Reviewing Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFB) and Viscount Systems (OTCMKTS:VSYS)

Viscount Systems (OTCMKTS:VSYS) and Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Viscount Systems and Bel Fuse”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Viscount Systems	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bel Fuse	$534.79 million	4.92	$40.96 million	$5.20	39.96

Bel Fuse has higher revenue and earnings than Viscount Systems.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Viscount Systems and Bel Fuse, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Viscount Systems	0	0	0	0	0.00
Bel Fuse	0	1	6	0	2.86

Bel Fuse has a consensus target price of $173.00, indicating a potential downside of 16.74%. Given Viscount Systems’ higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Viscount Systems is more favorable than Bel Fuse.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Viscount Systems	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bel Fuse	10.04%	16.34%	6.76%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

58.4% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by institutional investors. 91.3% of Viscount Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Viscount Systems has a beta of -0.09, indicating that its share price is 109% 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.

Summary

Bel Fuse beats Viscount Systems on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Viscount Systems

Viscount Systems, Inc., through its subsidiary, Viscount Communication and Control Systems Inc., designs, manufactures, and sells access control and security products in North America. It offers intercom and physical access control systems, and emergency communications systems for various applications, including condominium/apartment building access and intercom; residential intercom; gated home/community access and intercom; seniors/government housing access, tracking, and intercom; elevator access and tracking; garage or perimeter gate control; and emergency communications. The company's principal product is the Enterphone intercom and access control system, a patented building entry control system that uses a building's internal phone wiring to allow access control for tenants, and intercom and access control between visitors and tenants. It also manufactures electronic entry access panels that can operate using the Enterphone system or dial-up telephone company lines. In addition, the company offers Enterphone iQ, a solution based on its MESH technology; MESH, a software-based building management system; Freedom, an Internet technology platform; and Liberty, a derivation of the Freedom for the smaller sized system access control market. Viscount Systems, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Burnaby, 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.