KBC Group NV Sells 345 Shares of Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

KBC Group NV lowered its position in Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) by 30.4% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 789 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 345 shares during the period. KBC Group NV’s holdings in Littelfuse were worth $179,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of LFUS. Huntington National Bank lifted its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 264.7% in the 2nd quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 124 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 90 shares in the last quarter. AlphaQuest LLC acquired a new position in Littelfuse during the first quarter worth $29,000. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust raised its holdings in Littelfuse by 165.5% during the second quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 231 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $52,000 after buying an additional 144 shares during the last quarter. BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. bought a new position in shares of Littelfuse in the second quarter valued at $58,000. Finally, Advisors Asset Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Littelfuse by 42.0% during the first quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 311 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $61,000 after acquiring an additional 92 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 96.14% of the company’s stock.

Littelfuse Trading Up 1.5%

Shares of Littelfuse stock opened at $239.93 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 45.70, a P/E/G ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.50. Littelfuse, Inc. has a 52-week low of $142.10 and a 52-week high of $275.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a quick ratio of 2.98 and a current ratio of 4.00. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $256.04 and its 200 day simple moving average is $240.83.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The technology company reported $2.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.75 by $0.20. The firm had revenue of $624.64 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $623.70 million. Littelfuse had a net margin of 5.66% and a return on equity of 9.89%. The company’s revenue was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $2.71 earnings per share. Littelfuse has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.400-2.600 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 9.49 EPS for the current year.

Littelfuse Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 20th will be given a dividend of $0.75 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 20th. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.3%. Littelfuse’s dividend payout ratio is currently 57.14%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Littelfuse news, VP Ryan K. Stafford sold 10,206 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 25th. The stock was 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. This trade represents a 24.93% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Alexander Conrad sold 13,210 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $261.43, for a total value of $3,453,490.30. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 3,427 shares in the company, valued at approximately $895,920.61. This represents a 79.40% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 2.50% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on LFUS shares. Zacks Research lowered shares of Littelfuse from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, October 2nd. Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Robert W. Baird upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $290.00 to $310.00 in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Littelfuse from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, September 5th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Littelfuse has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $292.50.

Littelfuse Company 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.