Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS Shares Purchased by Dean Capital Management

Key Points

• Dean Capital Management has increased its stake in Littelfuse, Inc. by 21.6% in the first quarter, now holding 7,816 shares valued at approximately $1.54 million.
• Multiple hedge funds have also increased their holdings, with Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. raising its stake by 39.9% to own >$121 million worth of shares.
• Littelfuse declared a quarterly dividend of $0.75 per share, marking an increase from the previous $0.70, with an annualized yield of 1.1%.

Dean Capital Management lifted its position in Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS - Free Report) by 21.6% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 7,816 shares of the technology company's stock after acquiring an additional 1,386 shares during the quarter. Dean Capital Management's holdings in Littelfuse were worth $1,538,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. First Horizon Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in Littelfuse by 228.2% during the 1st quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 128 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 89 shares in the last quarter. AlphaQuest LLC bought a new stake in Littelfuse during the 1st quarter valued at about $29,000. Advisors Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Littelfuse by 42.0% during the 1st quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 311 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $61,000 after buying an additional 92 shares in the last quarter. Quarry LP bought a new stake in Littelfuse during the 1st quarter valued at about $63,000. Finally, Fifth Third Bancorp lifted its holdings in Littelfuse by 30.5% during the 1st quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 325 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $64,000 after buying an additional 76 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 96.14% of the company's stock.

Littelfuse Stock Performance

NASDAQ:LFUS traded down $7.21 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $263.96. 137,262 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 153,371. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 54.99, a PEG ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 1.44. Littelfuse, Inc. has a 52-week low of $142.10 and a 52-week high of $271.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a current ratio of 4.06 and a quick ratio of 2.98. The company's 50 day moving average price is $248.90 and its 200-day moving average price is $218.39.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The technology company reported $2.85 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.35 by $0.50. The company had revenue of $613.41 million for 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%. Littelfuse's revenue was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.97 EPS. Littelfuse has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.650-2.850 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 9.49 earnings per share for the current year.

Littelfuse Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 21st were issued a $0.75 dividend. This is an increase from Littelfuse's previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, August 21st. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Littelfuse's payout ratio is currently 62.50%.

Insider Activity

In other 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 sale, the director directly owned 18,730 shares of the company's stock, valued at $4,609,640.30. This represents a 11.12% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, SVP Alexander Conrad sold 13,210 shares of the company'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 directly owned 3,427 shares in the company, valued at $895,920.61. This trade represents a 79.40% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 25,759 shares of company stock valued at $6,697,362 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 2.50% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have commented on the stock. Benchmark reissued a "hold" rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Wednesday, May 28th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Littelfuse from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Friday, September 5th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 3rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has issued a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $234.50.

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.