Sei Investments Co. Acquires 1,865 Shares of Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

Key Points

• Sei Investments Co. increased its holdings in Littelfuse by 1.8%, owning approximately 0.43% of the company, valued at $20.97 million after purchasing an additional 1,865 shares.
• Littelfuse recently declared a quarterly dividend increase from $0.70 to $0.75 per share, with the ex-dividend date on August 21st, representing an annual yield of 1.1%.
• In the latest earnings report, Littelfuse beat consensus estimates with an EPS of $2.85 and a revenue of $613.41 million, signaling a 9.8% increase in quarterly revenue compared to last year.

Sei Investments Co. grew its position in Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS - Free Report) by 1.8% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 106,578 shares of the technology company's stock after buying an additional 1,865 shares during the quarter. Sei Investments Co. owned approximately 0.43% of Littelfuse worth $20,968,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Littelfuse by 7.9% in the fourth quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 763,396 shares of the technology company's stock worth $179,895,000 after acquiring an additional 55,835 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 5.3% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 442,554 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $104,287,000 after buying an additional 22,287 shares during the last quarter. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. raised its holdings in Littelfuse by 4.4% during the 4th quarter. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. now owns 441,972 shares of the technology company's stock worth $104,151,000 after purchasing an additional 18,483 shares during the last quarter. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Littelfuse by 2.8% in the 1st quarter. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. now owns 357,157 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $70,267,000 after acquiring an additional 9,793 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Littelfuse by 0.8% in the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 314,897 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $61,953,000 after acquiring an additional 2,362 shares during the last quarter. 96.14% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Littelfuse

In other news, Director T J. Chung sold 2,343 shares of Littelfuse stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $246.11, for a total transaction of $576,635.73. Following the sale, the director directly owned 18,730 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $4,609,640.30. This trade represents a 11.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Insiders own 2.50% of the company's stock.

Littelfuse Price Performance

NASDAQ:LFUS traded down $1.1550 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $251.3450. The company's stock had a trading volume of 50,896 shares, compared to its average volume of 212,596. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $235.74 and a 200-day simple moving average of $215.73. The company has a market capitalization of $6.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 52.56, a PEG ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.41. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a current ratio of 4.06 and a quick ratio of 2.98. Littelfuse, Inc. has a twelve month low of $142.10 and a twelve month high of $275.56.

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

Littelfuse Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.75 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 21st. This is a positive change 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 58.33%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have weighed in on LFUS. Robert W. Baird upped their price target on Littelfuse from $182.00 to $194.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. Wall Street Zen upgraded Littelfuse from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Saturday, August 2nd. Benchmark restated a "hold" rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research note on Wednesday, May 28th. Finally, Oppenheimer dropped their price target on Littelfuse from $310.00 to $275.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Littelfuse has an average rating of "Hold" 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.