BELFB vs. EXTR, CALX, INFN, HLIT, DGII, VSAT, NTGR, RBBN, ADTN, and AVNW
Should you be buying Bel Fuse stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bel Fuse include Extreme Networks (EXTR), Calix (CALX), Infinera (INFN), Harmonic (HLIT), Digi International (DGII), Viasat (VSAT), NETGEAR (NTGR), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), ADTRAN (ADTN), and Aviat Networks (AVNW). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.
Bel Fuse vs.
Extreme Networks (NASDAQ:EXTR) and Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Bel Fuse has a net margin of 10.44% compared to Extreme Networks' net margin of -12.11%. Bel Fuse's return on equity of 17.97% beat Extreme Networks' return on equity.
Bel Fuse has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Extreme Networks. Extreme Networks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bel Fuse, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Extreme Networks has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Extreme Networks presently has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.10%. Bel Fuse has a consensus target price of $98.33, indicating a potential upside of 17.37%. Given Bel Fuse's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bel Fuse is more favorable than Extreme Networks.
91.1% of Extreme Networks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of Bel Fuse shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Extreme Networks shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Bel Fuse shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Extreme Networks received 207 more outperform votes than Bel Fuse when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.64% of users gave Extreme Networks an outperform vote while only 66.08% of users gave Bel Fuse an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Bel Fuse had 1 more articles in the media than Extreme Networks. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Bel Fuse and 6 mentions for Extreme Networks. Bel Fuse's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Extreme Networks' score of 0.45 indicating that Bel Fuse is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Bel Fuse beats Extreme Networks on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BELFB) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
