Q1 Earnings Forecast for Bel Fuse Issued By Northland Capmk

Bel Fuse Inc. (NASDAQ:BELFB) – Equities researchers at Northland Capmk issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Bel Fuse in a report issued on Thursday, February 20th. Northland Capmk analyst B. Brooks expects that the electronics maker will earn $0.87 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Bel Fuse’s current full-year earnings is $5.65 per share. Northland Capmk also issued estimates for Bel Fuse’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.47 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.32 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.03 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $4.69 EPS.

Several other analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Needham & Company LLC upped their price objective on Bel Fuse from $95.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. StockNews.com lowered Bel Fuse from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Finally, Oppenheimer started coverage on shares of Bel Fuse in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $105.00 price objective for the company. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $100.00.

Bel Fuse Stock Performance

Shares of BELFB stock opened at $84.68 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.90, a PEG ratio of 1.00 and a beta of 1.28. Bel Fuse has a one year low of $49.45 and a one year high of $92.61. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $81.77 and its 200-day simple moving average is $77.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, a quick ratio of 2.71 and a current ratio of 2.92.

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

Bel Fuse Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 1st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 15th will be given a dividend of $0.07 per share. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 15th. Bel Fuse’s payout ratio is 8.56%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Bel Fuse

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in BELFB. Janus Henderson Group PLC grew its holdings in Bel Fuse by 55.4% in the 4th quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 398,123 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $32,821,000 after buying an additional 141,951 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. boosted its position in Bel Fuse by 10.6% during the 4th quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 351,755 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $29,009,000 after acquiring an additional 33,768 shares during the period. Advisory Research Inc. grew its stake in shares of Bel Fuse by 27.4% in the fourth quarter. Advisory Research Inc. now owns 313,446 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $25,850,000 after purchasing an additional 67,460 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Bel Fuse by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 292,020 shares of the electronics maker’s stock valued at $24,088,000 after purchasing an additional 2,722 shares during the period. Finally, Portolan Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Bel Fuse by 72.5% during the fourth quarter. Portolan Capital Management LLC now owns 208,470 shares of the electronics maker’s stock valued at $17,193,000 after purchasing an additional 87,612 shares in the last quarter. 58.39% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Bel Fuse

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.