  - EPS: $3.02
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net sales of $658.9 million were up 22% versus the prior year period, and up 8% organically • GAAP diluted EPS was $3.02; adjusted diluted EPS was $4.28, up 8% versus the prior year period
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889331/000088933122000044/0000889331-22-000044-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  LITTELFUSE INC /DE reported the fourth quarter of 2022 results: revenue $603 to $623 million, EPS $3.14 to $3.34. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: the fourth quarter of 2022
  - Revenue: $603 to $623 million
  - EPS: $3.14 to $3.34
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: Net sales in the range of $603 to $623 million, the midpoint of which represents 11% growth over the prior year and 4% organic growth; includes an approximately 700 basis point year-over-year sales headwind from foreign exchange and last year’s extra “14 th week” • Adjusted diluted EPS in the range of $3.14 to $3.34; the midpoint of which represents 11% growth over the prior year when excluding last year’s combined $0.25 benefit from a tax holiday and “14 th week”
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889331/000088933122000044/0000889331-22-000044-index.htm

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