Virtu Financial LLC Makes New $318,000 Investment in Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

Key Points

• Virtu Financial LLC acquired 1,616 shares of Littelfuse, Inc. worth approximately $318,000 during the first quarter.
• Littelfuse announced a quarterly dividend increase to $0.75 per share, up from $0.70, with a dividend yield of 1.2%.
recent earnings report showed a quarterly revenue of $613.41 million, exceeding estimates, and earnings per share (EPS) of $2.85, surpassing the consensus estimate by $0.50.

Virtu Financial LLC purchased a new position in Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS - Free Report) during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 1,616 shares of the technology company's stock, valued at approximately $318,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of LFUS. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new position in Littelfuse during the fourth quarter valued at $32,865,000. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its position 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 worth $22,295,000 after buying an additional 113,134 shares in the last quarter. BLI Banque de Luxembourg Investments purchased a new stake in shares of Littelfuse in the fourth quarter worth about $16,250,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of Littelfuse by 119.4% in the fourth quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 116,940 shares of the technology company's stock worth $27,557,000 after buying an additional 63,632 shares in the last quarter. Finally, T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. raised its position in Littelfuse by 7.9% during the fourth quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 763,396 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $179,895,000 after purchasing an additional 55,835 shares during the period. 96.14% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Littelfuse Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:LFUS traded up $1.4950 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $253.9950. The company had a trading volume of 40,238 shares, compared to its average volume of 212,547. Littelfuse, Inc. has a twelve month low of $142.10 and a twelve month high of $275.56. 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 stock has a market cap of $6.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.41. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $235.74 and its 200-day simple moving average is $215.73.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly 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. The firm had revenue of $613.41 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $571.04 million. Littelfuse had a return on equity of 9.74% and a net margin of 5.30%.The business's revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.97 earnings per share. 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 company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 21st will be paid a $0.75 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 21st. This is a boost 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 presently 58.33%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Littelfuse

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Oppenheimer reduced their price target on Littelfuse from $310.00 to $275.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on shares of Littelfuse from $182.00 to $194.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Benchmark reiterated a "hold" rating on shares of Littelfuse in a report on Wednesday, May 28th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Littelfuse from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, August 2nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Littelfuse presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price 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.