Brown Advisory Inc. Has $60.50 Million Stock Holdings in Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

Brown Advisory Inc. decreased its holdings in shares of Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) by 23.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 266,841 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 83,902 shares during the period. Brown Advisory Inc.’s holdings in Littelfuse were worth $60,501,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in LFUS. Neuberger Berman Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 2.6% during the 2nd quarter. Neuberger Berman Group LLC now owns 1,068,927 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $242,358,000 after buying an additional 26,824 shares in the last quarter. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. lifted its position in shares of Littelfuse by 39.9% during the 1st quarter. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. now owns 618,215 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $121,628,000 after acquiring an additional 176,243 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new position in Littelfuse during the second quarter worth $114,721,000. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Littelfuse by 0.3% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 461,098 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $104,561,000 after purchasing an additional 1,438 shares during the period. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. increased its stake in Littelfuse by 23.6% in the second quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 346,527 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $78,569,000 after purchasing an additional 66,267 shares in the last quarter. 96.14% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on LFUS shares. Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Robert W. Baird upgraded Littelfuse from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $290.00 to $310.00 in a report on Friday, October 10th. Zacks Research downgraded Littelfuse from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, October 2nd. Baird R W raised Littelfuse from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 10th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued 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 issued a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $292.50.

Littelfuse Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of NASDAQ:LFUS opened at $259.55 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $253.48 and its 200 day moving average is $244.35. Littelfuse, Inc. has a 12-month low of $142.10 and a 12-month high of $275.00. The stock has a market cap of $6.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.44, a PEG ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 1.43. 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 (NASDAQ:LFUS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 29th. The technology company reported $2.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.75 by $0.20. The business had revenue of $624.64 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $623.70 million. Littelfuse had a return on equity of 9.89% and a net margin of 5.66%.The business’s revenue was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.71 EPS. Littelfuse has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.400-2.600 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 9.49 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Littelfuse Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 20th were issued a dividend of $0.75 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, November 20th. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. Littelfuse’s payout ratio is 57.14%.

Insider Transactions at Littelfuse

In other Littelfuse news, SVP Deepak Nayar sold 2,333 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $255.50, for a total value of $596,081.50. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 5,998 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,532,489. This trade represents a 28.00% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 2.50% of the company’s stock.

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.