Bel Fuse (BELFB) Competitors

Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFB) and Calix (NYSE:CALX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BELFB or CALX?

58.4% of Bel Fuse shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Calix shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Bel Fuse shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of Calix shares are held 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, BELFB or CALX?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bel Fuse	$534.79M	1.59	$40.96M	$3.27	20.78
Calix	$831.52M	2.96	-$29.75M	-$0.45	-81.97

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BELFB or CALX?

Calix received 95 more outperform votes than Bel Fuse when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.25% of users gave Bel Fuse an outperform vote while only 58.54% of users gave Calix an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bel Fuse	Outperform Votes 265 66.25%	Underperform Votes 135 33.75%
Calix	Outperform Votes 360 58.54%	Underperform Votes 255 41.46%

Does the media prefer BELFB or CALX?

In the previous week, Calix had 42 more articles in the media than Bel Fuse. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Calix and 9 mentions for Bel Fuse. Bel Fuse's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Calix's score of 0.70 indicating that Bel Fuse is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bel Fuse	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Calix	15 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, BELFB or CALX?

Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calix has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BELFB or CALX?

Bel Fuse currently has a consensus target price of $103.75, indicating a potential upside of 52.71%. Calix has a consensus target price of $45.29, indicating a potential upside of 22.77%. Given Bel Fuse's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bel Fuse is more favorable than Calix.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bel Fuse	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
Calix	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Is BELFB or CALX more profitable?

Bel Fuse has a net margin of 7.66% compared to Calix's net margin of -3.58%. Bel Fuse's return on equity of 12.37% beat Calix's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bel Fuse	7.66%	12.37%	6.66%
Calix	-3.58%	-3.43%	-2.82%

Summary

Bel Fuse beats Calix on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.