---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-012997"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BELFA"
cik: "0000729580"
company_name: "BEL FUSE INC /NJ"
filed_at: "2025-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T07:31:48.726329+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bel Fuse Q1 sales up 19% to $152.2M; organic down 6.4%; Q2 guidance tempered by tariffs

## Summary
- Q1 net sales $152.2M (+19% YoY), incl. $32.4M from Enercon; organic sales down 6.4%.
- GAAP net earnings attributable to Bel $17.9M vs $15.9M in Q1-24.
- Adjusted EBITDA $30.9M (20.3% of sales) vs $22.4M (17.5%) in Q1-24.
- Farouq Tuweiq appointed President/CEO, effective after May 2025 Annual Meeting; Bernstein becomes Chairman.
- Q2 guidance: net sales $145-155M, gross margin 37-39%; ~$8-10M tariff downside allowance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-012997
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BELFA
- cik: 0000729580
- company_name: BEL FUSE INC /NJ
- filed_at: 2025-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/000143774925012997/0001437749-25-012997-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/729580/000143774925012997/belfb20250303_8k.htm

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