Strs Ohio Lowers Stock Holdings in Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

Strs Ohio trimmed its holdings in shares of Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) by 17.8% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 27,725 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 6,022 shares during the period. Strs Ohio owned approximately 0.11% of Littelfuse worth $6,286,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Petrus Trust Company LTA lifted its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 4.6% during the first quarter. Petrus Trust Company LTA now owns 1,907 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $375,000 after purchasing an additional 84 shares during the last quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. lifted 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 valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 89 shares during the last quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp lifted its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 27.4% during the second quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 414 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $94,000 after purchasing an additional 89 shares during the last quarter. FourThought Financial Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 5.1% during the first quarter. FourThought Financial Partners LLC now owns 1,896 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $373,000 after purchasing an additional 92 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Advisors Asset Management Inc. lifted 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 valued at $61,000 after purchasing an additional 92 shares during the last quarter. 96.14% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Littelfuse Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of LFUS stock opened at $243.31 on Monday. Littelfuse, Inc. has a 1 year low of $142.10 and a 1 year high of $275.00. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $260.88 and a 200-day moving average price of $234.89. 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 company has a market cap of $6.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 46.34, a PEG ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.45.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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. Littelfuse had a net margin of 5.66% and a return on equity of 9.89%. The firm had revenue of $624.64 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $623.70 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $2.71 EPS. 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. As a group, equities analysts predict that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 9.49 earnings per share for the current year.

Littelfuse Announces Dividend

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

Insider Activity

In other news, 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $8,030,194.18. The trade was a 24.93% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director T J. Chung sold 2,343 shares of Littelfuse stock in a transaction on Monday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $246.11, for a total transaction of $576,635.73. Following the transaction, the director owned 18,730 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,609,640.30. This trade represents a 11.12% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 25,759 shares of company stock valued at $6,697,362 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 2.50% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Benchmark reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a report on Thursday. Robert W. Baird upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $290.00 to $310.00 in a report on Friday, October 10th. Baird R W upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 10th. 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 lowered shares of Littelfuse from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, October 2nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus 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.