Senstar Technologies (NASDAQ:SNT – Get Free Report) and Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFB – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Senstar Technologies and Bel Fuse’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Senstar Technologies | 1.34% | 1.16% | 0.91% |
| Bel Fuse | 7.21% | 9.75% | 5.23% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
20.7% of Senstar Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of Bel Fuse shares are held by institutional investors. 24.4% of Senstar Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Senstar Technologies and Bel Fuse, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Senstar Technologies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Bel Fuse | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2.75 |
Bel Fuse has a consensus target price of $315.67, suggesting a potential upside of 50.74%. Given Bel Fuse’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bel Fuse is more favorable than Senstar Technologies.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Senstar Technologies 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 | |
| Senstar Technologies | $36.37 million | 0.96 | $3.22 million | $0.02 | 74.50 |
| Bel Fuse | $675.46 million | 4.48 | $61.54 million | $4.14 | 50.58 |
Bel Fuse has higher revenue and earnings than Senstar Technologies. Bel Fuse is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Senstar Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
Senstar Technologies has a beta of 2.3, indicating that its stock price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bel Fuse beats Senstar Technologies on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Senstar Technologies
Senstar Technologies Corporation provides physical, video, and access control security products and solutions worldwide. It offers solutions for critical sites, which leverage its portfolio of perimeter intrusion detection systems, and video management software with intelligent video analytics security solutions, as well as access control products and technologies. The company's solutions and products are optimized for perimeter, outdoor, and general security applications. Its portfolio of critical infrastructure protection and site protection technologies includes various smart barriers and fences, fence mounted sensors, virtual gates, buried and concealed detection systems, and sensors for sub-surface intrusion, such as to secure pipelines, as well as video analytics software and video management systems. Senstar Technologies Corporation was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Ottawa, 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.
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