BELFB vs. CALX, EXTR, 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 Calix (CALX), Extreme Networks (EXTR), 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.
Calix (NYSE:CALX) 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 valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking and risk.
Bel Fuse has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Calix received 97 more outperform votes than Bel Fuse when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.99% of users gave Bel Fuse an outperform vote while only 58.72% of users gave Calix an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Calix had 1 more articles in the media than Bel Fuse. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Calix and 4 mentions for Bel Fuse. Bel Fuse's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Calix's score of 0.78 indicating that Bel Fuse is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Calix has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Calix presently has a consensus price target of $42.50, suggesting a potential upside of 39.66%. Bel Fuse has a consensus price target of $95.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.11%. Given Calix's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Calix is more favorable than Bel Fuse.
Bel Fuse has a net margin of 10.44% compared to Calix's net margin of -1.79%. Bel Fuse's return on equity of 17.97% beat Calix's return on equity.
98.1% of Calix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of Bel Fuse shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of Calix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Bel Fuse shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Bel Fuse beats Calix on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BELFB) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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