Comparing Electrovaya (NASDAQ:ELVA) & Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFB)

Electrovaya (NASDAQ:ELVA) and Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFB) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Electrovaya and Bel Fuse, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Electrovaya	1	1	2	1	2.60
Bel Fuse	0	0	6	1	3.14

Electrovaya presently has a consensus target price of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.31%. Bel Fuse has a consensus target price of $138.40, indicating a potential downside of 6.46%. Given Electrovaya’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Electrovaya is more favorable than Bel Fuse.

Profitability

This table compares Electrovaya and Bel Fuse’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Electrovaya	2.19%	6.66%	2.61%
Bel Fuse	8.59%	14.12%	6.22%

Volatility and Risk

Electrovaya has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Electrovaya and Bel Fuse”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Electrovaya	$44.62 million	5.83	-$1.49 million	$0.03	216.00
Bel Fuse	$594.03 million	3.15	$40.96 million	$4.08	36.26

Bel Fuse has higher revenue and earnings than Electrovaya. Bel Fuse is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Electrovaya, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

22.5% of Electrovaya shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Bel Fuse beats Electrovaya on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Electrovaya

Electrovaya Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of lithium-ion batteries, battery management systems, and battery-related products for energy storage, clean electric transportation, and other specialized applications in North America. It offers lithium-ion batteries and systems for materials handling electric vehicles, including forklifts and automated guided vehicles, as well as battery chargers to charge the batteries; electromotive power products for electric trucks, electric buses, and other transportation applications; industrial products for energy storage; and power solutions, such as competencies in building systems for third parties. The company was formerly known as Electrofuel Inc. and changed its name to Electrovaya Inc. in March 2002. Electrovaya Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

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.