Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.700-1.900 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.050. The company issued revenue guidance of $520.0 million-$550.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $542.3 million.

Littelfuse Price Performance

Shares of LFUS traded down $5.21 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $224.00. 258,212 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 128,251. Littelfuse has a 52-week low of $222.73 and a 52-week high of $275.58. The company has a quick ratio of 2.52, a current ratio of 3.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $240.17 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $251.27. The company has a market cap of $5.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.79, a PEG ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 1.26.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 28th. The technology company reported $2.04 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.04. Littelfuse had a return on equity of 8.49% and a net margin of 8.88%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $2.02 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Littelfuse will post 8.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

LFUS has been the subject of a number of research reports. StockNews.com raised Littelfuse from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 18th. Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Oppenheimer raised shares of Littelfuse from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $310.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Thursday, October 17th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $285.00.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CAO Jeffrey G. Gorski sold 700 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.02, for a total transaction of $174,314.00. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 3,105 shares in the company, valued at approximately $773,207.10. This represents a 18.40 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 2.30% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About Littelfuse

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.