BELFB vs. CALX, EXTR, INFN, 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 Calix (CALX), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Infinera (INFN), Viasat (VSAT), Digi International (DGII), Harmonic (HLIT), NETGEAR (NTGR), ADTRAN (ADTN), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), and Aviat Networks (AVNW). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.
Bel Fuse vs.
Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFB) and Calix (NYSE:CALX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Bel Fuse has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Calix. Calix 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 net margin of 7.66% compared to Calix's net margin of -3.58%. Bel Fuse's return on equity of 12.37% beat Calix's return on equity.
Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Calix has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bel Fuse currently has a consensus price target of $102.50, suggesting a potential upside of 39.78%. Calix has a consensus price target of $47.83, suggesting a potential upside of 1.77%. Given Bel Fuse's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bel Fuse is more favorable than Calix.
In the previous week, Calix had 5 more articles in the media than Bel Fuse. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Calix and 12 mentions for Bel Fuse. Calix's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Bel Fuse's score of 1.25 indicating that Calix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Calix received 95 more outperform votes than Bel Fuse when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.33% of users gave Bel Fuse an outperform vote while only 58.60% of users gave Calix an outperform vote.
58.4% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Calix shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of Calix shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Bel Fuse beats Calix on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:BELFB) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
