Handelsbanken Fonder AB Has $514,000 Stock Holdings in Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

Handelsbanken Fonder AB reduced its stake in shares of Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) by 46.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 2,265 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 2,000 shares during the period. Handelsbanken Fonder AB’s holdings in Littelfuse were worth $514,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of LFUS. Huntington National Bank increased its stake in shares of Littelfuse by 264.7% in the second 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 period. AlphaQuest LLC acquired a new stake in Littelfuse during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Traub Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Littelfuse during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $29,000. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust raised its holdings in Littelfuse by 165.5% during the 2nd quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 231 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $52,000 after purchasing an additional 144 shares during the last quarter. Finally, BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. acquired a new position in shares of Littelfuse in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $58,000. 96.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Littelfuse Stock Down 0.0%

LFUS stock opened at $256.02 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $253.92 and its 200 day simple moving average is $243.17. The company has a market cap of $6.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 48.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.50. 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, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $142.10 and a fifty-two week high of $275.00.

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

Littelfuse Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.75 per share. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 20th. Littelfuse’s payout ratio is 57.14%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Littelfuse news, SVP Deepak Nayar sold 2,333 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $255.50, for a total value of $596,081.50. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 5,998 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,532,489. This trade represents a 28.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 2.50% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on LFUS shares. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Littelfuse from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, September 5th. Robert W. Baird raised Littelfuse from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $290.00 to $310.00 in a research report on Friday, October 10th. Benchmark restated a “hold” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Zacks Research cut Littelfuse from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 2nd. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price 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.