Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd Trims Stake in Littelfuse, Inc. $LFUS

Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd reduced its position in Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) by 78.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 118 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 427 shares during the period. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd’s holdings in Littelfuse were worth $27,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Teacher Retirement System of Texas lifted its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 80.5% in the 1st quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 5,023 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $988,000 after purchasing an additional 2,240 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 1.9% in the 1st quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 137,047 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $26,963,000 after purchasing an additional 2,571 shares during the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB lifted its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 39.5% in the 2nd quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 311,436 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $70,687,000 after purchasing an additional 88,151 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Littelfuse by 0.8% in the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 314,897 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $61,953,000 after purchasing an additional 2,362 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Advantage Alpha Capital Partners LP purchased a new stake in shares of Littelfuse in the 1st quarter valued at about $3,024,000. 96.14% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

LFUS has been the topic of several recent research reports. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Littelfuse in a research report on Saturday. Wall Street Zen upgraded Littelfuse from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, September 5th. Robert W. Baird upgraded Littelfuse from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $290.00 to $310.00 in a research report on Friday, October 10th. Baird R W upgraded Littelfuse from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 10th. Finally, Zacks Research cut Littelfuse from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $292.50.

Littelfuse Stock Performance

NASDAQ LFUS opened at $269.35 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 4.06, a quick ratio of 2.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30. The business’s 50 day moving average is $260.78 and its two-hundred day moving average is $230.94. Littelfuse, Inc. has a 12-month low of $142.10 and a 12-month high of $273.98. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 56.11, a PEG ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 1.45.

Littelfuse (NASDAQ:LFUS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The technology company reported $2.85 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.35 by $0.50. The business had revenue of $613.41 million for 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 company’s revenue was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.97 EPS. Littelfuse has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.650-2.850 EPS. Research analysts expect that Littelfuse, Inc. will post 9.49 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director T J. Chung sold 2,343 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 sale, the director owned 18,730 shares in the company, valued at $4,609,640.30. This represents a 11.12% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, SVP Alexander Conrad sold 13,210 shares of the company’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 value of $3,453,490.30. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 3,427 shares in the company, valued at approximately $895,920.61. This represents a 79.40% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 25,759 shares of company stock worth $6,697,362 in the last quarter. Company 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.