Consolidated Planning Corp Takes Position in Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

Key Points

• Consolidated Planning Corp has acquired a new stake in Littelfuse, Inc., purchasing 1,292 shares valued at approximately $293,000 in the 2nd quarter.
• Littelfuse recently increased its quarterly dividend from $0.70 to $0.75 per share, resulting in an annualized yield of 1.2% and a payout ratio of 62.50%.
• Hedge funds and institutional investors own 96.14% of Littelfuse's stock, indicating strong institutional confidence in the company's performance.

Consolidated Planning Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS - Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 1,292 shares of the technology company's stock, valued at approximately $293,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC acquired a new position in shares of Littelfuse in the 2nd quarter valued at $207,000. Signaturefd LLC lifted its stake in Littelfuse by 248.9% in the 2nd quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 1,598 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $362,000 after buying an additional 1,140 shares in the last quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp lifted its stake in Littelfuse by 27.4% in the 2nd quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 414 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $94,000 after buying an additional 89 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its stake in Littelfuse by 251.6% in the 2nd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,025 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $459,000 after buying an additional 1,449 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in Littelfuse by 132.8% in the 2nd quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 5,789 shares of the technology company's stock worth $1,369,000 after purchasing an additional 3,302 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.14% of the company's stock.

Littelfuse Stock Performance

Shares of LFUS stock opened at $259.04 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 4.06, a quick ratio of 2.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $256.82 and a 200 day moving average price of $222.49. The company has a market cap of $6.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 53.97, a PEG ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 1.45. Littelfuse, Inc. has a 12 month low of $142.10 and a 12 month high of $271.81.

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

Littelfuse Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 21st were paid a dividend of $0.75 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 21st. This is an increase from Littelfuse's previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Littelfuse's payout ratio is presently 62.50%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Littelfuse news, Director T J. Chung sold 2,343 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $246.11, for a total value of $576,635.73. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 18,730 shares in the company, valued at $4,609,640.30. This represents a 11.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, VP Ryan K. Stafford sold 10,206 shares of the company'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 transaction, the vice president owned 30,727 shares of the company's stock, valued at $8,030,194.18. This represents a 24.93% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 25,759 shares of company stock worth $6,697,362. Corporate insiders own 2.50% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Littelfuse from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Friday, September 5th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, September 3rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has given a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target 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.

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