Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC Boosts Stake in Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC grew its holdings in Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) by 5.8% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 222,178 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 12,148 shares during the period. Littelfuse accounts for approximately 0.7% of Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 18th largest holding. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC’s holdings in Littelfuse were worth $50,374,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the business. Huntington National Bank raised its holdings in Littelfuse by 264.7% in the 2nd quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 124 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 90 shares during the period. AlphaQuest LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Littelfuse during the first quarter valued at about $29,000. Traub Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Littelfuse in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Evelyn Partners Investment Management Services Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Littelfuse in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $33,000. Finally, Parkside Financial Bank & Trust boosted its position in shares of 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 during the period. 96.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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

Littelfuse Trading Up 2.7%

NASDAQ:LFUS opened at $241.20 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $254.86 and a 200 day moving average price of $241.10. The company has a current ratio of 4.00, a quick ratio of 2.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30. Littelfuse, Inc. has a 12-month low of $142.10 and a 12-month high of $275.00. The firm has a market cap of $6.01 billion, a PE ratio of 45.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.50.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The technology company reported $2.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.75 by $0.20. The company had revenue of $624.64 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $623.70 million. Littelfuse had a return on equity of 9.89% and a net margin of 5.66%.Littelfuse’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $2.71 EPS. Littelfuse has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.400-2.600 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate 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 will be paid on Thursday, December 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 20th will be paid a $0.75 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 20th. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. Littelfuse’s payout ratio is currently 57.14%.

Insider Activity at Littelfuse

In other news, SVP Alexander Conrad sold 13,210 shares of Littelfuse stock in a transaction on Monday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $261.43, for a total transaction of $3,453,490.30. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 3,427 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $895,920.61. The trade was a 79.40% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, VP Ryan K. Stafford sold 10,206 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $261.34, for a total transaction of $2,667,236.04. Following the transaction, the vice president 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 is available in the SEC filing. 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.