BELFA vs. BELFB, RDWR, MOMO, KIND, KC, RSKD, TTGT, BLDP, IMOS, and QNST
Should you be buying Bel Fuse stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bel Fuse include Bel Fuse (BELFB), Radware (RDWR), Hello Group (MOMO), Nextdoor (KIND), Kingsoft Cloud (KC), Riskified (RSKD), TechTarget (TTGT), Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (IMOS), and QuinStreet (QNST). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFA) and Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFB) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
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 2 mentions for Bel Fuse and 1 mentions for Bel Fuse. Bel Fuse's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Bel Fuse's score of 0.94 indicating that Bel Fuse is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
6.0% of Bel Fuse shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of Bel Fuse shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Bel Fuse shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Bel Fuse 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.
Bel Fuse has a consensus price target of $65.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.60%. Given Bel Fuse's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bel Fuse is more favorable than Bel Fuse.
Bel Fuse received 110 more outperform votes than Bel Fuse when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.14% of users gave Bel Fuse an outperform vote while only 65.35% of users gave Bel Fuse an outperform vote.
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 0.4%. Bel Fuse pays out 4.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bel Fuse pays out 4.7% 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 a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bel Fuse's return on equity of 24.29% beat Bel Fuse's return on equity.
Summary
Bel Fuse beats Bel Fuse on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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