Bel Fuse (BELFA) & The Competition Head-To-Head Comparison

Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFA) is one of 69 publicly-traded companies in the “ELEC PRODS – MISC” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Bel Fuse to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Dividends

Bel Fuse pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Bel Fuse pays out 7.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “ELEC PRODS – MISC” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.2% and pay out 31.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Bel Fuse has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Profitability

This table compares Bel Fuse and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bel Fuse	7.69%	18.47%	8.87%
Bel Fuse Competitors	-154.13%	-93.81%	-8.45%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Bel Fuse and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bel Fuse	$534.79 million	$40.96 million	26.05
Bel Fuse Competitors	$3.67 billion	$266.04 million	2.57

Bel Fuse’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Bel Fuse. Bel Fuse is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

6.0% of Bel Fuse shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.2% of shares of all “ELEC PRODS – MISC” companies are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Bel Fuse shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of shares of all “ELEC PRODS – MISC” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bel Fuse’s peers have a beta of 0.80, meaning that their average share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Bel Fuse and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bel Fuse	0	0	1	1	3.50
Bel Fuse Competitors	261	1575	2153	155	2.53

Bel Fuse currently has a consensus target price of $115.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.44%. As a group, “ELEC PRODS – MISC” companies have a potential upside of 4.70%. Given Bel Fuse’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bel Fuse is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

Bel Fuse beats its peers on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

Bel Fuse Company Profile

Bel Fuse Inc. designs, manufactures, markets, and sells products that power, protect, and connect electronic circuits. The company's products are used in the networking, telecommunications, computing, general industrial, high-speed data transmission, military, commercial aerospace, transportation, and e-Mobility industries. It provides power solutions and protection products, including front-end power supplies, board-mount power products, industrial and transportation power products, external power products, and circuit protection products. The company also offers connectivity solutions, such as expanded beam fiber optic connectors, cable assemblies, and active optical devices; copper-based connectors/cable assemblies; radio frequency connectors, cable assemblies, microwave devices, and low loss cables; and ethernet, I/O, and industrial and power connectivity products. In addition, it provides magnetic solutions comprising integrated connector modules, power transformers, SMD power inductors and SMPS transformers, and ethernet discrete components. The company sells its products through direct strategic account managers, regional sales managers working with independent sales representative organizations, and authorized distributors in the United States, the People's Republic of China, Macao, the United Kingdom, Slovakia, Germany, India, Switzerland, and internationally. Bel Fuse Inc. was incorporated in 1949 and is headquartered in West Orange, New Jersey.