Heartland Advisors Inc. Grows Position in Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

Heartland Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) by 9.8% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 29,450 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,631 shares during the period. Heartland Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Littelfuse were worth $7,448,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of LFUS. Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 58.7% during the 4th quarter. Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC now owns 1,463 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $370,000 after acquiring an additional 541 shares during the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Littelfuse by 108.1% in the fourth quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 6,214 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,572,000 after acquiring an additional 3,228 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 2.7% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 10,707 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $2,708,000 after purchasing an additional 277 shares during the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC lifted its position in Littelfuse by 7.6% during the fourth quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 563 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $142,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares during the period. Finally, Vise Technologies Inc. bought a new position in Littelfuse during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $210,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.14% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $520.00 target price on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Oppenheimer increased their price target on Littelfuse from $430.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Weiss Ratings lowered Littelfuse from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Monday, April 13th. Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on Littelfuse from $500.00 to $535.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, June 5th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Littelfuse from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday, May 9th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $465.83.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, SVP Maggie Chu sold 11,397 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $435.48, for a total value of $4,963,165.56. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 6,001 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,613,315.48. This trade represents a 65.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Insiders sold a total of 12,494 shares of company stock valued at $5,394,954 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 1.00% of the company’s stock.

Littelfuse Stock Down 3.6%

Shares of LFUS stock opened at $439.44 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 2.61, a quick ratio of 1.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. Littelfuse, Inc. has a 12 month low of $215.16 and a 12 month high of $500.57. The stock has a market cap of $11.11 billion, a P/E ratio of -260.02, a P/E/G ratio of 2.56 and a beta of 1.48. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $421.57 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $344.33.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The technology company reported $3.31 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.83 by $0.48. Littelfuse had a negative net margin of 1.61% and a positive return on equity of 11.62%. The business had revenue of $656.97 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $638.98 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $2.19 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 18.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Littelfuse has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.650-3.850 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 14.86 earnings per share for the current year.

Littelfuse Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 21st were given a $0.75 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, May 21st. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. Littelfuse’s dividend payout ratio is presently -177.51%.

Littelfuse Profile

Littelfuse, Inc is a global manufacturer of circuit protection, power control, and sensing technologies. Founded in 1927 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the company develops and produces a broad range of products designed to safeguard electrical and electronic systems across a variety of end markets. Littelfuse’s offerings include fuses, semiconductors, relays, and sensors, all engineered to protect against overcurrent, overvoltage, and thermal events in demanding applications.

The company’s product portfolio is organized into key segments such as Automotive, Industrial & Electronics, and Power & Sensor.