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Belden (BDC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$101.93 +0.56 (+0.55%)
Closing price 04/25/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$102.50 +0.57 (+0.56%)
As of 04/25/2025 06:43 PM Eastern
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About Belden Stock (NYSE:BDC)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$99.47
$101.97
50-Day Range
$86.69
$114.70
52-Week Range
$81.02
$131.82
Volume
139,026 shs
Average Volume
273,932 shs
Market Capitalization
$4.05 billion
P/E Ratio
21.19
Dividend Yield
0.20%
Price Target
$126.20
Consensus Rating
Buy

Company Overview

Belden Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a portfolio of signal transmission solutions for mission critical applications in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates in two segments, Enterprise Solutions and Industrial Automation Solutions. The Enterprise Solutions segment offers copper cable and connectivity solutions, fiber cable and connectivity solutions, interconnect panels, racks and enclosures, and signal extension and matrix switching systems for use in applications, such as local area networks, data centers, access control, 5G, fiber to the home, and building automation. It also provides power, cooling, and airflow management products for mission-critical data center operations; and end-to-end fiber and copper network systems. This segment serves commercial real estate, education, financial, stadiums and venues, military installations, and broadband and wireless service providers, as well as data centers, governments, healthcare, and hospitality sectors. The Industrial Automation Solutions segment offers network infrastructure and digitization solutions; secure networks for the digitization and automation of industries and infrastructure; and products and solutions covering various aspects of data handling, including acquisition, transmission, orchestration, and management for applications in discrete automation, process automation, energy, and mass transit. It sells its products to distributors, end-users, installers, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The company was formerly known as Belden CDT Inc. and changed its name to Belden Inc. in May 2007. Belden Inc. was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Belden Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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90th Percentile Overall Score

BDC MarketRank™: 

Belden scored higher than 90% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 5th out of 180 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Belden has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 5 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Belden has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Belden's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Belden are expected to grow by 18.53% in the coming year, from $7.07 to $8.38 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Belden is 21.19, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.67.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Belden is 21.19, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 20.60.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Belden has a P/B Ratio of 3.18. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Belden's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.57% of the float of Belden has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Belden has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Belden has recently decreased by 1.92%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • Dividend Yield

    Belden has a dividend yield of 0.21%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Belden does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Belden is 4.16%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Belden will have a dividend payout ratio of 2.39% next year. This indicates that Belden will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Belden's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.57% of the float of Belden has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Belden has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Belden has recently decreased by 1.92%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • News Sentiment

    Belden has a news sentiment score of 0.75. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Industrials companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 25 news articles for Belden this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 2 people have searched for BDC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    1 people have added Belden to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Belden insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,589,774.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 1.48% of the stock of Belden is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    98.75% of the stock of Belden is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Belden's insider trading history.
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BDC Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Belden's stock was trading at $112.61 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, BDC shares have decreased by 9.5% and is now trading at $101.9260.
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Belden Inc. (NYSE:BDC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The industrial products company reported $1.92 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.68 by $0.24. Belden had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.42% and a net margin of 8.06%.
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Belden subsidiaries include these companies: NetModule AG, macmon secure GmbH, OTN Systems N.V., Special Product Company, Opterna International Corp., FutureLink, Net-Tech Technology Inc., and more.

Top institutional shareholders of Belden include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (2.62%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.51%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.33%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%). Insiders that own company stock include Ashish Chand, David J Aldrich, Roel Vestjens, Brian Edward Anderson, Leah Tate, Brian Lieser, Anshuman Mehrotra, Jonathan C Klein, Nancy E Calderon, Doug Zink and Gregory James Mccray.
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Shares of BDC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Belden investors own include Xtrackers California Municipal Bond ETF (CA), Endologix (ELGX), BlackRock (BLK), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Hawkins (HWKN), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW) and Athabasca Oil (ATH).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
2/06/2025
Record date for 4/10 Dividend
3/13/2025
Ex-Dividend for 4/10 Dividend
3/13/2025
Dividend Payable
4/10/2025
Today
4/26/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
5/01/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Nonferrous wiredrawing & insulating
Sub-Industry
Electrical Components & Equipment
Current Symbol
NYSE:BDC
Employees
8,000
Year Founded
1902

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$126.20
High Stock Price Target
$145.00
Low Stock Price Target
$110.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+23.8%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.00
Research Coverage
5 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
21.19
Forward P/E Ratio
14.42
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$198.43 million
Pretax Margin
9.26%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$2.46 billion
Cash Flow
$8.57 per share
Price / Cash Flow
11.89
Book Value
$32.10 per share
Price / Book
3.18

Miscellaneous

Free Float
39,629,000
Market Cap
$4.05 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.07

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This page (NYSE:BDC) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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