Deutsche Bank AG Has $683,000 Position in Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

Key Points

• Deutsche Bank AG significantly reduced its investment in Littelfuse, Inc. by 63.9%, now holding a position worth $683,000 after selling over 6,000 shares in the first quarter.
• Littelfuse recently announced an increase in its quarterly dividend from $0.70 to $0.75, with the upcoming payment representing an annual yield of 1.1%.
• The company's latest quarterly earnings report showed a 9.8% year-over-year revenue growth, achieving $613.41 million against analyst expectations of $571.04 million.

Deutsche Bank AG trimmed its holdings in shares of Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS - Free Report) by 63.9% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 3,474 shares of the technology company's stock after selling 6,152 shares during the period. Deutsche Bank AG's holdings in Littelfuse were worth $683,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of LFUS. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 60,177.7% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 113,322 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $22,295,000 after buying an additional 113,134 shares during the period. BLI Banque de Luxembourg Investments acquired a new position in Littelfuse during the fourth quarter worth $16,250,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in Littelfuse by 119.4% during the fourth quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 116,940 shares of the technology company's stock worth $27,557,000 after purchasing an additional 63,632 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp boosted its holdings in Littelfuse by 15.0% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 236,960 shares of the technology company's stock worth $55,840,000 after purchasing an additional 30,855 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vulcan Value Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Littelfuse by 13.7% during the first quarter. Vulcan Value Partners LLC now owns 227,555 shares of the technology company's stock worth $44,769,000 after purchasing an additional 27,462 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 96.14% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Littelfuse

In other Littelfuse news, VP Ryan K. Stafford sold 10,206 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $261.34, for a total value of $2,667,236.04. Following the transaction, the vice president directly owned 30,727 shares of the company's stock, valued at $8,030,194.18. This trade represents a 24.93% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, SVP Alexander Conrad sold 13,210 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 3,427 shares in the company, valued at approximately $895,920.61. This represents a 79.40% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 25,759 shares of company stock valued at $6,697,362 in the last ninety days. 2.50% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Littelfuse Stock Performance

NASDAQ:LFUS traded down $4.25 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $259.83. 163,047 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 174,468. Littelfuse, Inc. has a one year low of $142.10 and a one year high of $274.50. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.44 billion, a PE ratio of 54.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.27 and a beta of 1.41. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $242.46 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $217.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a quick ratio of 2.98 and a current ratio of 4.06.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The technology company reported $2.85 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.35 by $0.50. Littelfuse had a net margin of 5.30% and a return on equity of 9.74%. The firm had revenue of $613.41 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $571.04 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.97 EPS. The business's quarterly 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. Analysts anticipate 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 will be paid on Thursday, September 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 21st will be issued a $0.75 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 21st. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. This is an increase from Littelfuse's previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. Littelfuse's payout ratio is 62.50%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts recently commented on LFUS shares. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Littelfuse from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, August 23rd. Benchmark restated a "hold" rating on shares of Littelfuse in a report on Wednesday, May 28th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus 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.