Brown Advisory Inc. Sells 83,902 Shares of Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

Brown Advisory Inc. decreased its position in shares of Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) by 23.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 266,841 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 83,902 shares during the period. Brown Advisory Inc. owned about 1.08% of Littelfuse worth $60,501,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Amundi boosted its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 152,000.0% in the 2nd quarter. Amundi now owns 3,042 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $722,000 after purchasing an additional 3,040 shares in the last quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Littelfuse by 96.1% during the 2nd quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 3,090 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $701,000 after buying an additional 1,514 shares during the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Littelfuse by 652.9% in the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 527 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $119,000 after buying an additional 457 shares in the last quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP boosted its stake in Littelfuse by 125.9% in the second quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 8,557 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,940,000 after buying an additional 4,769 shares in the last quarter. Finally, M&T Bank Corp grew its position in Littelfuse by 2.3% in the second quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 5,575 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,264,000 after acquiring an additional 123 shares during the last quarter. 96.14% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Littelfuse

In other news, SVP Deepak Nayar sold 2,333 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 owned 5,998 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,532,489. The trade was a 28.00% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Insiders own 2.50% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on LFUS. Benchmark restated a “hold” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Robert W. Baird upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their target price for the company from $290.00 to $310.00 in a research report on Friday, October 10th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, October 2nd. Baird R W upgraded Littelfuse from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $292.50.

Littelfuse Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of NASDAQ:LFUS opened at $259.55 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $6.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 49.44, a P/E/G ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 1.43. Littelfuse, Inc. has a 12-month low of $142.10 and a 12-month high of $275.00. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $253.48 and a 200 day simple moving average of $244.35. The company has a quick ratio of 3.05, a current ratio of 4.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The technology company reported $2.95 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.75 by $0.20. The firm had revenue of $624.64 million for 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%.The business’s revenue was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.71 EPS. Littelfuse has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.400-2.600 EPS. Analysts predict that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 9.49 earnings per share for the current year.

Littelfuse Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 20th were given 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 of this dividend was Thursday, November 20th. Littelfuse’s dividend payout ratio is currently 57.14%.

Littelfuse Company Profile

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.