Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Analysts

Key Points

• Littelfuse, Inc. has received a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from six research firms, with an average 12-month target price of $292.50.
• Recent insider transactions included significant sales by Director T.J. Chung and VP Ryan K. Stafford, with insiders selling a total of 25,759 shares worth approximately $6.7 million in the last 90 days.
• In its latest quarterly earnings report, Littelfuse reported $2.85 earnings per share, exceeding analyst estimates, alongside a revenue of $613.41 million.

Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS - Get Free Report) has received a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from the six research firms that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, two have given a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $292.50.

LFUS has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Weiss Ratings reissued a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Littelfuse in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Zacks Research cut shares of Littelfuse from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, October 2nd. Robert W. Baird raised shares of Littelfuse from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $290.00 to $310.00 in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Baird R W raised shares of Littelfuse from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Littelfuse from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Friday, September 5th.

Insider Transactions at Littelfuse

In other news, Director T J. Chung sold 2,343 shares of Littelfuse stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the director 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 sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, VP Ryan K. Stafford sold 10,206 shares of Littelfuse stock in a transaction on Monday, August 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $261.34, for a total transaction of $2,667,236.04. Following the transaction, the vice president directly owned 30,727 shares of the company's stock, valued at $8,030,194.18. The trade was a 24.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 25,759 shares of company stock worth $6,697,362. 2.50% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Littelfuse

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Littelfuse by 1,666.7% during the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 106 shares of the technology company's stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares during the period. Steph & Co. purchased a new position in shares of Littelfuse during the third quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Huntington National Bank boosted its position in shares of Littelfuse by 264.7% during the second quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 124 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 90 shares during the period. First Horizon Advisors Inc. boosted its position in shares of Littelfuse by 228.2% during the first quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 128 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 89 shares during the period. Finally, Traub Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Littelfuse during the second quarter valued at approximately $29,000. 96.14% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Littelfuse Trading Up 0.0%

Shares of Littelfuse stock opened at $269.35 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $6.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 56.11, a PEG ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 1.45. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $260.78 and a 200-day moving average price of $229.93. The company has a quick ratio of 2.98, a current ratio of 4.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30. Littelfuse has a twelve month low of $142.10 and a twelve month high of $273.98.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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. The firm had revenue of $613.41 million during 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%.The business's quarterly revenue was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.97 earnings per share. Littelfuse has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.650-2.850 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Littelfuse will post 9.49 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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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