Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS Shares Purchased by Avantax Advisory Services Inc.

Avantax Advisory Services Inc. raised its stake in Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) by 16.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 9,005 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,297 shares during the period. Avantax Advisory Services Inc.’s holdings in Littelfuse were worth $2,042,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of LFUS. Huntington National Bank grew its position in shares of Littelfuse by 264.7% in the 2nd quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 124 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 90 shares during the last quarter. AlphaQuest LLC purchased a new stake in Littelfuse in the first quarter valued at $29,000. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust boosted its stake in Littelfuse by 165.5% in the second quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 231 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $52,000 after acquiring an additional 144 shares in the last quarter. BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. purchased a new position in shares of Littelfuse during the second quarter worth about $58,000. Finally, Advisors Asset Management Inc. increased its position 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 in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.14% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Littelfuse news, VP Ryan K. Stafford sold 10,206 shares of Littelfuse stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $261.34, for a total value of $2,667,236.04. Following the sale, the vice president owned 30,727 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,030,194.18. The trade was a 24.93% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, SVP Alexander Conrad sold 13,210 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $261.43, for a total value of $3,453,490.30. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 3,427 shares in the company, valued at $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 insiders.

Littelfuse Stock Performance

NASDAQ:LFUS opened at $241.20 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $254.86 and its 200 day moving average price is $241.10. Littelfuse, Inc. has a 1-year low of $142.10 and a 1-year high of $275.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a current ratio of 4.00 and a quick ratio of 2.98. The firm has a market cap of $6.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.50.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 29th. The technology company reported $2.95 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.75 by $0.20. Littelfuse had a net margin of 5.66% and a return on equity of 9.89%. The company had revenue of $624.64 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $623.70 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $2.71 EPS. Littelfuse’s quarterly revenue was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. Littelfuse has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.400-2.600 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 9.49 EPS for the current year.

Littelfuse Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 20th will be given a $0.75 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 20th. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. Littelfuse’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 57.14%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on LFUS. Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Robert W. Baird raised Littelfuse from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $290.00 to $310.00 in a report on Friday, October 10th. Zacks Research lowered shares of Littelfuse from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, September 5th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Littelfuse currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $292.50.

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.