Hamilton Point Investment Advisors LLC Cuts Stock Holdings in Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

Key Points

• Hamilton Point Investment Advisors LLC has reduced its holdings in Littelfuse, Inc. by 7.1%, selling 2,235 shares, which positions the fund's total ownership at approximately $6.67 million.
• Littelfuse recently announced a dividend increase from $0.70 to $0.75 per share, representing a 1.2% dividend yield and an annual payout of $3.00.
• The company's latest earnings report beat expectations, recording $2.85 earnings per share and revenue growth of 9.8% year-over-year, totaling $613.41 million.

Hamilton Point Investment Advisors LLC reduced its position in shares of Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS - Free Report) by 7.1% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 29,405 shares of the technology company's stock after selling 2,235 shares during the quarter. Hamilton Point Investment Advisors LLC owned about 0.12% of Littelfuse worth $6,667,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in Littelfuse by 1.1% in the first quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 6,142 shares of the technology company's stock worth $1,208,000 after purchasing an additional 69 shares during the period. Fifth Third Bancorp boosted its stake in Littelfuse by 30.5% in the first quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 325 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $64,000 after acquiring an additional 76 shares in the last quarter. Petrus Trust Company LTA boosted its holdings in Littelfuse by 4.6% in the first quarter. Petrus Trust Company LTA now owns 1,907 shares of the technology company's stock worth $375,000 after acquiring an additional 84 shares in the last quarter. Global X Japan Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 33.5% in the first quarter. Global X Japan Co. Ltd. now owns 347 shares of the technology company's stock worth $68,000 after buying an additional 87 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First Horizon Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 228.2% in the first quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 128 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 89 shares during the period. 96.14% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Littelfuse Stock Performance

NASDAQ LFUS opened at $254.51 on Tuesday. 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 company has a market capitalization of $6.31 billion, a PE ratio of 53.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.02 and a beta of 1.45. Littelfuse, Inc. has a twelve month low of $142.10 and a twelve month high of $271.81. The business's 50-day moving average price is $258.18 and its 200 day moving average price is $224.85.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The technology company reported $2.85 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates 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 analysts' expectations of $571.04 million. During the same period 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, research analysts predict that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 9.49 earnings per share for the current year.

Littelfuse Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 21st were given a dividend of $0.75 per share. This is a positive change from Littelfuse's previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 21st. 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%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the stock. Weiss Ratings restated a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Zacks Research cut shares of Littelfuse from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, October 2nd. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Friday, September 5th. Baird R W raised Littelfuse from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Friday. Finally, Robert W. Baird raised Littelfuse from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and boosted their target price for the company from $290.00 to $310.00 in a report on Friday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $292.50.

Insider Transactions at Littelfuse

In other Littelfuse news, Director T J. Chung sold 2,343 shares of Littelfuse stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $246.11, for a total transaction of $576,635.73. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 18,730 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,609,640.30. The trade was a 11.12% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, VP Ryan K. Stafford sold 10,206 shares of the firm'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 transaction, the vice president owned 30,727 shares in the company, valued at $8,030,194.18. This represents a 24.93% decrease in their position. 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 quarter. Insiders own 2.50% of the company's stock.

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.

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