Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) SVP Deepak Nayar Sells 3,036 Shares of Stock

Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) SVP Deepak Nayar sold 3,036 shares of Littelfuse stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $259.12, for a total value of $786,688.32. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 5,998 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,554,201.76. The trade was a 33.61% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link.

Deepak Nayar also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, December 5th, Deepak Nayar sold 4,454 shares of Littelfuse stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $259.07, for a total transaction of $1,153,897.78.
• On Wednesday, November 26th, Deepak Nayar sold 2,333 shares of Littelfuse stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $255.50, for a total transaction of $596,081.50.

Littelfuse Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:LFUS opened at $259.17 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $6.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 49.37, a P/E/G ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 1.43. Littelfuse, Inc. has a 1-year low of $142.10 and a 1-year high of $275.00. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $253.51 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $245.15. 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 data on Wednesday, October 29th. The technology company reported $2.95 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.75 by $0.20. Littelfuse had a net margin of 5.66% and a return on equity of 9.89%. The firm had revenue of $624.64 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $623.70 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.71 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. Littelfuse has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.400-2.600 EPS. Research analysts expect that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 9.49 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Littelfuse Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 20th were given a $0.75 dividend. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, November 20th. Littelfuse’s payout ratio is presently 57.14%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Littelfuse in the second quarter valued at $114,721,000. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. purchased a new position in shares of Littelfuse in the 1st quarter worth $43,574,000. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. increased its holdings in shares of 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 last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Littelfuse by 876.1% during the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 195,927 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $44,240,000 after buying an additional 175,854 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its position in shares of Littelfuse by 105.6% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 291,203 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $75,425,000 after buying an additional 149,570 shares in the last quarter. 96.14% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on LFUS. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Benchmark restated a “hold” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Baird R W raised shares of Littelfuse from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 10th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday. Finally, Zacks Research lowered shares of Littelfuse from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd. 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. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $292.50.

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.