Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS Shares Acquired by Prudential Financial Inc.

Prudential Financial Inc. increased its holdings in Littelfuse, Inc. by 260.4% in Q2, owning 10,658 shares valued at $2,548,000. Other investors also adjusted their stakes. Analysts have mixed ratings on Littelfuse, with a moderate buy consensus and a price target of $292.50. Littelfuse reported Q3 earnings of $2.95 per share, exceeding estimates, and announced a $0.75 quarterly dividend. Insider trading included SVP Deepak Nayar selling shares.

Prudential Financial Inc. grew its holdings in Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS - Free Report) by 260.4% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 10,658 shares of the technology company's stock after purchasing an additional 7,701 shares during the quarter. Prudential Financial Inc.'s holdings in Littelfuse were worth $2,548,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Littelfuse Stock is Hitting on All Cylinders

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Huntington National Bank boosted its position in Littelfuse by 264.7% in the 2nd quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 124 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 90 shares during the period. AlphaQuest LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Littelfuse in the first quarter valued at $29,000. Traub Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Littelfuse in the second quarter valued at $29,000. Evelyn Partners Investment Management Services Ltd purchased a new position in Littelfuse in the second quarter valued at $33,000. Finally, Parkside Financial Bank & Trust grew its stake in Littelfuse by 165.5% during the 2nd quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 231 shares of the technology company's stock worth $52,000 after purchasing an additional 144 shares in the last quarter. 96.14% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. Zacks Research lowered Littelfuse from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd. Baird R W raised shares of Littelfuse from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Friday, October 10th. Robert W. Baird upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $290.00 to $310.00 in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Littelfuse from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Friday, September 5th. Finally, Benchmark restated a "hold" rating on shares of Littelfuse in a report on Thursday, October 30th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Littelfuse presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $292.50.

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Littelfuse Stock Performance

Shares of LFUS opened at $257.11 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $6.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 1.43. Littelfuse, Inc. has a 52-week low of $142.10 and a 52-week high of $275.00. The company has a quick ratio of 3.05, a current ratio of 4.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $253.46 and a 200 day moving average price of $243.95.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 29th. The technology company reported $2.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.75 by $0.20. Littelfuse had a net margin of 5.66% and a return on equity of 9.89%. The company had revenue of $624.64 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $623.70 million. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $2.71 earnings per share. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. Littelfuse has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.400-2.600 EPS. Research analysts predict that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 9.49 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Littelfuse Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 20th will be given a $0.75 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 20th. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. Littelfuse's payout ratio is 57.14%.

Insider Transactions at Littelfuse

In other Littelfuse news, SVP Deepak Nayar sold 2,333 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $255.50, for a total transaction of $596,081.50. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 5,998 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,532,489. This trade represents a 28.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 2.50% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

About Littelfuse

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Littelfuse, Inc designs, manufactures, and sells electronic components, modules, and subassemblies in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe. The company operates through Electronic, Transportation, and Industrial segments. The Electronics segment offers fuses and fuse accessories, positive temperature coefficient resettable fuses, electromechanical switches and interconnect solutions, polymer electrostatic discharge suppressors, varistors, reed switch based magnetic sensing products, and gas discharge tubes; and discrete transient voltage suppressor (TVS) diodes, TVS diode arrays, protection and switching thyristors, metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors and diodes, and insulated gate bipolar transistors.

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