PLT vs. BELFB, DGII, HLIT, NTGR, ADTN, RBBN, AVNW, KVHI, CMTL, and AWRE
Should you be buying Plantronics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plantronics include Bel Fuse (BELFB), Digi International (DGII), Harmonic (HLIT), NETGEAR (NTGR), ADTRAN (ADTN), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), Aviat Networks (AVNW), KVH Industries (KVHI), Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL), and Aware (AWRE). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.
Plantronics vs. Its Competitors
Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFB) and Plantronics (NYSE:PLT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plantronics has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bel Fuse has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Plantronics. Plantronics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bel Fuse, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
58.4% of Bel Fuse shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Plantronics shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Bel Fuse shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Plantronics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bel Fuse has a net margin of 8.59% compared to Plantronics' net margin of -3.32%. Bel Fuse's return on equity of 14.12% beat Plantronics' return on equity.
Bel Fuse currently has a consensus target price of $126.80, suggesting a potential downside of 10.53%. Given Bel Fuse's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bel Fuse is more favorable than Plantronics.
In the previous week, Bel Fuse had 5 more articles in the media than Plantronics. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Bel Fuse and 1 mentions for Plantronics. Bel Fuse's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Plantronics' score of 0.00 indicating that Bel Fuse is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bel Fuse pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Plantronics pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Bel Fuse pays out 6.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Plantronics pays out 18.9% 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.
Summary
Bel Fuse beats Plantronics on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PLT) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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