Littelfuse - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Littelfuse M&A Summary

Littelfuse has acquired 27 companies, including 5 in the last 5 years. A total of 3 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

Littelfuse’s largest acquisition to date was in 2017, when it acquired IXYS for $655M. Littelfuse has acquired in 10 different US states, and 9 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include electrical equipment (41%) and electronics (26%).

Littelfuse Business Overview

Where is Littelfuse headquartered?

Littelfuse is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

What is Littelfuse’s revenue?

Littelfuse disclosed revenue of 2,514M USD for 2022 and 2,080M USD for 2021.

How many employees does Littelfuse have?

Littelfuse has 18,000 employees.

What sector is Littelfuse in?

Littelfuse is an electronics company.

When was Littelfuse founded?

Littelfuse was founded in 1927.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity27
    • M&A Buy Activity27
  • Total Sectors Invested 7
  • Total Countries Invested 9
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 8
  • M&A Advisors 2

Littelfuse

Littelfuse, Inc.

8755 West Higgins Road, Suite 500,
Chicago, Illinois 60631
United States,
(773) 628-1000
www.littelfuse.com

Littelfuse is a provider of circuit protection with growing global platforms in power control and sensing. The company serves customers in the electronics, automotive and industrial markets with technologies including fuses, semiconductors, polymers, ceramics, relays and sensors. Littelfuse has over 8,000 employees in more than 35 locations throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. Littelfuse was founded in 1927 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (1.0/yr) # 22 - 2 2 1 - 27
vol $1.4B $315M $540M $2.2B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  27

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Western Automation Research and Development Ltd. 2023-02-03 - Add-on Acquisition
Galway, Ireland · www.westernautomation.com
Embed Ltd. 2022-04-12 - Add-on Acquisition
Warwickshire, United Kingdom · www.embeduk.com
C&K Holdings, Inc. 2022-04-08 540M USD Add-on Acquisition
Waltham, Massachusetts · www.ckswitches.com
Carling Technologies, Inc. 2021-10-20 315M USD Add-on Acquisition
Plainville, Connecticut · www.carlingtech.com
Hartland Controls LLC 2021-01-28 - Add-on Acquisition
Rock Falls, Illinois · www.hartland-controls.com
IXYS Corp. 2017-08-28 655M USD Add-on Acquisition
Milpitas, California · www.ixys.com
U.S. Sensor Corp. 2017-07-10 - Add-on Acquisition
Orange, California · www.ussensor.com
ON Semiconductor Corp. - Select Product Portfolio 2016-08-25 104M USD Divestiture
Phoenix, Arizona
Menber’s S.p.A. 2016-04-04 - Add-on Acquisition
Legnago, Italy · www.menbers.it
TE Connectivity - Circuit Protection Business 2015-11-09 350M USD Divestiture
, United States
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Electrical Equipment 11 (41%) 912M (41%) - -
Electronics 7 (26%) 195M (9%) - -
Semiconductors 4 (15%) 1.0B (46%) - -
Automotive 2 (7%) 104M (5%) - -
Engineering 1 (4%) - - -
Software 1 (4%) - - -
Technology Hardware 1 (4%) - - -
Total 27 $2.2B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 15 2.2B - -
  California 3 658M - -
  Texas 2 44M - -
  Massachusetts 2 590M - -
  Wisconsin 1 145M - -
  South Dakota 1 - - -
  Illinois 1 - - -
  Connecticut 1 315M - -
  Arkansas 1 5M - -
  Arizona 1 104M - -
Canada 2 - - -
  Saskatchewan 1 - - -
  Manitoba 1 - - -
Germany 2 - - -
Taiwan 2 31M - -
United Kingdom 2 - - -
Denmark 1 - - -
Ireland 1 - - -
Italy 1 - - -
Sweden 1 - - -
Domestic 15 (56%) 2.2B (99%) - -
Cross-border 12 (44%) 31M (1%) - -
Total 27 $2.2B - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Morgan Stanley
 1
Legal Deals
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
 2

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 6 $2.1B
< $100M 6 $132M
TOTAL $2.2B
Largest IXYS Corp.
$655M (2017-08-28)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
11%
3 (11%)
Strategic(s)
19%
5 (19%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Electronics

Revenue

2,514   21% 2022
2,080   44% 2021
1,446   4% 2020
1,504   13% 2019
1,718   41% 2018
1,222   41% 2017
1,056   2016
852   13% 2014
758   14% 2013
667   2012
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Employees

18,000

Established

1927

Public

NASDAQ: LFUS

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