Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: LFUS stock price vs PAYX: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at PAYX's multiple
Needs PAYX P/S.
Implied fair value · at LFUS's multiple
Needs LFUS P/S.
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Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: LFUS FY 2025 (ended Dec 27, 2025) · PAYX FY 2026 (ended May 31, 2026). Fiscal years are not aligned.
Trendline
Seven fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Price framework
Discounted free cash flow, then bridged to a per-share price. Same assumptions applied to both companies.
LITTELFUSE INC /DE · implied price per share
Bear
$18.77
Base
$22.08
Bull
$25.39
Paychex, Inc. · implied price per share
Bear
$55.75
Base
$65.59
Bull
$75.43
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
0.37x
1.22x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
1.58x
1.12x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$563.68M
$1.12B
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
$898.86M
$4.57B
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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