Insider Selling: Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) VP Sells 2,162 Shares of Stock

Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) VP Ryan Stafford sold 2,162 shares of Littelfuse stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $268.31, for a total transaction of $580,086.22. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president owned 28,591 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,671,251.21. This trade represents a 7.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink.

Littelfuse Stock Down 0.7%

Shares of LFUS traded down $1.71 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $260.55. 203,992 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 202,492. 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, Inc. has a twelve month low of $142.10 and a twelve month high of $275.00. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $253.98 and a two-hundred day moving average of $246.75. The stock has a market cap of $6.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.63, a P/E/G ratio of 2.08 and a beta of 1.43.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The technology company reported $2.95 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $623.70 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $2.71 earnings per share. The business’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 forecast that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 9.49 earnings per share for the current year.

Littelfuse Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 20th were issued a $0.75 dividend. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, November 20th. Littelfuse’s payout ratio is 57.14%.

Institutional Trading of Littelfuse

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of LFUS. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 4.4% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,925,048 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $757,617,000 after purchasing an additional 122,392 shares during the period. Neuberger Berman Group LLC grew its position in Littelfuse by 2.6% during the second quarter. Neuberger Berman Group LLC now owns 1,068,927 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $242,358,000 after buying an additional 26,824 shares in the last quarter. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. increased its stake in Littelfuse by 39.9% during the first quarter. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. now owns 618,215 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $121,628,000 after acquiring an additional 176,243 shares during the period. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC raised its holdings in Littelfuse by 32.1% in the 3rd quarter. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC now owns 612,016 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $158,518,000 after acquiring an additional 148,586 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Littelfuse in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $114,721,000. 96.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on LFUS shares. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, October 2nd. 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 note 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. Finally, Benchmark restated a “hold” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a report on Thursday, October 30th. One equities research 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 MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $292.50.

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.