---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-21-024597"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BELFA"
cik: "0000729580"
company_name: "BEL FUSE INC /NJ"
filed_at: "2021-10-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T16:23:35.821095+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bel Fuse Q3 net sales up 18% to $147M; GAAP EPS down to $0.44; record backlog $390M

## Summary
- GAAP net earnings $5.7M ($0.44 per Class A, $0.47 per Class B) vs $7.5M ($0.57/$0.61) in Q3-20.
- Gross margin 24.5% vs 26.8% YoY; management cites global labor/material cost pressure.
- Record backlog $390M (+100% from Dec 2020); quarterly bookings $223M, ~3x Q3-20.
- Jacqueline Brito appointed to Board, effective Oct 28; also receives $89k consulting agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-21-024597
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BELFA
- cik: 0000729580
- company_name: BEL FUSE INC /NJ
- filed_at: 2021-10-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/000143774921024597/0001437749-21-024597-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/000143774921024597/belfb20210824_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-024597
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-024597.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-024597.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jacqueline Brito was elected as Director at BEL FUSE INC /NJ.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 28, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company, upon the recommendation of the Nominating Committee of the Board, elected Jacqueline Brito to serve as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/000143774921024597/0001437749-21-024597-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.