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

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

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on LFUS shares. Robert W. Baird upped their price target on shares of Littelfuse from $500.00 to $535.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, June 5th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating and set a $520.00 price objective on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Zacks Research downgraded Littelfuse from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, July 13th.

Littelfuse Stock Down 8.3%

LFUS stock opened at $396.23 on Tuesday. Littelfuse has a 52 week low of $233.36 and a 52 week high of $500.57. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $423.00 and a 200 day simple moving average of $412.27. The company has a quick ratio of 2.00, a current ratio of 2.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. The company has a market cap of $10.06 billion, a PE ratio of -792.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.28 and a beta of 1.47.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The technology company reported $4.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.78 by $0.41. Littelfuse had a negative net margin of 0.31% and a positive return on equity of 13.02%. The firm had revenue of $738.78 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $703.38 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.30 earnings per share. The business’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. Sell-side analysts anticipate 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. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 20th were issued a dividend of $0.80 per share. This is an increase from Littelfuse’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.75. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, August 20th. This represents a $3.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. Littelfuse’s payout ratio is presently -640.00%.

Institutional Trading of Littelfuse

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. California State Teachers Retirement System raised its stake in Littelfuse by 45,011.9% during the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 13,217,775 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $6,018,449,000 after acquiring an additional 13,188,475 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Littelfuse in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $1,148,821,000. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Littelfuse in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $185,057,000. William Blair Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Littelfuse during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $146,471,000. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Littelfuse during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $73,575,000. 96.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.