Westwood Holdings Group Inc. Sells 201,645 Shares of Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

Westwood Holdings Group Inc. reduced its holdings in Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) by 56.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 155,512 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 201,645 shares during the quarter. Westwood Holdings Group Inc.’s holdings in Littelfuse were worth $35,259,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Huntington National Bank raised its stake in Littelfuse by 264.7% during the second quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 124 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 90 shares during the last quarter. AlphaQuest LLC acquired a new position in shares of Littelfuse during the first quarter valued at about $29,000. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust increased its holdings in Littelfuse by 165.5% during the 2nd quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 231 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $52,000 after purchasing an additional 144 shares in the last quarter. BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. bought a new stake in Littelfuse during the second quarter worth $58,000. Finally, Advisors Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 42.0% in the first 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 last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.14% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts recently commented on LFUS shares. Benchmark reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Littelfuse from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, September 5th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Robert W. Baird raised shares of Littelfuse from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $290.00 to $310.00 in a report on Friday, October 10th. Finally, Baird R W upgraded shares of Littelfuse from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 10th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $292.50.

Littelfuse Trading Down 0.2%

Shares of LFUS opened at $240.68 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.98, a current ratio of 4.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 45.84, a PEG ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.50. Littelfuse, Inc. has a twelve month low of $142.10 and a twelve month high of $275.00. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $257.55 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $239.37.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The technology company reported $2.95 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 business had revenue of $624.64 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $623.70 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $2.71 EPS. Littelfuse’s quarterly revenue was up 10.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Littelfuse has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.400-2.600 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 9.49 EPS for the current year.

Littelfuse Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 20th will be given a $0.75 dividend. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 20th. Littelfuse’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 57.14%.

Insider Transactions at Littelfuse

In other Littelfuse news, VP Ryan K. Stafford sold 10,206 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 25th. The shares were 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 in the company, valued at $8,030,194.18. This trade represents a 24.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, SVP Alexander Conrad sold 13,210 shares of Littelfuse stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $261.43, for a total value of $3,453,490.30. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 3,427 shares in the company, valued at approximately $895,920.61. The trade was a 79.40% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders own 2.50% of the company’s stock.

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.