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

99.31 3.06 +3.18%
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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, Belden Inc (BDC) trades at a price to free cash flow of 16.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.1× (March 2020) to 32.5× (April 2015); the current reading is higher than 57% of that period. That is below the Communication Equipment industry median of 21.7× and below the Technology sector median of 18.7×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 20.2× 2.58%
FY2024 19.6× 36.90%
FY2023 14.4× (1.60%)
FY2022 14.6× 4.66%
FY2021 13.9× (35.89%)
FY2020 21.7× 56.32%
FY2019 13.9× 57.93%
FY2018 8.8× (49.29%)
FY2017 17.4× 40.44%
FY2016 12.4× 14.41%

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 17.7× (15.96%)
Jun 2026 21.0× (10.13%)
Mar 2026 23.4× 16.01%
Dec 2025 20.2× (4.95%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 7.1× High 32.5×
Ten-year median 15.1×
Current reading's percentile 57

Price to free cash flow against peers

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VISN Vistance Networks, Inc. compare 14.3×
BDC Belden Inc 16.0×
DGII Digi International Inc. compare 17.3×
EXTR Extreme Networks, Inc. compare 18.1×
VSAT Viasat Inc. compare 23.4×
VIAV Viavi Solutions Inc. compare 32.4×
Communication Equipment industry median 21.7×
Technology sector median 18.7×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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