BELFB vs. BELFA, GDYN, IIIV, WEAV, YALA, RDWR, NVTS, OLO, KC, and HSTM
Should you be buying Bel Fuse stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bel Fuse include Bel Fuse (BELFA), Grid Dynamics (GDYN), i3 Verticals (IIIV), Weave Communications (WEAV), Yalla Group (YALA), Radware (RDWR), Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), OLO (OLO), Kingsoft Cloud (KC), and HealthStream (HSTM). 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 superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
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.
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 0.5%. 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.
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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bel Fuse's return on equity of 24.29% beat Bel Fuse's return on equity.
In the previous week, Bel Fuse had 25 more articles in the media than Bel Fuse. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Bel Fuse and 6 mentions for Bel Fuse. Bel Fuse's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Bel Fuse's score of 0.03 indicating that Bel Fuse is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 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 has a consensus target price of $65.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.85%. Given Bel Fuse's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bel Fuse is more favorable than Bel Fuse.
Summary
Bel Fuse beats Bel Fuse on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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