VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al Buys Shares of 2,760 Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

Key Points

• Virginia Retirement Systems acquired 2,760 Littelfuse shares worth approximately $1.26 million in the second quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds collectively own 96.14% of LFUS.
• Littelfuse reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results, with EPS of $4.19 and revenue of $738.78 million, up 20.4% year over year. The company issued third-quarter 2026 EPS guidance of $4.85–$5.05.
• The company raised its quarterly dividend from $0.75 to $0.80 per share, equivalent to an annualized $3.20 dividend and a 0.7% yield. Analysts maintain a “Moderate Buy” consensus rating with an average price target of $465.83.

VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al acquired a new position in Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS - Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 2,760 shares of the technology company's stock, valued at approximately $1,257,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. California State Teachers Retirement System boosted its position in shares of Littelfuse by 45,011.9% during the 2nd quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 13,217,775 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $6,018,449,000 after purchasing an additional 13,188,475 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. bought a new position in shares of Littelfuse in the second quarter valued at $1,148,821,000. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC boosted its stake in Littelfuse by 67.3% during the 4th quarter. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC now owns 1,024,176 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $259,035,000 after purchasing an additional 412,160 shares during the last quarter. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. boosted its position in shares of Littelfuse by 3.9% during the fourth quarter. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. now owns 980,498 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $247,988,000 after buying an additional 37,203 shares during the last quarter. Finally, T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. lifted its stake in Littelfuse by 58.6% during the 4th quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 609,966 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $154,273,000 after acquiring an additional 225,445 shares in the last quarter. 96.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Littelfuse Stock Performance

NASDAQ:LFUS opened at $432.30 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 2.76 and a quick ratio of 2.00. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $423.52 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $411.77. Littelfuse, Inc. has a 1 year low of $233.36 and a 1 year high of $500.57. The company has a market capitalization of $10.98 billion, a P/E ratio of -864.58, a P/E/G ratio of 2.28 and a beta of 1.47.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The technology company reported $4.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.78 by $0.41. Littelfuse had a positive return on equity of 13.02% and a negative net margin of 0.31%.The firm had revenue of $738.78 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $703.38 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.30 earnings per share. The business's revenue was up 20.4% on a year-over-year basis. Littelfuse has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 4.850-5.050 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 15.78 earnings per share for the current year.

Littelfuse Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, August 20th were paid a $0.80 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 20th. This represents a $3.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. This is an increase from Littelfuse's previous quarterly dividend of $0.75. Littelfuse's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -640.00%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

LFUS has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Zacks Research lowered shares of Littelfuse from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, July 13th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a "sell (d+)" rating to a "hold (c-)" rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on shares of Littelfuse from $500.00 to $535.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, June 5th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $520.00 price objective on shares of Littelfuse in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Littelfuse currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $465.83.

Littelfuse Profile

Littelfuse, Inc NASDAQ: LFUS is an industrial technology company that develops and manufactures products designed to protect, control and sense electrical energy. Its portfolio includes circuit protection devices such as fuses and resettable protection products, as well as power semiconductor components, switches, relays, sensors and related power-control technologies.

The company serves customers across the automotive, industrial, commercial, consumer electronics, telecommunications, energy and transportation markets.

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