Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC Acquires 3,302 Shares of Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

Key Points

• Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC increased its stake in Littelfuse, Inc. by 132.8% in the second quarter, acquiring an additional 3,302 shares to reach a total of 5,789 shares valued at $1.37 million.
• Wall Street analysts have upgraded Littelfuse's rating from "buy" to "strong-buy," reflecting positive growth forecasts, with an average target price of $234.50.
• Littelfuse recently announced a dividend increase to $0.75 per share, up from $0.70, resulting in an annualized yield of 1.2% for shareholders.

Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS - Free Report) by 132.8% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 5,789 shares of the technology company's stock after purchasing an additional 3,302 shares during the period. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC's holdings in Littelfuse were worth $1,369,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in LFUS. Radnor Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Littelfuse by 6.1% during the second quarter. Radnor Capital Management LLC now owns 2,590 shares of the technology company's stock worth $587,000 after buying an additional 150 shares during the last quarter. Pallas Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Littelfuse during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $506,000. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 65.2% in the 2nd quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 9,561 shares of the technology company's stock worth $2,168,000 after purchasing an additional 3,774 shares during the period. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB raised its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 39.2% in the 2nd quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 788 shares of the technology company's stock worth $179,000 after purchasing an additional 222 shares during the period. Finally, Parallel Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Littelfuse by 58.3% in the second quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 527 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $119,000 after purchasing an additional 194 shares during the last quarter. 96.14% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

LFUS has been the subject of several recent research reports. Wall Street Zen raised Littelfuse from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Friday, September 5th. Zacks Research raised shares of Littelfuse from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 3rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has given a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Littelfuse presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $234.50.

Littelfuse Stock Up 0.5%

LFUS stock opened at $259.01 on Wednesday. The business's 50 day moving average price is $255.69 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $221.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a quick ratio of 2.98 and a current ratio of 4.06. The company has a market capitalization of $6.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 53.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 1.44. Littelfuse, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $142.10 and a fifty-two week high of $271.81.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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 return on equity of 9.74% and a net margin of 5.30%.The business had revenue of $613.41 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $571.04 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.97 earnings per share. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. Littelfuse has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.650-2.850 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 9.49 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Littelfuse Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 21st were issued a $0.75 dividend. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. This is a positive change from Littelfuse's previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, August 21st. Littelfuse's dividend payout ratio is presently 62.50%.

Insider Transactions at Littelfuse

In related news, Director T J. Chung sold 2,343 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $246.11, for a total value of $576,635.73. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 18,730 shares in the company, valued at $4,609,640.30. The trade was a 11.12% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, VP Ryan K. Stafford sold 10,206 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 completion of the transaction, the vice president directly owned 30,727 shares in the company, valued at $8,030,194.18. This trade represents a 24.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 25,759 shares of company stock valued at $6,697,362. Insiders own 2.50% of the company's stock.

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.

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