Is Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) a good investment?
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Thus, we’re going to discuss the newest info for Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS).
What does the smart money think about Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS)?
At the end of the second quarter, a total of 16 of the hedge funds we track held long positions in this stock, a change of 14% from the first quarter. With hedge funds’ capital changing hands, there exists an “upper tier” of key hedge fund managers who were increasing their holdings substantially.
As industrywide interest increased, specific money managers were leading the bulls’ herd. Royce & Associates, managed by Chuck Royce, initiated the most valuable position in Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS). Royce & Associates had 157.9 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. John W. Rogers’s Ariel Investments also initiated a $77.8 million position during the quarter. The other funds with brand new LFUS positions are Jim Simons’s Renaissance Technologies, Mario Gabelli’s GAMCO Investors, and Ken Fisher’s Fisher Asset Management.
Insider trading activity in Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS)
Bullish insider trading is best served when the company we’re looking at has seen transactions within the past 180 days. Over the last six-month time period, Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) has seen zero unique insiders purchasing, and zero insider sales (see the details of insider trades here).
We’ll also examine the relationship between both of these indicators in other stocks similar to Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS). These stocks are EnerSys (NYSE:ENS), GrafTech International Ltd (NYSE:GTI), General Cable Corporation (NYSE:BGC), OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIS), and Franklin Electric Co. (NASDAQ:FELE). This group of stocks are the members of the industrial electrical equipment industry and their market caps resemble LFUS’s market cap.
