One Stop Systems (NASDAQ:OSS – Get Free Report) and Bel Fuse (NASDAQ:BELFB – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Profitability
This table compares One Stop Systems and Bel Fuse’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| One Stop Systems | -11.47% | -26.14% | -17.67% |
| Bel Fuse | 9.11% | 14.80% | 6.40% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares One Stop Systems 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 | |
| One Stop Systems | $54.69 million | 3.77 | -$13.63 million | ($0.32) | -26.28 |
| Bel Fuse | $675.46 million | 3.60 | $61.54 million | $4.91 | 39.08 |
Bel Fuse has higher revenue and earnings than One Stop Systems. One Stop Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bel Fuse, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
One Stop Systems has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bel Fuse has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for One Stop Systems and Bel Fuse, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| One Stop Systems | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Bel Fuse | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2.71 |
One Stop Systems currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.88%. Bel Fuse has a consensus target price of $196.20, suggesting a potential upside of 2.26%. Given Bel Fuse’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bel Fuse is more favorable than One Stop Systems.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
32.7% of One Stop Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of One Stop Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Bel Fuse shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Bel Fuse beats One Stop Systems on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About One Stop Systems
One Stop Systems, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of high-performance compute, high speed storage hardware and software, switch fabrics, and systems for edge deployments in the United States and internationally. The company's systems are built using the central processing unit, graphical processing unit, high-speed switch fabrics, and flash storage technologies. It provides custom servers, data acquisition platforms, compute accelerators, solid-state storage arrays, and system I/O expansion systems, as well as edge optimized industrial and panel PCs, tablets, and handheld compute devices. The company also offers ruggedized mobile tablets and handhelds that meet the specialized requirement for devices deployed at the edge in a diverse set of environmental conditions. It sells its products to multinational companies, governmental agencies, military contractors, military services, and technology providers through its website, web store, direct sales team, and original equipment manufacturer focused sales, as well as through a network of resellers and distributors. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Escondido, California.
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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