Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) Shares Break Above 200-Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?

Key Points

• Littelfuse shares broke above their 200-day moving average, reaching $432.14 before last trading at $429.21, compared with the $417.48 average.
• Analyst sentiment remains positive overall, with four Buy ratings and two Holds, producing a “Moderate Buy” consensus and an average price target of $465.83.
• The company exceeded quarterly expectations with $4.19 in EPS and $738.78 million in revenue, while raising its quarterly dividend to $0.80; institutional investors own approximately 96.14% of the stock.

Shares of Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS - Get Free Report) passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Monday. The stock has a 200-day moving average of $417.48 and traded as high as $432.14. Littelfuse shares last traded at $429.21, with a volume of 178,814 shares trading hands.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

LFUS has been the topic of several analyst reports. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Littelfuse from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, July 13th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Littelfuse from a "sell (d+)" rating to a "hold (c-)" rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Robert W. Baird boosted their price objective on shares of Littelfuse from $500.00 to $535.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, June 5th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $465.83.

Littelfuse Trading Down 0.0%

The firm has a market cap of $10.90 billion, a PE ratio of -858.40, a PEG ratio of 2.27 and a beta of 1.47. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $424.20 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $417.48. The company has a current ratio of 2.76, a quick ratio of 2.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS - Get Free Report) last posted 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. The firm had revenue of $738.78 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $703.38 million. Littelfuse had a positive return on equity of 13.02% and a negative net margin of 0.31%.The business's revenue was up 20.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.30 earnings per share. Littelfuse has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 4.850-5.050 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 15.78 EPS for the current year.

Littelfuse Increases Dividend

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Littelfuse during the second quarter valued at about $1,148,821,000. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC purchased a new stake in Littelfuse in the second quarter worth about $185,057,000. William Blair Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in Littelfuse in the second quarter worth about $146,471,000. Norges Bank bought a new stake in Littelfuse during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $73,575,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE bought a new stake in Littelfuse during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $115,306,000. 96.14% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Littelfuse

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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