Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) Receives Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Brokerages

Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) has been given an average rating of “Moderate Buy” by the six analysts that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $465.8333.

A number of research analysts have commented on LFUS shares. Zacks Research cut shares of Littelfuse from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, July 13th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on shares of Littelfuse from $500.00 to $535.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, June 5th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Littelfuse

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new position in Littelfuse in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $1,148,821,000. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. boosted its stake in shares of Littelfuse by 3.9% during the fourth quarter. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. now owns 980,498 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $247,988,000 after purchasing an additional 37,203 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 476,990 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $120,668,000 after purchasing an additional 7,587 shares during the last quarter. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC purchased a new position in shares of Littelfuse in the second quarter worth $185,057,000. Finally, William Blair Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Littelfuse in the second quarter worth $146,471,000. Institutional investors own 96.14% of the company’s stock.

Littelfuse Stock Performance

NASDAQ LFUS opened at $409.54 on Tuesday. Littelfuse has a 52-week low of $233.36 and a 52-week high of $500.57. The company has a fifty day moving average of $422.44 and a 200-day moving average of $413.77. The company has a market capitalization of $10.40 billion, a P/E ratio of -819.06, a P/E/G ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 2.00 and a current ratio of 2.76.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The technology company reported $4.19 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.78 by $0.41. Littelfuse had a positive return on equity of 13.02% and a negative net margin of 0.31%.The business had revenue of $738.78 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $703.38 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.30 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.4% on a year-over-year basis. Littelfuse has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 4.850-5.050 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Littelfuse will post 15.78 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Littelfuse Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 20th were given a dividend of $0.80 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 20th. This is a positive change from Littelfuse’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.75. This represents a $3.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.8%. Littelfuse’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -640.00%.

Littelfuse Company Profile

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.