Ceredex Value Advisors LLC Purchases 1,000 Shares of Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

Key Points

• Ceredex Value Advisors LLC increased its stake in Littelfuse by 1.5%, acquiring an additional 1,000 shares, bringing its total holdings to 68,497 shares valued at approximately $13.5 million.
• After recent analyst reports, Littelfuse's consensus rating is a "Hold" with a target price of $234.50, as various analysts adjusted their ratings and price targets.
• Littelfuse announced a quarterly dividend increase to $0.75 per share, with the payout representing a 1.1% yield and a payout ratio of 62.50%.

Ceredex Value Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS - Free Report) by 1.5% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 68,497 shares of the technology company's stock after buying an additional 1,000 shares during the period. Ceredex Value Advisors LLC owned approximately 0.28% of Littelfuse worth $13,476,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in LFUS. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC raised its position in shares of Littelfuse by 165.6% in the 4th quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 1,607 shares of the technology company's stock worth $379,000 after purchasing an additional 1,002 shares during the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp increased its stake in Littelfuse by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 16,299 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $3,841,000 after purchasing an additional 192 shares in the last quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC raised its holdings in Littelfuse by 293.9% in the fourth quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 3,711 shares of the technology company's stock worth $872,000 after buying an additional 2,769 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp lifted its stake in shares of Littelfuse by 15.0% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 236,960 shares of the technology company's stock worth $55,840,000 after buying an additional 30,855 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 685.8% during the fourth quarter. Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC now owns 8,047 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $1,896,000 after buying an additional 7,023 shares during the last quarter. 96.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Littelfuse

In other news, SVP Alexander Conrad sold 13,210 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $261.43, for a total transaction of $3,453,490.30. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 3,427 shares of the company's stock, valued at $895,920.61. The trade was a 79.40% 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 the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $246.11, for a total value of $576,635.73. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 18,730 shares of the company's stock, valued at $4,609,640.30. This trade represents a 11.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 25,759 shares of company stock worth $6,697,362. 2.50% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Littelfuse Stock Performance

LFUS traded down $4.25 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $259.83. 163,047 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 168,638. The company's fifty day moving average price is $242.46 and its 200-day moving average price is $217.13. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 54.13, a P/E/G ratio of 2.23 and a beta of 1.44. The company has a quick ratio of 2.98, a current ratio of 4.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30. Littelfuse, Inc. has a 52-week low of $142.10 and a 52-week high of $274.50.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The technology company reported $2.85 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.35 by $0.50. Littelfuse had a return on equity of 9.74% and a net margin of 5.30%.The company had revenue of $613.41 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $571.04 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.97 earnings per share. Littelfuse's revenue was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Littelfuse has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.650-2.850 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 9.49 EPS for the current year.

Littelfuse Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 21st will be paid a $0.75 dividend. This is a boost from Littelfuse's previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 21st. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Littelfuse's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 62.50%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

LFUS has been the topic of several analyst reports. Benchmark reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Wednesday, May 28th. Wall Street Zen cut Littelfuse from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday, August 23rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Littelfuse presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $234.50.

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.