---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-023349"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BELFA"
cik: "0000729580"
company_name: "BEL FUSE INC /NJ"
filed_at: "2024-07-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T17:39:07.795224+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bel Fuse Q2 net sales $133.2M, down 21% YoY; gross margin improves to 40.1%

## Summary
- Net earnings $18.8M vs $27.8M in Q2-23; adjusted EBITDA $27.4M (20.6% of sales).
- Repurchased 126,552 shares for $7.9M in Q2-24.
- Q3-24 guidance: net sales $118-126M, gross margin 34-36%.
- Power segment faces ~$3-4M quarterly headwind from trade restrictions on former supplier.
- Commercial air, defense and rail end markets solid; networking and distribution remain soft.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-023349
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BELFA
- cik: 0000729580
- company_name: BEL FUSE INC /NJ
- filed_at: 2024-07-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/000143774924023349/0001437749-24-023349-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/000143774924023349/belfb20240724_8k.htm

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