Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) Cut to “Buy” at Wall Street Zen

21 Jan 2026, 06:16 by Tristan Rich · The Markets Daily

Wall Street Zen cut shares of Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS – Free Report) from a strong-buy rating to a buy rating in a research report released on Sunday morning.

LFUS has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Baird R W upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Robert W. Baird upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $290.00 to $310.00 in a report on Friday, October 10th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Oppenheimer raised their price target on shares of Littelfuse from $325.00 to $360.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday. Finally, Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a report on Thursday, October 30th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $335.00.

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Littelfuse Stock Performance

Shares of LFUS opened at $286.47 on Friday. Littelfuse has a one year low of $142.10 and a one year high of $303.88. The company has a market cap of $7.13 billion, a PE ratio of 54.57, a P/E/G ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 1.43. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $260.46 and a 200-day moving average of $255.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a current ratio of 4.00 and a quick ratio of 3.05.

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

Littelfuse Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 20th were given a dividend of $0.75 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, November 20th. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. Littelfuse’s dividend payout ratio is presently 57.14%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Littelfuse news, SVP Peter Sung-Jip Kim sold 2,049 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $270.02, for a total value of $553,270.98. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 10,175 shares in the company, valued at $2,747,453.50. The trade was a 16.76% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, VP Ryan K. Stafford sold 2,162 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $268.31, for a total transaction of $580,086.22. Following the sale, the vice president owned 28,591 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,671,251.21. The trade was a 7.03% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 14,034 shares of company stock valued at $3,670,025. Company insiders own 2.50% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Littelfuse

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Littelfuse during the 2nd quarter valued at $114,721,000. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Littelfuse by 876.1% during the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 195,927 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $44,240,000 after purchasing an additional 175,854 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in Littelfuse by 105.6% during the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 291,203 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $75,425,000 after purchasing an additional 149,570 shares during the last quarter. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC boosted its position in Littelfuse by 32.1% during the third quarter. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC now owns 612,016 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $158,518,000 after purchasing an additional 148,586 shares during the period. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Littelfuse by 4.4% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,925,048 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $757,617,000 after purchasing an additional 122,392 shares during the period. 96.14% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Littelfuse

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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.