---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-031903"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BELFA"
cik: "0000729580"
company_name: "BEL FUSE INC /NJ"
filed_at: "2024-10-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T11:15:28.774328+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bel Fuse Q3 net sales $123.6M (-22% YoY); adj EBITDA $20.6M; Q4 guidance $117-125M

## Summary
- Net sales $123.6M vs $158.7M in Q3-23; net earnings $8.1M vs $19.4M; gross margin 36.1% up from 35.0%.
- Adjusted EBITDA $20.6M (16.7% of sales) versus $29.9M (18.8% of sales) in Q3-23.
- Enercon acquisition expected to close in Q4; no contribution included in guidance.
- Q4 sales guidance $117-125M, gross margin 34-36%; positive bookings trend in Sept/Oct.
- Fuse manufacturing consolidation in China expected to save ~$1.5M annually once completed by Q1 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-031903
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BELFA
- cik: 0000729580
- company_name: BEL FUSE INC /NJ
- filed_at: 2024-10-23T23:59:59+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/729580/000143774924031903/0001437749-24-031903-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/000143774924031903/belfb20240826_8k.htm

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