Creative Planning Buys 8,045 Shares of Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

Creative Planning increased its position in Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) by 113.9% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 15,110 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 8,045 shares during the quarter. Creative Planning’s holdings in Littelfuse were worth $3,426,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. purchased a new stake in shares of Littelfuse in the first quarter worth $43,574,000. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. boosted its holdings 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 worth $121,628,000 after buying an additional 176,243 shares during the period. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC increased its stake in Littelfuse by 97.8% in the 1st quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 216,208 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $42,537,000 after buying an additional 106,912 shares in the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB raised its holdings in Littelfuse by 39.5% during the second quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 311,436 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $70,687,000 after acquiring an additional 88,151 shares during the period. Finally, Copeland Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Littelfuse by 31.3% during the second quarter. Copeland Capital Management LLC now owns 333,199 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $75,546,000 after acquiring an additional 79,507 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 96.14% of the company’s stock.

Littelfuse Stock Up 2.7%

Shares of NASDAQ:LFUS opened at $241.20 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.01 billion, a PE ratio of 45.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.50. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $254.86 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $241.46. Littelfuse, Inc. has a 1 year low of $142.10 and a 1 year high of $275.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a current ratio of 4.00 and a quick ratio of 2.98.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The technology company reported $2.95 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.75 by $0.20. The firm had revenue of $624.64 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $623.70 million. Littelfuse had a net margin of 5.66% and a return on equity of 9.89%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $2.71 earnings per share. Littelfuse has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.400-2.600 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict 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. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 20th. Littelfuse’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 57.14%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts recently issued reports on the company. Wall Street Zen raised Littelfuse from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, September 5th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Baird R W upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 10th. Benchmark restated a “hold” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Robert W. Baird raised shares of Littelfuse from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their target price for the company from $290.00 to $310.00 in a research note on Friday, October 10th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Littelfuse currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $292.50.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Littelfuse news, 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 transaction, the vice president directly owned 30,727 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,030,194.18. The trade was a 24.93% 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 the SEC website. Also, SVP Alexander Conrad sold 13,210 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $261.43, for a total value of $3,453,490.30. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 3,427 shares in the company, valued at approximately $895,920.61. This trade represents a 79.40% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Company insiders own 2.50% of the company’s stock.

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.