BELFB vs. CALX, EXTR, INFN, HLIT, DGII, VSAT, ADTN, NTGR, RBBN, 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), ADTRAN (ADTN), NETGEAR (NTGR), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), and Aviat Networks (AVNW). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.
Bel Fuse vs.
Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFB) and Calix (NYSE:CALX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
In the previous week, Bel Fuse and Bel Fuse both had 3 articles in the media. Calix's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Bel Fuse's score of 0.73 indicating that Calix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bel Fuse presently has a consensus price target of $98.33, indicating a potential upside of 22.93%. Calix has a consensus price target of $42.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.06%. Given Bel Fuse's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bel Fuse is more favorable than Calix.
Calix received 96 more outperform votes than Bel Fuse when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.08% of users gave Bel Fuse an outperform vote while only 58.72% of users gave Calix an outperform vote.
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.
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.
Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calix has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of Calix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Bel Fuse beats Calix on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BELFB) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
