Head-To-Head Review: Heritage Media (OTCMKTS:OLVI) & Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFB)

Heritage Media (OTCMKTS:OLVI) and Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Risk & Volatility

Heritage Media has a beta of -2.1, indicating that its share price is 310% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Heritage Media	-17.13%	N/A	N/A
Bel Fuse	10.04%	16.34%	6.76%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Heritage Media 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
Heritage Media	$84.40 million	1.83	-$60.76 million	($0.03)	-8.00
Bel Fuse	$534.79 million	4.76	$40.96 million	$5.20	38.69

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Heritage Media and Bel Fuse, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Heritage Media	0	0	0	0	0.00
Bel Fuse	0	1	6	1	3.00

Bel Fuse has a consensus target price of $173.00, suggesting a potential downside of 14.00%. Given Bel Fuse’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bel Fuse is more favorable than Heritage Media.

Summary

Bel Fuse beats Heritage Media on 15 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Heritage Media

Heritage Media Corporation was formerly known as Lignin Industries Inc. Heritage Media Corporation is based in Calgary, 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.