Inspire Investing LLC Takes $1.64 Million Position in Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

Inspire Investing LLC bought a new stake in Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 4,833 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,640,000.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of LFUS. Key Capital Management INC purchased a new stake in Littelfuse during the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Littelfuse in the 4th quarter worth $27,000. V Square Quantitative Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Littelfuse in the 4th quarter worth $30,000. Quarry LP bought a new stake in shares of Littelfuse in the 3rd quarter worth about $36,000. Finally, Prosperity Bancshares Inc purchased a new stake in shares of Littelfuse during the 4th quarter valued at about $36,000. Institutional investors own 96.14% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently commented on LFUS. Robert W. Baird increased their price target on shares of Littelfuse from $500.00 to $535.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, June 5th. Oppenheimer raised their price objective on Littelfuse from $430.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Williams Trading set a $520.00 target price on Littelfuse in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Weiss Ratings lowered Littelfuse from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Monday, April 13th. Finally, Zacks Research raised shares of Littelfuse from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Littelfuse currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $465.83.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, SVP Maggie Chu sold 11,397 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $435.48, for a total value of $4,963,165.56. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 6,001 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,613,315.48. This trade represents a 65.51% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Anthony Grillo sold 3,000 shares of Littelfuse stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $451.96, for a total transaction of $1,355,880.00. Following the sale, the director owned 64,928 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $29,344,858.88. The trade was a 4.42% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 15,494 shares of company stock valued at $6,750,834 over the last three months. Insiders own 1.00% of the company’s stock.

Littelfuse Trading Up 1.4%

LFUS opened at $455.33 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a quick ratio of 1.82 and a current ratio of 2.61. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $450.31 and its 200-day moving average price is $365.35. Littelfuse, Inc. has a one year low of $222.62 and a one year high of $500.57. The stock has a market cap of $11.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -269.42, a P/E/G ratio of 2.52 and a beta of 1.48.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 6th. The technology company reported $3.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.83 by $0.48. Littelfuse had a positive return on equity of 11.62% and a negative net margin of 1.61%.The company had revenue of $656.97 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $638.98 million. Littelfuse’s revenue was up 18.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.19 EPS. Littelfuse has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.650-3.850 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 14.86 EPS for the current year.

Littelfuse Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 21st were given a dividend of $0.75 per share. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, May 21st. Littelfuse’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -177.51%.

Littelfuse Company Profile

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.

The company’s product portfolio is organized into key segments such as Automotive, Industrial & Electronics, and Power & Sensor.