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Bel Reports First Quarter 2025 Results

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Bel Fuse Inc.
Bel Fuse Inc.

WEST ORANGE, N.J., April 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bel Fuse Inc. (Nasdaq: BELFA and BELFB) today announced preliminary financial results for the first quarter of 2025.

First Quarter 2025 Highlights

Net sales of $152.2 million compared to $128.1 million in Q1-24. Excluding $32.4 million of contribution from Enercon, organic sales down 6.4% from Q1-24.

Gross profit margin of 38.6%, up from 37.5% in Q1-24

GAAP net earnings attributable to Bel shareholders of $17.9 million versus $15.9 million in Q1-24

Non-GAAP net earnings attributable to Bel shareholders of $16.8 million versus $17.0 million in Q1-24

Adjusted EBITDA of $30.9 million (20.3% of sales) as compared to $22.4 million (17.5% of sales) in Q1-24

Announced Farouq Tuweiq's appointment as Bel’s President and CEO, to be effective immediately following the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders (to be held in May 2025)

 

 

“We are pleased with our first quarter results, which benefitted from our increased exposure within the defense and commercial aerospace industries and strength in the emerging AI end market,” said Daniel Bernstein, President and CEO. “These factors helped to mitigate the seasonality around Chinese New Year which has historically dictated the trend for our first quarter. Looking ahead at our underlying business demand, we generally expect continued strength in the defense, space and AI end markets throughout the year, which are anticipated to mitigate lower volumes going into the rail, e-Mobility and consumer markets,” concluded Mr. Bernstein.

Farouq Tuweiq, CFO, added, “Looking to the second quarter, we are operating in a highly dynamic environment and there is difficulty in predicting the moving target of tariffs and assessing the corresponding impact given ongoing and potential future changes. As Bel generally designs and manufactures its products within close geographic proximity to our customers, we estimate that approximately 75% of our global sales are not currently subject to the recent U.S. tariffs that have been imposed. We estimate that ~10% of our consolidated sales relate to product that is manufactured in China and shipped into the U.S., and this is the subset of our revenue where certain customers have requested a pause on orders while the supply chain awaits additional clarity on the longer-term tariff policy with China. Based on information available today, GAAP net sales in the second quarter of 2025 are projected to be in the range of $145 to $155 million, with gross margin in the range of 37% to 39%. This guidance for the second quarter, which is typically solely based on our underlying business demand and existing orders on hand, has been modified downward to take into account approximately $8-10 million of what we believe is a reasonable allowance for potential downside impact from China-related tariffs and a lower expected volume of intraquarter turns. The team will continue to closely monitor the evolving tariff landscape and assess potential alternatives that are within our control,” concluded Mr. Tuweiq.