Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) Given Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) has received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the six research firms that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $292.50.

LFUS has been the subject of several research reports. Robert W. Baird upgraded Littelfuse from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their target price for the stock from $290.00 to $310.00 in a report on Friday, October 10th. Baird R W raised shares of Littelfuse from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, September 5th. Finally, Zacks Research cut shares of Littelfuse from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd.

Insider Buying and Selling at Littelfuse

In related news, VP Ryan K. Stafford sold 10,206 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 25th. The stock was 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 directly owned 30,727 shares in the company, valued at $8,030,194.18. This represents a 24.93% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, SVP Alexander Conrad sold 13,210 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 directly owned 3,427 shares in the company, valued at approximately $895,920.61. The trade was a 79.40% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. 2.50% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Littelfuse

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Advisory Services Network LLC purchased a new position in shares of Littelfuse in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $55,000. Oberweis Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Littelfuse in the third quarter valued at approximately $16,136,000. McCollum Christoferson Group LLC purchased a new position in Littelfuse in the third quarter worth $218,000. PharVision Advisers LLC acquired a new position in shares of Littelfuse during the third quarter worth $234,000. Finally, Voloridge Investment Management LLC increased its position in shares of Littelfuse by 1.6% during the third quarter. Voloridge Investment Management LLC now owns 69,245 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $17,935,000 after purchasing an additional 1,118 shares in the last quarter. 96.14% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Littelfuse Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:LFUS opened at $236.29 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $256.52 and its 200-day simple moving average is $240.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a quick ratio of 2.98 and a current ratio of 4.00. Littelfuse has a one year low of $142.10 and a one year high of $275.00. The firm has a market cap of $5.88 billion, a PE ratio of 45.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.50.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The technology company reported $2.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.75 by $0.20. The firm had revenue of $624.64 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $623.70 million. Littelfuse had a return on equity of 9.89% and a net margin of 5.66%.Littelfuse’s quarterly revenue was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.71 earnings per share. Littelfuse has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.400-2.600 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Littelfuse will post 9.49 EPS for the current year.

Littelfuse Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 20th will be issued a dividend of $0.75 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 20th. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. Littelfuse’s dividend payout ratio is currently 57.14%.

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.