LPL Financial LLC Increases Stock Position in Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

LPL Financial LLC raised its position in shares of Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) by 4.0% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 9,433 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 367 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC’s holdings in Littelfuse were worth $1,856,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. First Horizon Advisors Inc. boosted its position in Littelfuse by 228.2% during the 1st quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 128 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 89 shares during the period. Fifth Third Bancorp boosted its position in Littelfuse by 30.5% during the 1st quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 325 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $64,000 after buying an additional 76 shares during the period. Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its position in Littelfuse by 105.6% during the 1st quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 333 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $66,000 after buying an additional 171 shares during the period. Global X Japan Co. Ltd. boosted its position in Littelfuse by 33.5% during the 1st quarter. Global X Japan Co. Ltd. now owns 347 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $68,000 after buying an additional 87 shares during the period. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its position in Littelfuse by 5,642.9% during the 1st quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 402 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $78,000 after buying an additional 395 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.14% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Littelfuse news, Director T J. Chung sold 2,343 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $246.11, for a total transaction of $576,635.73. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 18,730 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,609,640.30. This trade represents a 11.12% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 2.50% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Wednesday, May 28th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Littelfuse from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 2nd. Oppenheimer dropped their target price on shares of Littelfuse from $310.00 to $275.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. Finally, Robert W. Baird raised their target price on shares of Littelfuse from $182.00 to $194.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Littelfuse has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $234.50.

Littelfuse Stock Down 1.4%

Shares of Littelfuse stock opened at $249.24 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a current ratio of 4.06 and a quick ratio of 2.98. The company has a 50-day moving average of $236.75 and a 200 day moving average of $216.22. The firm has a market cap of $6.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.93, a PEG ratio of 2.17 and a beta of 1.41. Littelfuse, Inc. has a 1 year low of $142.10 and a 1 year high of $275.56.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The technology company reported $2.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.35 by $0.50. The company had revenue of $613.41 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $571.04 million. Littelfuse had a net margin of 5.30% and a return on equity of 9.74%. Littelfuse’s quarterly revenue was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.97 EPS. Littelfuse has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.650-2.850 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 9.49 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Littelfuse Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.75 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 21st. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. This is an increase from Littelfuse’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. Littelfuse’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 62.50%.

Littelfuse Company Profile

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.