Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) Stock Rating Lowered by Wall Street Zen

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) was downgraded by equities researchers at Wall Street Zen from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note issued on Saturday.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Zacks Research lowered Littelfuse from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, October 2nd. Robert W. Baird upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $290.00 to $310.00 in a research report on Friday, October 10th. Baird R W upgraded Littelfuse from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 10th. Finally, Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research note 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. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $292.50.

Littelfuse Stock Up 0.2%

Littelfuse stock opened at $259.55 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $253.48 and its two-hundred day moving average is $244.35. The stock has a market cap of $6.46 billion, a PE ratio of 49.44, a P/E/G ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 1.43. Littelfuse 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 3.05.

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

Insider Transactions at Littelfuse

In other Littelfuse news, SVP Deepak Nayar sold 2,333 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $255.50, for a total transaction of $596,081.50. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 5,998 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,532,489. This trade represents a 28.00% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Company insiders own 2.50% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Littelfuse

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of LFUS. Allworth Financial LP boosted its position in Littelfuse by 314.0% during the third quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 207 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $54,000 after acquiring an additional 157 shares during the last quarter. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Littelfuse during the 3rd quarter worth $300,000. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 0.7% during the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 11,320 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,932,000 after purchasing an additional 81 shares during the last quarter. Danske Bank A S acquired a new stake in shares of Littelfuse during the third quarter worth $104,000. Finally, Advisory Services Network LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Littelfuse in the third quarter valued at $55,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.14% of the company’s stock.

Littelfuse Company 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.