Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) Receives $234.50 Consensus PT from Analysts

Key Points

• Littelfuse, Inc. has received a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from five analysts, with an average 12-month price target of $234.50.
• Insider trading activity has seen significant sales, with Director T.J. Chung selling over 2,300 shares and SVP Alexander Conrad selling more than 13,200 shares in recent months.
• The company reported earnings of $2.85 per share for the last quarter, surpassing expectations, and has also increased its quarterly dividend from $0.70 to $0.75.

Shares of Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS - Get Free Report) have received an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the five ratings firms that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, one has assigned a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month price target among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $234.50.

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Friday. Finally, Benchmark restated a "hold" rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Wednesday, May 28th.

Littelfuse Stock Performance

Shares of LFUS stock traded up $3.05 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $262.63. The stock had a trading volume of 168,409 shares, compared to its average volume of 155,891. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $245.81 and a 200-day simple moving average of $217.38. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.51 billion, a PE ratio of 54.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 1.44. 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 has a twelve month low of $142.10 and a twelve month high of $271.72.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The technology company reported $2.85 earnings per share (EPS) 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 net margin of 5.30% and a return on equity of 9.74%. Littelfuse's revenue was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.97 EPS. Littelfuse has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.650-2.850 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Littelfuse will post 9.49 earnings per share for the current year.

Littelfuse Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 21st were given a dividend of $0.75 per share. This is a positive change from Littelfuse's previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 21st. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Littelfuse's payout ratio is 62.50%.

Insider Activity

In other news, VP Ryan K. Stafford sold 10,206 shares of the business'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 transaction of $2,667,236.04. Following the sale, the vice president owned 30,727 shares in the company, valued at $8,030,194.18. The trade was a 24.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, SVP Alexander Conrad sold 13,210 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $261.43, for a total transaction of $3,453,490.30. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 3,427 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $895,920.61. This trade represents a 79.40% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 25,759 shares of company stock worth $6,697,362. Corporate insiders own 2.50% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of Littelfuse

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Huntington National Bank boosted its position in shares of Littelfuse by 264.7% in the second quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 124 shares of the technology company's stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 90 shares during the period. First Horizon Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of Littelfuse by 228.2% in the first quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 128 shares of the technology company's stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 89 shares in the last quarter. Traub Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Littelfuse in the second quarter worth approximately $29,000. Evelyn Partners Investment Management Services Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Littelfuse in the second quarter worth approximately $33,000. Finally, AlphaQuest LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Littelfuse in the first quarter worth approximately $29,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.14% of the company's stock.

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.