Litchfield Hills Research Comments on Bel Fuse Q1 Earnings

Bel Fuse Inc. (NASDAQ:BELFB) – Equities researchers at Litchfield Hills Research issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Bel Fuse in a research report issued on Tuesday, February 25th. Litchfield Hills Research analyst T. O’neill forecasts that the electronics maker will post earnings of $1.00 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Bel Fuse’s current full-year earnings is $4.63 per share. Litchfield Hills Research also issued estimates for Bel Fuse’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.24 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.30 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.38 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $4.92 EPS.

Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFB) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The electronics maker reported ($0.14) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.96 by ($1.10). Bel Fuse had a return on equity of 12.37% and a net margin of 7.66%. The business had revenue of $149.86 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $126.41 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.29 earnings per share.

Several other brokerages have also recently issued reports on BELFB. Needham & Company LLC upped their price objective on Bel Fuse from $95.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 20th. Oppenheimer began coverage on Bel Fuse in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $105.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, StockNews.com cut Bel Fuse from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, February 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $100.00.

Bel Fuse Stock Up 0.4 %

Shares of BELFB opened at $83.34 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 1.28. Bel Fuse has a 1 year low of $50.29 and a 1 year high of $92.61. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $81.60 and its 200-day simple moving average is $77.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 2.92 and a quick ratio of 1.66.

Bel Fuse Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.07 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 15th. This represents a $0.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.34%. Bel Fuse’s payout ratio is presently 8.56%.

Institutional Trading of Bel Fuse

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of BELFB. Creative Planning increased its stake in Bel Fuse by 56.3% in the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 8,240 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $647,000 after purchasing an additional 2,968 shares during the period. Pinnacle Associates Ltd. increased its stake in Bel Fuse by 168.0% in the third quarter. Pinnacle Associates Ltd. now owns 36,680 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $2,880,000 after purchasing an additional 22,995 shares during the period. Roubaix Capital LLC increased its stake in Bel Fuse by 16.4% in the third quarter. Roubaix Capital LLC now owns 64,399 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $5,056,000 after purchasing an additional 9,069 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its stake in Bel Fuse by 2.6% in the third quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 41,059 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $3,224,000 after purchasing an additional 1,029 shares during the period. Finally, Summit Global Investments purchased a new stake in Bel Fuse in the third quarter worth $479,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 58.39% of the company’s stock.

Bel Fuse Company Profile

Bel Fuse Inc designs, manufactures, markets, and sells products that power, protect, and connect electronic circuits. The company’s products are used in the networking, telecommunications, computing, general industrial, high-speed data transmission, military, commercial aerospace, transportation, and e-Mobility industries.