Reviewing Bel Fuse (BELFA) & Its Competitors

Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFA) is one of 68 public companies in the “ELEC PRODS – MISC” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Bel Fuse to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Risk & Volatility

Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bel Fuse’s peers have a beta of 0.82, meaning that their average share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bel Fuse	$558.94 million	$40.96 million	27.35
Bel Fuse Competitors	$3.72 billion	$270.32 million	6.87

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.

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	-157.71%	-96.39%	-8.84%

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 32.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Bel Fuse has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

6.0% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of shares of all “ELEC PRODS – MISC” companies are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of shares of all “ELEC PRODS – MISC” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bel Fuse	0	0	1	1	3.50
Bel Fuse Competitors	261	1568	2154	151	2.53

Bel Fuse currently has a consensus target price of $115.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.98%. As a group, “ELEC PRODS – MISC” companies have a potential upside of 0.73%. Given Bel Fuse’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bel Fuse is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

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

About Bel Fuse

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.