---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000889331-23-000091"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LFUS"
cik: "0000889331"
company_name: "LITTELFUSE INC /DE"
filed_at: "2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T04:23:33.697111+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Littelfuse Q1 2023 sales $609.8M, adj. EPS $3.64 beat guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $609.8M (-2% YoY, -8% organic); GAAP diluted EPS $3.54, adjusted diluted EPS $3.64.
- Cash from ops $53.4M (+3% YoY); free cash flow $27.7M (+26% YoY).
- Completed acquisition of Western Automation (electrical shock protection for e-Mobility & renewables) on Feb 3, 2023.
- Q2 guidance: net sales $607-$633M, adjusted diluted EPS $3.20-$3.45.
- Dividend $0.60/share payable June 8, 2023; record May 25, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000889331-23-000091
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LFUS
- cik: 0000889331
- company_name: LITTELFUSE INC /DE
- filed_at: 2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889331/000088933123000091/0000889331-23-000091-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889331/000088933123000091/lfus-20230502.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000889331-23-000091.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  LITTELFUSE INC /DE reported the quarter ended April 1, 2023 results: revenue $609.8 million, EPS GAAP diluted EPS was $3.54; adjusted diluted EPS was $3.64.
  - Period: the quarter ended April 1, 2023
  - Revenue: $609.8 million
  - EPS: GAAP diluted EPS was $3.54; adjusted diluted EPS was $3.64
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net sales of $609.8 million were down 2% versus the prior year period, and down 8% organically • GAAP diluted EPS was $3.54; adjusted diluted EPS was $3.64
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889331/000088933123000091/0000889331-23-000091-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  LITTELFUSE INC /DE reported second quarter of 2023 results: revenue in the range of $607 to $633 million, EPS adjusted diluted EPS in the range of $3.20 to $3.45. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: second quarter of 2023
  - Revenue: in the range of $607 to $633 million
  - EPS: adjusted diluted EPS in the range of $3.20 to $3.45
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: Based on current market conditions, for the second quarter the company expects, • Net sales in the range of $607 to $633 million, adjusted diluted EPS in the range of $3.20 to $3.45
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889331/000088933123000091/0000889331-23-000091-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.