---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-009891"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BELFA"
cik: "0000729580"
company_name: "BEL FUSE INC /NJ"
filed_at: "2022-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T04:18:24.783063+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bel Fuse Q1 2022 net sales $136.7M (+23.6%), net earnings $5.1M, backlog $525M

## Summary
- Net sales of $136.7M, up 23.6% YoY; gross margin improved to 25.0% from 21.9%.
- Net earnings of $5.1M vs $3.2M in Q1-21; adjusted EBITDA of $11.6M, up 3.7x YoY.
- Backlog of orders $525M, up 12% from December 31, 2021.
- Magnetic Solutions group gross margin improved to 20.1% from 13.7% YoY.
- Circuit protection product line sales more than doubled to over $8M in the quarter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-009891
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BELFA
- cik: 0000729580
- company_name: BEL FUSE INC /NJ
- filed_at: 2022-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/000143774922009891/0001437749-22-009891-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/000143774922009891/belfb20220406_8k.htm

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