BELFA vs. BELFB, PI, LPL, COMM, SIMO, VIAV, NN, PL, SEDG, and KLIC
Should you be buying Bel Fuse stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bel Fuse include Bel Fuse (BELFB), Impinj (PI), LG Display (LPL), CommScope (COMM), Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), Viavi Solutions (VIAV), NextNav (NN), Planet Labs PBC (PL), SolarEdge Technologies (SEDG), and Kulicke and Soffa Industries (KLIC).
Bel Fuse vs. Its Competitors
Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFB) and Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFA) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
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's return on equity of 18.33% beat Bel Fuse's return on equity.
In the previous week, Bel Fuse had 6 more articles in the media than Bel Fuse. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Bel Fuse and 6 mentions for Bel Fuse. Bel Fuse's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Bel Fuse's score of 1.38 indicating that Bel Fuse is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bel Fuse currently has a consensus price target of $113.60, indicating a potential downside of 14.71%. Bel Fuse has a consensus price target of $115.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.96%. Given Bel Fuse's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bel Fuse is more favorable than Bel Fuse.
58.4% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.0% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Bel Fuse pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Bel Fuse pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Bel Fuse pays out 6.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bel Fuse pays out 6.2% 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. Bel Fuse is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BELFA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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:BELFA) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
