Boston Trust Walden Corp Has $62.72 Million Holdings in Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

Boston Trust Walden Corp lessened its holdings in Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) by 3.2% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 276,626 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 9,114 shares during the period. Boston Trust Walden Corp owned about 1.12% of Littelfuse worth $62,719,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in LFUS. First Horizon Advisors Inc. increased its stake in Littelfuse by 228.2% in the 1st quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 128 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 89 shares during the last quarter. AlphaQuest LLC purchased a new stake in Littelfuse in the 1st quarter valued at about $29,000. Advisors Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in 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 buying an additional 92 shares during the last quarter. Quarry LP purchased a new stake in Littelfuse in the 1st quarter valued at about $63,000. Finally, Fifth Third Bancorp increased its stake in 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 buying an additional 76 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.14% of the company’s stock.

Littelfuse Stock Up 1.9%

LFUS opened at $254.51 on Tuesday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $258.18 and a 200 day moving average of $224.85. The company has a market cap of $6.31 billion, a PE ratio of 53.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.02 and a beta of 1.45. 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 released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The technology company reported $2.85 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.35 by $0.50. The company had revenue of $613.41 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $571.04 million. Littelfuse had a net margin of 5.30% and a return on equity of 9.74%. Littelfuse’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.97 EPS. Littelfuse has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.650-2.850 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 9.49 EPS for the current year.

Littelfuse Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 21st were issued a $0.75 dividend. This is a boost from Littelfuse’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, August 21st. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. Littelfuse’s payout ratio is 62.50%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director T J. Chung sold 2,343 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $246.11, for a total value of $576,635.73. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly 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 filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Alexander Conrad sold 13,210 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $261.43, for a total transaction of $3,453,490.30. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 3,427 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $895,920.61. This trade represents a 79.40% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 25,759 shares of company stock valued at $6,697,362. Company insiders own 2.50% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have commented on LFUS. Robert W. Baird upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $290.00 to $310.00 in a research note on Friday. Zacks Research lowered shares of Littelfuse from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 2nd. Baird R W raised shares of Littelfuse from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Littelfuse from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, September 5th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. One 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. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $292.50.

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.