Head-To-Head Comparison: TNR Technical (OTCMKTS:TNRK) and Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS)

TNR Technical (OTCMKTS:TNRK) and Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

96.1% of Littelfuse shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.0% of TNR Technical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Littelfuse shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares TNR Technical and Littelfuse”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TNR Technical	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Littelfuse	$2.39 billion	3.64	-$71.70 million	($2.90)	-120.24

TNR Technical has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Littelfuse.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for TNR Technical and Littelfuse, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TNR Technical	0	0	0	0	0.00
Littelfuse	0	1	2	2	3.20

Littelfuse has a consensus price target of $364.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.39%. Given Littelfuse’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Littelfuse is more favorable than TNR Technical.

Profitability

This table compares TNR Technical and Littelfuse’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TNR Technical	N/A	N/A	N/A
Littelfuse	-3.00%	10.53%	6.65%

Summary

Littelfuse beats TNR Technical on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About TNR Technical

TNR Technical, Inc. engages in the design, assemble, and market of batteries and multi-cell battery packs to a variety of industrial, commercial, and retail markets. It includes alkaline cells, lithium cells, lithium coin cells, silver oxide and sealed lead acid batteries, and battery chargers. The company was founded on October 4, 1979 and is headquartered in Sanford, FL.

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.