Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) Given Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) has been given a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” by the six ratings firms that are covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $465.8333.

A number of analysts have weighed in on LFUS shares. Zacks Research cut Littelfuse from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, July 13th. Robert W. Baird increased their target price on shares of Littelfuse from $500.00 to $535.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, June 5th. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th.

Littelfuse Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:LFUS opened at $407.88 on Tuesday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $422.40 and its 200 day moving average price is $412.96. Littelfuse has a 12 month low of $233.36 and a 12 month high of $500.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 2.76 and a quick ratio of 2.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.36 billion, a P/E ratio of -815.74, a P/E/G ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.47.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The technology company reported $4.19 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.78 by $0.41. The business had revenue of $738.78 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $703.38 million. Littelfuse had a positive return on equity of 13.02% and a negative net margin of 0.31%.The business’s revenue was up 20.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.30 earnings per share. Littelfuse has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 4.850-5.050 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Littelfuse will post 15.78 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Littelfuse Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, August 20th were given a dividend of $0.80 per share. This represents a $3.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.8%. This is a boost from Littelfuse’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.75. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 20th. Littelfuse’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -640.00%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Littelfuse

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in LFUS. Caitlin John LLC bought a new stake in shares of Littelfuse in the second quarter worth $33,000. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. acquired a new position in Littelfuse during the 2nd quarter valued at about $51,000. IFP Advisors Inc raised its holdings in Littelfuse by 292.1% during the fourth quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 149 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 111 shares in the last quarter. NBH Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Littelfuse in the second quarter valued at $78,000. Finally, Cassaday & Co Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Littelfuse during the 1st quarter valued at about $68,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.14% of the company’s stock.

About Littelfuse

Littelfuse, Inc (NASDAQ: LFUS) is an industrial technology company that develops and manufactures products designed to protect, control and sense electrical energy. Its portfolio includes circuit protection devices such as fuses and resettable protection products, as well as power semiconductor components, switches, relays, sensors and related power-control technologies.

The company serves customers across the automotive, industrial, commercial, consumer electronics, telecommunications, energy and transportation markets.