Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFA – Get Free Report) and CPS Technologies (NASDAQ:CPSH – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
6.0% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.2% of CPS Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of CPS Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Bel Fuse and CPS Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Bel Fuse | 7.21% | 20.55% | 11.02% |
| CPS Technologies | -0.11% | -0.14% | -0.12% |
Risk and Volatility
Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CPS Technologies has a beta of 2.09, suggesting that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Bel Fuse and CPS Technologies”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Bel Fuse | $675.46 million | 3.71 | $61.54 million | $3.91 | 44.33 |
| CPS Technologies | $32.60 million | 2.06 | $420,000.00 | ($0.01) | -347.00 |
Bel Fuse has higher revenue and earnings than CPS Technologies. CPS Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bel Fuse, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Bel Fuse and CPS Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Bel Fuse | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 |
| CPS Technologies | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Bel Fuse currently has a consensus target price of $250.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.23%. CPS Technologies has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 72.91%. Given CPS Technologies’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CPS Technologies is more favorable than Bel Fuse.
Summary
Bel Fuse beats CPS Technologies on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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. It provides power solutions and protection products, including front-end power supplies, board-mount power products, industrial and transportation power products, external power products, and circuit protection products. The company also offers connectivity solutions, such as expanded beam fiber optic connectors, cable assemblies, and active optical devices; copper-based connectors/cable assemblies; radio frequency connectors, cable assemblies, microwave devices, and low loss cables; and ethernet, I/O, and industrial and power connectivity products. In addition, it provides magnetic solutions comprising integrated connector modules, power transformers, SMD power inductors and SMPS transformers, and ethernet discrete components. The company sells its products through direct strategic account managers, regional sales managers working with independent sales representative organizations, and authorized distributors in the United States, the People's Republic of China, Macao, the United Kingdom, Slovakia, Germany, India, Switzerland, and internationally. Bel Fuse Inc. was incorporated in 1949 and is headquartered in West Orange, New Jersey.
About CPS Technologies
CPS Technologies Corporation provides advanced material solutions to the transportation, automotive, energy, computing/internet, telecommunication, aerospace, defense, and oil and gas markets in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company offers metal matrix composites such as baseplates for various applications, including motor controllers used in electric trains, subway cars, wind turbines, and hybrid and electric vehicles; hermetic packages for use in radar, satellite, and avionics applications; baseplates and housings used in modules built with wide band gap semiconductors; and lids and heat spreaders for use in internet switches and routers. It also assembles housings and packages that includes metal matrix composite components for hybrid circuits; and produces armor for naval and military applications. The company sells its products to microelectronics systems companies. The company was formerly known as Ceramics Process Systems Corporation and changed its name to CPS Technologies Corporation in March 2007. CPS Technologies Corporation was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Norton, Massachusetts.
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