Spruce Power (NYSE:SPRU – Get Free Report) and Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFA – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
20.8% of Spruce Power shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.0% of Bel Fuse shares are held by institutional investors. 12.7% of Spruce Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Bel Fuse shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk & Volatility
Spruce Power has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Spruce Power | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Bel Fuse | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 |
Bel Fuse has a consensus price target of $250.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.36%. Given Bel Fuse’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bel Fuse is more favorable than Spruce Power.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Spruce Power and Bel Fuse”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Spruce Power | $111.81 million | 0.46 | -$26.03 million | ($1.44) | -1.96 |
| Bel Fuse | $675.46 million | 4.34 | $61.54 million | $4.15 | 55.60 |
Bel Fuse has higher revenue and earnings than Spruce Power. Spruce Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bel Fuse, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Spruce Power and Bel Fuse’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Spruce Power | -12.22% | -10.82% | -1.59% |
| Bel Fuse | 7.84% | 22.38% | 10.02% |
Summary
Bel Fuse beats Spruce Power on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Spruce Power
Spruce Power Holding Corporation owns and operates distributed solar energy assets in the United States. The company provides subscription-based services for homeowners and businesses to own and maintain rooftop solar and battery storage. It offers its subscription-based services to approximately 75,000 customers. The company is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
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.
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