Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) Stock Has Average Price Target of $465.83

Shares of Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) have received a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the six brokerages that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and four have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12 month target price among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $465.83.

Several analysts recently issued reports on LFUS shares. Weiss Ratings upgraded Littelfuse from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Zacks Research cut Littelfuse from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, July 13th.

Littelfuse Price Performance

Shares of Littelfuse stock opened at $401.16 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $425.27 and its 200 day moving average price is $425.64. Littelfuse has a twelve month low of $233.36 and a twelve month high of $500.57. The company has a current ratio of 2.76, a quick ratio of 2.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.19 billion, a P/E ratio of -802.30, a PEG ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 1.48.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The technology company reported $4.19 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 analyst estimates of $703.38 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.30 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 20.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Littelfuse has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 4.850-5.050 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Littelfuse will post 15.78 earnings per share for the current year.

Littelfuse Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 20th were paid a $0.80 dividend. This represents a $3.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. This is an increase from Littelfuse’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.75. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 20th. Littelfuse’s payout ratio is -640.00%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Littelfuse

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of LFUS. Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Littelfuse by 6.0% in the first quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 597 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $203,000 after buying an additional 34 shares during the period. Versant Capital Management Inc grew its stake in Littelfuse by 168.0% during the 3rd quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 67 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 42 shares in the last quarter. Everhart Financial Group Inc. grew its stake in Littelfuse by 3.0% during the 2nd quarter. Everhart Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,522 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $693,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares in the last quarter. Syon Capital LLC grew its stake in Littelfuse by 4.3% during the 2nd quarter. Syon Capital LLC now owns 1,506 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $686,000 after acquiring an additional 62 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Caitlin John LLC acquired a new position in shares of Littelfuse in the 2nd quarter valued at about $33,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.14% of the company’s stock.

About Littelfuse

Littelfuse, Inc is a diversified industrial technology company that develops and manufactures products designed to protect, control and sense electrical energy. Its portfolio includes fuses and circuit-protection devices, power semiconductor products, relays, switches, sensors and power-distribution components.

The company serves customers in the automotive, commercial vehicle, industrial, electronics and communications markets. Its products are used in applications ranging from vehicle electrification and battery systems to factory automation, renewable energy, consumer electronics and electrical infrastructure.

Founded in 1927, Littelfuse has expanded from its early focus on circuit protection into a global supplier of electrical and electronic components.