Belden (NYSE:BDC) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Belden (NYSE:BDC) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.430-1.530 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 1.620. The company issued revenue guidance of $605.0 million-$620.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $634.5 million.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on BDC shares. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on Belden from $124.00 to $136.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $130.00 price target on shares of Belden in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Finally, StockNews.com cut Belden from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Sunday. Five analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $122.75.

Belden Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:BDC opened at $115.91 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $4.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.96 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99, a current ratio of 2.07 and a quick ratio of 1.43. Belden has a 12 month low of $73.53 and a 12 month high of $131.82. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $117.51 and its 200 day moving average price is $112.73.

Belden (NYSE:BDC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The industrial products company reported $1.92 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.68 by $0.24. Belden had a return on equity of 20.55% and a net margin of 7.61%. Equities research analysts anticipate that Belden will post 6.12 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Belden Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 9th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 12th were given a dividend of $0.05 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 12th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.17%. Belden’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 4.65%.

About Belden

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.