BELFA vs. LPL, SIMO, LUNR, VIAV, NN, KLIC, HIMX, COMM, SEDG, and PL
Should you be buying Bel Fuse stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bel Fuse include LG Display (LPL), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Intuitive Machines (LUNR), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), NextNav (NN), Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC), Himax Technologies (HIMX), CommScope (COMM), SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG), and Planet Labs PBC (PL). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Bel Fuse vs.
Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFA) and LG Display (NYSE:LPL) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Bel Fuse presently has a consensus price target of $115.00, indicating a potential upside of 75.91%. Given Bel Fuse's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bel Fuse is more favorable than LG Display.
Bel Fuse pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. LG Display pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Bel Fuse pays out 7.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LG Display pays out -10.1% 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 increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. LG Display is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
LG Display received 260 more outperform votes than Bel Fuse when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.80% of users gave Bel Fuse an outperform vote while only 56.04% of users gave LG Display an outperform vote.
6.0% of Bel Fuse shares are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Bel Fuse shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of LG Display shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, LG Display had 2 more articles in the media than Bel Fuse. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for LG Display and 1 mentions for Bel Fuse. Bel Fuse's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat LG Display's score of -0.39 indicating that Bel Fuse is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bel Fuse has a net margin of 7.66% compared to LG Display's net margin of -9.42%. Bel Fuse's return on equity of 18.61% beat LG Display's return on equity.
Bel Fuse has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LG Display. LG Display 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 beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LG Display has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bel Fuse beats LG Display on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BELFA) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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