UMB Bank n.a. Sells 109 Shares of Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

UMB Bank n.a. trimmed its stake in shares of Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) by 26.6% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 301 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 109 shares during the quarter. UMB Bank n.a.’s holdings in Littelfuse were worth $68,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of LFUS. First Horizon Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in Littelfuse by 228.2% in the 1st quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 128 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 89 shares during the period. AlphaQuest LLC purchased a new position in shares of Littelfuse in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Advisors Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Littelfuse by 42.0% in the 1st quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 311 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $61,000 after purchasing an additional 92 shares during the period. Quarry LP purchased a new position in shares of Littelfuse in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $63,000. Finally, Fifth Third Bancorp lifted its stake in shares of Littelfuse by 30.5% in the 1st quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 325 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $64,000 after purchasing an additional 76 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.14% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Littelfuse news, Director T J. Chung sold 2,343 shares of Littelfuse stock in a transaction on Monday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $246.11, for a total value of $576,635.73. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 18,730 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,609,640.30. This trade represents a 11.12% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, VP Ryan K. Stafford sold 10,206 shares of Littelfuse stock in a transaction on Monday, August 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $261.34, for a total value of $2,667,236.04. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president directly owned 30,727 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,030,194.18. The trade was a 24.93% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 25,759 shares of company stock valued at $6,697,362. Corporate insiders own 2.50% of the company’s stock.

Littelfuse Stock Down 0.9%

Shares of NASDAQ:LFUS opened at $257.75 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $254.11 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $220.77. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 53.70, a PEG ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 1.44. Littelfuse, Inc. has a 12-month low of $142.10 and a 12-month high of $271.81. The company has a current ratio of 4.06, a quick ratio of 2.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The technology company reported $2.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.35 by $0.50. The business had revenue of $613.41 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $571.04 million. Littelfuse had a return on equity of 9.74% and a net margin of 5.30%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.97 earnings per share. Littelfuse has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.650-2.850 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 9.49 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 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 21st were issued a $0.75 dividend. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, August 21st. This is a positive change from Littelfuse’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. Littelfuse’s dividend payout ratio is 62.50%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

LFUS has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Zacks Research upgraded Littelfuse from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 3rd. Wall Street Zen upgraded Littelfuse from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, September 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $234.50.

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.