Federated Hermes Inc. Sells 43,245 Shares of Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

Federated Hermes Inc. lessened its stake in Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) by 18.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 186,215 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 43,245 shares during the period. Federated Hermes Inc. owned 0.75% of Littelfuse worth $42,221,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Huntington National Bank grew its stake in Littelfuse by 264.7% in the 2nd quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 124 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 90 shares in the last quarter. AlphaQuest LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Littelfuse in the first quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Traub Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Littelfuse in the second quarter worth approximately $29,000. Evelyn Partners Investment Management Services Ltd purchased a new position in Littelfuse during the 2nd quarter worth $33,000. Finally, Parkside Financial Bank & Trust raised its position in Littelfuse by 165.5% during the 2nd quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 231 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $52,000 after purchasing an additional 144 shares in the last quarter. 96.14% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

LFUS has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Wall Street Zen downgraded Littelfuse from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday. Baird R W upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 10th. Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Zacks Research lowered shares of Littelfuse from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, October 2nd. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $292.50.

Insider Buying and Selling at Littelfuse

In related news, SVP Deepak Nayar sold 4,454 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $259.07, for a total value of $1,153,897.78. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 6,009 shares in the company, valued at $1,556,751.63. This trade represents a 42.57% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Insiders have sold 9,823 shares of company stock worth $2,536,668 over the last 90 days. 2.50% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Littelfuse Price Performance

Shares of LFUS opened at $259.17 on Tuesday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $253.51 and a two-hundred day moving average of $245.15. The company has a quick ratio of 3.05, a current ratio of 4.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30. Littelfuse, Inc. has a twelve month low of $142.10 and a twelve month high of $275.00. The company has a market cap of $6.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 1.43.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 29th. The technology company reported $2.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.75 by $0.20. Littelfuse had a return on equity of 9.89% and a net margin of 5.66%.The firm had revenue of $624.64 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $623.70 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $2.71 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. Littelfuse has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.400-2.600 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 9.49 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Littelfuse Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 20th were issued a $0.75 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, November 20th. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Littelfuse’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 57.14%.

About Littelfuse

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.