Financial Contrast: Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFA) & Heritage Media (OTCMKTS:OLVI)

Posted by ABMN Staff on Nov 24th, 2025

Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFA – Get Free Report) and Heritage Media (OTCMKTS:OLVI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Bel Fuse and Heritage Media’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bel Fuse	10.04%	21.84%	8.78%
Heritage Media	-17.13%	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heritage Media has a beta of -2.2, suggesting that its stock price is 320% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

6.0% of Bel Fuse shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Bel Fuse shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Bel Fuse and Heritage Media”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bel Fuse	$649.38 million	2.35	$40.96 million	$4.93	24.45
Heritage Media	$84.40 million	1.93	-$60.76 million	($0.03)	-8.44

Bel Fuse has higher revenue and earnings than Heritage Media. Heritage Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bel Fuse, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Bel Fuse and Heritage Media, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bel Fuse	0	1	1	1	3.00
Heritage Media	0	0	0	0	0.00

Bel Fuse presently has a consensus price target of $115.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.59%. Given Bel Fuse’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Bel Fuse is more favorable than Heritage Media.

Summary

Bel Fuse beats Heritage Media on 15 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bel Fuse

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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.

About Heritage Media