Belden Inc

BDC Technology Communication Equipment

Belden Inc’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.7 billion, up 10.3% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+38.4%
EPS
−120.3%
Free cash flow
+25.3%
Total debt
+137.5%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

98.03 1.78 +1.85%
Market cap
$3.8B
P/E
21.7×
Fwd P/E
16.9×
Dividend yield
0.20%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
3.05
Beneish M
−2.57
Dividend safety
74/100

Belden Inc (BDC) Debt to equity

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Belden Inc's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 2.2×, up 1.2× from fiscal 2025 (1.0×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.9× (fiscal 2024) to 2.1× (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Communication Equipment industry median of 0.0× and above the Technology sector median of 0.1×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 1.0× 16.50%
FY2024 0.9× (15.47%)
FY2023 1.0× 1.71%
FY2022 1.0× (33.53%)
FY2021 1.5× (26.54%)
FY2020 2.1× 39.48%
FY2019 1.5× 41.34%
FY2018 1.1× (3.05%)
FY2017 1.1× (1.89%)
FY2016 1.1× (47.03%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 2.2× 146.56%
Jun 2026 0.9× (9.53%)
Mar 2026 1.0× (3.38%)
Dec 2025 1.0× (1.67%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.9× High 2.1×
Ten-year median 1.1×
Current reading's percentile 27

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
VISN Vistance Networks, Inc. compare 0.0×
AAOI Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. compare 0.0×
ONDS Ondas Holdings Inc. compare 0.0×
DGII Digi International Inc. compare 0.2×
VIAV Viavi Solutions Inc. compare 0.5×
ASTS AST SpaceMobile, Inc. compare 1.2×
VSAT Viasat Inc. compare 1.4×
BDC Belden Inc 2.2×
EXTR Extreme Networks, Inc. compare 2.3×
Communication Equipment industry median 0.0×
Technology sector median 0.1×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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