BELFB vs. BELFA, CALX, EXTR, VSAT, DGII, HLIT, NTGR, ADTN, RBBN, and AVNW
Should you be buying Bel Fuse stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bel Fuse include Bel Fuse (BELFA), Calix (CALX), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Viasat (VSAT), Digi International (DGII), Harmonic (HLIT), NETGEAR (NTGR), ADTRAN (ADTN), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), and Aviat Networks (AVNW).
Bel Fuse vs. Its Competitors
Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFA) and Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFB) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
6.0% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Bel Fuse 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bel Fuse pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Bel Fuse pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Bel Fuse pays out 7.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bel Fuse pays out 8.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Bel Fuse has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bel Fuse is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bel Fuse, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Bel Fuse had 1 more articles in the media than Bel Fuse. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Bel Fuse and 3 mentions for Bel Fuse. Bel Fuse's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Bel Fuse's score of 0.69 indicating that Bel Fuse is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bel Fuse's return on equity of 18.47% beat Bel Fuse's return on equity.
Bel Fuse presently has a consensus price target of $115.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.70%. Bel Fuse has a consensus price target of $106.60, suggesting a potential upside of 5.21%. Given Bel Fuse's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bel Fuse is more favorable than Bel Fuse.
Summary
Bel Fuse beats Bel Fuse on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:BELFB) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
