Westwood Holdings Group Inc. Cuts Position in Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

by · The Markets Daily

Westwood Holdings Group Inc. reduced its position in Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS – Free Report) by 56.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 155,512 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 201,645 shares during the period. Westwood Holdings Group Inc.’s holdings in Littelfuse were worth $35,259,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of LFUS. Huntington National Bank lifted its position in Littelfuse by 264.7% during the second quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 124 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 90 shares in the last quarter. AlphaQuest LLC purchased a new position in shares of Littelfuse in the 1st quarter valued at $29,000. Traub Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Littelfuse in the 2nd quarter valued at $29,000. Evelyn Partners Investment Management Services Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Littelfuse during the 2nd quarter valued at $33,000. Finally, Parkside Financial Bank & Trust boosted its position 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 during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.14% of the company’s stock.

Littelfuse Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ LFUS opened at $262.26 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.05, a current ratio of 4.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30. Littelfuse, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $142.10 and a fifty-two week high of $275.00. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $253.98 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $246.75. The firm has a market cap of $6.53 billion, a PE ratio of 49.95, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.08 and a beta of 1.43.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The technology company reported $2.95 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.75 by $0.20. The company had revenue of $624.64 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $623.70 million. Littelfuse had a return on equity of 9.89% and a net margin of 5.66%.The business’s revenue was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $2.71 EPS. Littelfuse has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.400-2.600 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 9.49 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Littelfuse Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 20th were given a dividend of $0.75 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, November 20th. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Littelfuse’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 57.14%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, SVP Deepak Nayar sold 4,454 shares of Littelfuse stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $259.07, for a total value of $1,153,897.78. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 6,009 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,556,751.63. This trade represents a 42.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Insiders sold 9,823 shares of company stock valued at $2,536,668 in the last three months. 2.50% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have commented on the company. Zacks Research cut Littelfuse from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note 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 Littelfuse from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $290.00 to $310.00 in a report on Friday, October 10th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Baird R W raised shares of Littelfuse from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 10th. One research 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. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Littelfuse presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $292.50.

View Our Latest Stock Analysis on Littelfuse

Littelfuse Company Profile

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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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