Financial Review: Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFB) versus Dragonfly Energy (NASDAQ:DFLI)

Dragonfly Energy (NASDAQ:DFLI) and Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFB) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dragonfly Energy	-119.29%	N/A	-54.72%
Bel Fuse	9.11%	14.80%	6.40%

Volatility & Risk

Dragonfly Energy has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Dragonfly Energy and Bel Fuse”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dragonfly Energy	$58.63 million	0.41	-$69.94 million	($32.02)	-0.06
Bel Fuse	$675.46 million	4.41	$61.54 million	$4.91	47.97

Bel Fuse has higher revenue and earnings than Dragonfly Energy. Dragonfly Energy 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 Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dragonfly Energy	2	0	1	1	2.25
Bel Fuse	0	2	4	0	2.67

Dragonfly Energy presently has a consensus target price of $3.25, suggesting a potential upside of 63.32%. Bel Fuse has a consensus target price of $216.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.08%. Given Dragonfly Energy’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dragonfly Energy is more favorable than Bel Fuse.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

8.2% of Dragonfly Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Dragonfly Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Bel Fuse beats Dragonfly Energy on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Dragonfly Energy

Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp. engages in the manufacturing and sale of deep cycle lithium-ion batteries for recreational vehicles, marine vessels, solar and off-grid residence industries, and industrial and energy storage markets. The company provides lithium power systems comprising solar panels, chargers and inverters, system monitoring, alternator regulators, accessories, and others. It also offers battery management systems for monitoring and controlling of battery systems and to protect battery cells from damage in various scenarios. The company provides its products under the Dragonfly Energy, Battle Born, and Wakespeed brand names. Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp. is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.

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.