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Bel Fuse Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

BELFB · Technology

Major red flags

Revenue
$675M
2025
Net Income
$62M
2025
Gross Margin
39.1%
Free Cash Flow
$69M
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Screening Summary

16
Passed
0
Watch
2
Failed
-2.45
M-Score

Management Signals

No recent CEO, CFO, board, or accounting leadership signals found in SEC 8-K filings.
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Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

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18-Point Screening

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Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 66 days, change -10 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth 9.1% vs revenue growth 26.3%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 26.3%, CFFO 8.8%. Cash follows revenue

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Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory 3.7% vs COGS 23.6%. Normal

B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth -14.9% vs revenue 26.3%. Normal

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 47.6%. Normal

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 39.1%, change +1.3pp. Stable

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Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 1.31. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.1B, FCF/NI = 1.11

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -2.0%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.1B covers only 26% of debt $0.2B

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Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.4B = 102% of equity. Over 50%

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 1.6x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets -3.3% vs revenue 26.3%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

Write-offs normal

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Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change -2% YoY. Normal

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.45 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.45
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
0.864
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.967
GMI
Gross margin declining?
0.967
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.263
SGI
Revenue growth rate
0.677
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
0.901
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.0204
TATA
Accruals level
0.785
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
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Altman Z-Score

5.07
Safe Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
0.2751
Liquidity
0.431
Cumulative profit
0.1174
Operating efficiency
1.0216
Leverage

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25