Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS Stock Holdings Lifted by MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB

MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB increased its stake in shares of Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) by 39.2% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 788 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 222 shares during the quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB’s holdings in Littelfuse were worth $179,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in LFUS. First Horizon Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 228.2% during the first quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 128 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 89 shares during the period. AlphaQuest LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Littelfuse during the first quarter worth approximately $29,000. Advisors Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 42.0% during the first quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 311 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $61,000 after purchasing an additional 92 shares during the period. Quarry LP acquired a new stake in shares of Littelfuse during the first quarter worth approximately $63,000. Finally, Fifth Third Bancorp boosted its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 30.5% during the first quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 325 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $64,000 after purchasing an additional 76 shares during the period. 96.14% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts recently commented on LFUS shares. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, September 5th. Benchmark reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research note on Wednesday, May 28th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 3rd. One research 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 company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $234.50.

Littelfuse Trading Up 2.3%

Shares of LFUS stock opened at $266.49 on Friday. Littelfuse, Inc. has a 1 year low of $142.10 and a 1 year high of $271.81. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $251.12 and its 200 day simple moving average is $219.24. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 55.52, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.11 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 (NASDAQ:LFUS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The technology company reported $2.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.35 by $0.50. The firm had revenue of $613.41 million for 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%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.97 EPS. Littelfuse has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.650-2.850 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 9.49 EPS for the current year.

Littelfuse Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 21st were paid a $0.75 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 21st. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. This is a boost from Littelfuse’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. Littelfuse’s dividend payout ratio is presently 62.50%.

Insider Activity

In other news, SVP Alexander Conrad sold 13,210 shares of the business’s 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 sale, 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 sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, VP Ryan K. Stafford sold 10,206 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $261.34, for a total transaction of $2,667,236.04. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president owned 30,727 shares in the company, valued at $8,030,194.18. This represents a 24.93% 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. Corporate insiders own 2.50% 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.