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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
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Belden Inc (BDC) Operating margin
Belden Inc's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 8.99%, down 2.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (11.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.09% (fiscal 2015) to 14.5% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Communication Equipment industry median of 2.43% and above the Technology sector median of 0.02%.
Operating margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 11.6% | 0.80 |
| FY2024 | 10.8% | (1.81) |
| FY2023 | 12.6% | (1.30) |
| FY2022 | 13.9% | 2.48 |
| FY2021 | 11.5% | 2.89 |
| FY2020 | 8.57% | (1.15) |
| FY2019 | 9.72% | (4.78) |
| FY2018 | 14.5% | 3.31 |
| FY2017 | 11.2% | 1.34 |
| FY2016 | 9.85% | 3.76 |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 1.74% | (11.49) |
| Jun 2026 | 13.2% | 2.04 |
| Mar 2026 | 11.2% | (0.97) |
| Dec 2025 | 12.2% | 1.23 |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| DGII Digi International Inc. compare | 13.9% |
| VIAV Viavi Solutions Inc. compare | 10.6% |
| BDC Belden Inc | 8.99% |
| EXTR Extreme Networks, Inc. compare | 5.67% |
| VISN Vistance Networks, Inc. compare | 3.89% |
| VSAT Viasat Inc. compare | 2.35% |
| AAOI Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. compare | −6.78% |
| ONDS Ondas Holdings Inc. compare | −140.4% |
| ASTS AST SpaceMobile, Inc. compare | −519.5% |
| Communication Equipment industry median | 2.43% |
| Technology sector median | 0.02% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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