Dean Capital Management Grows Stake in Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

Dean Capital Management boosted its position in Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) by 21.6% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 7,816 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,386 shares during the period. Dean Capital Management’s holdings in Littelfuse were worth $1,538,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. increased its stake in Littelfuse by 39.9% in the 1st quarter. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. now owns 618,215 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $121,628,000 after purchasing an additional 176,243 shares in the last quarter. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. increased its stake in Littelfuse by 2.8% in the 1st quarter. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. now owns 357,157 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $70,267,000 after purchasing an additional 9,793 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its stake in Littelfuse by 0.8% in the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 314,897 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $61,953,000 after purchasing an additional 2,362 shares in the last quarter. Ariel Investments LLC grew its holdings in Littelfuse by 2.5% during the 1st quarter. Ariel Investments LLC now owns 305,392 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $60,083,000 after buying an additional 7,327 shares during the last quarter. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. grew its holdings in Littelfuse by 11.7% during the 1st quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 280,260 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $55,139,000 after buying an additional 29,435 shares during the last quarter. 96.14% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Littelfuse

In related news, Director T J. Chung sold 2,343 shares of Littelfuse stock in a transaction on Monday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $246.11, for a total value of $576,635.73. Following the transaction, the director owned 18,730 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,609,640.30. This trade represents a 11.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, VP Ryan K. Stafford sold 10,206 shares of Littelfuse stock in a transaction on Monday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $261.34, for a total value of $2,667,236.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president owned 30,727 shares in the company, valued at $8,030,194.18. The trade was a 24.93% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 25,759 shares of company stock worth $6,697,362 over the last quarter. 2.50% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

LFUS has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Wall Street Zen upgraded Littelfuse from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday. Benchmark reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a report on Wednesday, May 28th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded Littelfuse from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 3rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $234.50.

Littelfuse Price Performance

LFUS stock opened at $262.49 on Tuesday. Littelfuse, Inc. has a 52-week low of $142.10 and a 52-week high of $271.72. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $246.52 and its 200-day simple moving average is $217.46. The company has a quick ratio of 2.98, a current ratio of 4.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 54.69, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 1.44.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The technology company reported $2.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.35 by $0.50. Littelfuse had a return on equity of 9.74% and a net margin of 5.30%.The business had revenue of $613.41 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $571.04 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.97 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. Littelfuse has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.650-2.850 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 9.49 EPS for the current year.

Littelfuse Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 21st were issued a dividend of $0.75 per share. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. This is a positive change from Littelfuse’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 21st. Littelfuse’s payout ratio is 62.50%.

Littelfuse Profile

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.