SG Americas Securities LLC Sells 22,193 Shares of Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

SG Americas Securities LLC lowered its stake in Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) by 85.3% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 3,817 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 22,193 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC’s holdings in Littelfuse were worth $1,295,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Evolve Private Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Littelfuse during the 1st quarter valued at about $279,000. Hsbc Holdings PLC increased its stake in Littelfuse by 220.4% in the 4th quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 5,350 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,357,000 after purchasing an additional 3,680 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its stake in Littelfuse by 29.8% in the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 12,935 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $3,277,000 after purchasing an additional 2,971 shares during the period. MidFirst Bank bought a new stake in Littelfuse in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $288,000. Finally, T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in Littelfuse by 58.6% in the fourth quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 609,966 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $154,273,000 after purchasing an additional 225,445 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 96.14% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Littelfuse

In other Littelfuse news, Director Anthony Grillo sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $451.96, for a total value of $1,355,880.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 64,928 shares in the company, valued at approximately $29,344,858.88. This represents a 4.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, SVP Maggie Chu sold 11,397 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $435.48, for a total value of $4,963,165.56. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 6,001 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,613,315.48. This represents a 65.51% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 15,494 shares of company stock worth $6,750,834 over the last 90 days. 1.00% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

LFUS has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Oppenheimer raised their target price on shares of Littelfuse from $430.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday, May 9th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Littelfuse from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Monday, April 13th. Williams Trading set a $520.00 price target on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Robert W. Baird raised 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. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Littelfuse presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $465.83.

Littelfuse Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ LFUS opened at $418.47 on Friday. Littelfuse, Inc. has a 1 year low of $225.25 and a 1 year high of $500.57. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.58 billion, a P/E ratio of -247.61, a P/E/G ratio of 2.35 and a beta of 1.49. The company’s 50-day moving average is $452.13 and its 200 day moving average is $367.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 2.61 and a quick ratio of 1.82.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 6th. The technology company reported $3.31 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.83 by $0.48. Littelfuse had a positive return on equity of 11.62% and a negative net margin of 1.61%.The business had revenue of $656.97 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $638.98 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.19 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 18.5% on a year-over-year basis. Littelfuse has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.650-3.850 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 14.86 earnings per share for the current year.

Littelfuse Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 21st were given a dividend of $0.75 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, May 21st. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. Littelfuse’s payout ratio is currently -177.51%.

Littelfuse Profile

Littelfuse, Inc is a global manufacturer of circuit protection, power control, and sensing technologies. Founded in 1927 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the company develops and produces a broad range of products designed to safeguard electrical and electronic systems across a variety of end markets. Littelfuse’s offerings include fuses, semiconductors, relays, and sensors, all engineered to protect against overcurrent, overvoltage, and thermal events in demanding applications.

The company’s product portfolio is organized into key segments such as Automotive, Industrial & Electronics, and Power & Sensor.