Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) Stock Rating Upgraded by Wall Street Zen

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) was upgraded by equities research analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note issued to investors on Friday.

A number of other equities analysts have also weighed in on the company. Zacks Research upgraded Littelfuse from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Benchmark restated a “hold” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research note on Wednesday, May 28th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $234.50.

Littelfuse Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ LFUS opened at $262.63 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $6.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 54.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 1.44. The company has a current ratio of 4.06, a quick ratio of 2.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30. Littelfuse has a 1-year low of $142.10 and a 1-year high of $271.72. The business’s 50 day moving average is $245.81 and its 200-day moving average is $217.90.

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

Insider Activity

In other news, Director T J. Chung sold 2,343 shares of Littelfuse stock in a transaction on Monday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $246.11, for a total value of $576,635.73. Following the transaction, the director 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 sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Alexander Conrad sold 13,210 shares of Littelfuse stock in a transaction on Monday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $261.43, for a total value of $3,453,490.30. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 3,427 shares in the company, valued at approximately $895,920.61. The trade was a 79.40% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 25,759 shares of company stock worth $6,697,362. Insiders own 2.50% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Littelfuse

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Neuberger Berman Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 2.6% during the 2nd quarter. Neuberger Berman Group LLC now owns 1,068,927 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $242,358,000 after acquiring an additional 26,824 shares in the last quarter. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. raised its position in shares of Littelfuse by 39.9% in the 1st quarter. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. now owns 618,215 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $121,628,000 after acquiring an additional 176,243 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Littelfuse in the 2nd quarter worth about $114,721,000. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in Littelfuse by 0.3% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 461,098 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $104,561,000 after buying an additional 1,438 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Westwood Holdings Group Inc. increased its position in Littelfuse by 2.8% in the 1st quarter. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. now owns 357,157 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $70,267,000 after buying an additional 9,793 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.14% of the company’s stock.

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.