---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-024818"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BELFA"
cik: "0000729580"
company_name: "BEL FUSE INC /NJ"
filed_at: "2022-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T01:00:32.808577+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bel Fuse Q3 sales $177.7M (+20.9%), net earnings $16.5M; adjusted EBITDA record $27.3M

## Summary
- Net sales $177.7M, up 20.9% YoY; net earnings $16.5M vs $5.7M in Q3-21.
- Adjusted EBITDA $27.3M (+115% YoY); gross margin expanded to 29.0% from 24.5%.
- Backlog $583M (+25% from Dec 2021); quarterly bookings $180M.
- Facility consolidation: 9 Chinese plants into one; $10M one-time costs, $4M capex, ~$5M annual savings; completion by Q3-23.
- Sold corporate building, $1.6M gain; expects 170k sq ft occupancy reduction by end 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-024818
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BELFA
- cik: 0000729580
- company_name: BEL FUSE INC /NJ
- filed_at: 2022-10-26T23:59:59+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/729580/000143774922024818/0001437749-22-024818-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/000143774922024818/belfb20220814_8k.htm

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