secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BEL FUSE INC /NJ (BELFA)
CIK:        0000729580
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-23-004197
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Bel Fuse reports record FY22 net sales $654M (+20%), net earnings $52.7M, Q4 sales +15% YoY
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- Record FY22 net sales $654.2M (+20.4% YoY); net earnings $52.7M vs $24.8M; record adj. EBITDA $83.0M (12.7% of sales).
- Q4 net sales $169.2M (+15.0% YoY); Q4 adj. EBITDA $25.0M (14.8% of sales); Q4 net earnings $14.0M vs $8.0M.
- Power Solutions Q4 sales +38.5% YoY; Magnetic Solutions -9.5%; Connectivity +7.9%; gross margin expanded 430 bps to 31.0%.
- Year-end backlog $565M, up 21% from 2021; full-year gross margin 28.0% vs 24.7%.
- Announced investment in Germany-based innolectric AG to enhance eMobility fast-charging offerings.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/000143774923004197/0001437749-23-004197-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/000143774923004197/belfb20221123_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-004197

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