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Bel Fuse Inc. BELFB
$257.94 +2.32% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $3.12B
Low risk
Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 64.5× trailing earnings, higher than 90% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 6 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +20.6%).
- Over the past year the stock returned +81.0%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 65.9 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth52Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 24%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 35%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 27%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 33%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 40%
Quality67Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 30%
- Gross marginBottom 36%
- Operating marginTop 21%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 36%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 21%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 18%
- Interest coverTop 28%
Value47Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 45%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 46%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 38%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 48%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 16%
Momentum69Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 15%
- 6-month returnTop 50%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 18%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 37%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 44%
Revisions93Exceptional
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 26%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 32%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 5%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 43%
Stability85Strong
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 36%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 4%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 44%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 18%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 25.5% | 25.3% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 19.8% | -0.7% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 37.8% | 39.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 12.1% | 16.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 8.1% | 9.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 25.3% | 25.5% | ↓ | Top 24% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -0.7% | 19.8% | ↓ | Bottom 35% |
| Gross margin | 39.5% | 37.8% | ↑ | Bottom 36% |
| Operating margin | 16.4% | 12.1% | ↑ | Top 21% |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 8.6% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 9.9% | 8.1% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 9.2% | — | Top 30% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 1.1% | — | Bottom 33% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.38×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -1.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +5.0 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -2.09×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 11.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.11%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -14.14%
- Shareholder yield
- -14.03%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +8.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +2.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 6
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +20.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $311.33
- Target vs current price
- +20.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 8
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 100%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +20.8% | -3.4% | +19.8% | -0.4% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +11.7% | +3.4% | +19.0% | +12.1% | +9.2% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | +25.3% | +1.1% | -0.4% | -11.9% | +28.1% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +24.4% | -1.5% | -0.3% | -2.5% | +32.6% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | +21.9% | -3.8% | +17.6% | +19.9% | +39.0% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | +28.6% | +3.3% | -3.2% | +7.9% | +52.7% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | -114.6% | -0.3% | +2.9% | -8.6% | -2.5% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | +8.2% | -2.9% | -4.7% | -9.2% | +1.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $2.90 | $2.40 | +20.8% | $210.7M |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $1.81 | $1.62 | +11.7% | $178.5M |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $1.98 | $1.58 | +25.3% | $175.9M |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $2.09 | $1.68 | +24.4% | $179.0M |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $1.67 | $1.37 | +21.9% | $168.3M |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $1.35 | $1.05 | +28.6% | $152.2M |
| Feb 18, 2025 | -$0.14 | $0.96 | -114.6% | $149.9M |
| Oct 23, 2024 | $0.92 | $0.85 | +8.2% | $123.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 64.5× | 9.8× | 90th | Top 45% |
| P/E (forward) | 26.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 21.9× | — | — | Top 38% |
| EV / Sales | 3.83× | — | — | Top 48% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.35% | — | — | Bottom 46% |
| Earnings yield | 1.55% | — | — | Top 45% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 8.2× – 75.2× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +81.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -0.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +132.9%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 11
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -0.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +5.9%
- RSI (14)
- 55.8
- Relative volume
- 0.99×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 51.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 59th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.49
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.51
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -22.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -33.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2021 | Jul 28, 2021 | -50.6% | 95 days | 252 days (Jul 28, 2022) |
| Jul 18, 2023 | Oct 25, 2023 | -36.6% | 70 days | 34 days (Dec 13, 2023) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Apr 4, 2025 | -33.4% | 73 days | 53 days (Jun 23, 2025) |
| Feb 15, 2024 | Feb 22, 2024 | -32.5% | 4 days | 107 days (Jul 26, 2024) |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Sep 14, 2026 | -30.8% | 52 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.12B
- P/E (TTM)
- 64.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $4.00
- Revenue (TTM)
- $744.1M
- Dividend yield
- 0.14%
- 52-week range
- $129.94 – $335.29
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $543.5M | $654.2M | $639.8M | $534.8M | $675.5M |
| Gross profit | $134.4M | $183.5M | $215.8M | $202.4M | $264.4M |
| Operating income | $31.3M | $65.1M | $88.0M | $64.3M | $107.7M |
| Net income | $24.8M | $52.7M | $73.8M | $41.0M | $61.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.76 | $3.69 | $5.78 | $3.26 | $4.64 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $123.6M | $149.9M | $152.2M | $168.3M | $179.0M | $175.9M | $178.5M | $210.7M |
| Net income | $8.1M | -$1.8M | $17.9M | $26.9M | $22.3M | -$5.4M | $11.4M | $32.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.64 | -$0.14 | $1.46 | $2.07 | $1.70 | -$0.51 | $0.92 | $1.89 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $4.6M | $40.3M | $108.3M | $74.1M | $79.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$9.4M | -$8.8M | -$12.1M | -$14.1M | -$12.0M |
| Free cash flow | -$4.8M | $31.4M | $96.2M | $60.0M | $67.9M |
| Dividends paid | -$3.4M | -$3.4M | -$3.5M | -$3.5M | -$3.5M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$349,000 | -$105,000 | -$16.1M | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $306.1M
- Total assets
- $1.26B
- Total liabilities
- $252.2M
- Total debt
- $34.3M
- Net debt
- -$271.8M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $909.4M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | $0.07 | Oct 30, 2026 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | $0.07 | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Apr 15, 2026 | $0.07 | May 1, 2026 |
| Jan 15, 2026 | $0.07 | Jan 30, 2026 |
| Oct 15, 2025 | $0.07 | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Jul 15, 2025 | $0.07 | Aug 1, 2025 |
| Apr 15, 2025 | $0.07 | May 1, 2025 |
| Jan 15, 2025 | $0.07 | Jan 31, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 721,083
- Days to cover
- 4.97
- Change vs previous report
- -4.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Dec 2, 1999
- 2-for-1