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Belden Inc.
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113.02USD
+2.23%
Sep 23, 2026
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Price Action
Price trend is broken
Longer-term context reads trend under pressure, with a near-term setup of failed reclaim.
The tactical setup reads failed reclaim, but the weekly structure is broken.
EntryConstructive
Structure is constructive on both timeframes without excessive extension — a reasonable entry location.
Key Financials
- Market Cap
- $4.4B
- Avg Volume (60D)
- 450.2K
- Revenue Growth YoY
- +10.3%
- Gross Margin
- +37.6%
- Operating Margin
- +11.9%
- Free Cash Flow Yield
- +4.8%
- Distance from 200DMA
- -5.5%
- Next Earnings
- 2026-10-29
- P/E
- 18.1x
- EV / EBITDA
- 11.1x
- EV / Sales
- 1.8x
60 sessions
FY2025 vs FY2024
Trailing twelve months
Trailing twelve months
Market metrics as of Sep 22, 2026
Financial results for the period ended Jun 28, 2026
Filed balance-sheet data as of Jun 28, 2026
Fundamentals & Valuation
Two of the three valuation perspectives say fair; peers is the dissenting view.
Belden Inc. has a Fair valuation stance because the price broadly reflects how much growth and cash flow it delivers per turn of revenue multiple, with upside and risk reasonably balanced.
What changed
Company Research
Thesis
Belden is an industrial-network infrastructure enabler: it supplies the physical connectivity, ruggedized networking, protocol-integration, remote-connectivity and security layers used to collect, move and manage operational data. The story is still emerging, so the exposure is real but early.
Opportunity
Moderate opportunity
Factory, warehouse, energy and other critical-infrastructure operators are upgrading resilient wired, wireless and edge networks to connect machines, sensors, controllers and software securely across converging IT and OT environments.
Key risk
Exposure to capital expenditure cycles in industrial and data infrastructure markets.
Narrative & Theme
Industrial Automation and IT/OT Convergence
Part of Industrial Networking and Edge Connectivity, with strong fit.
Belden's core business is no longer well described as a generic cable company.
Narrative HeatNeutral6.8 / 10
Theme HeatNeutral6.5 / 10
This is the company’s own research reading. The canonical heat measurement for this story has not run.
Business & Markets
Technology · Communication Equipment
What they do
Belden Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells copper and fiber cable connectivity solutions and related infrastructure products to support data networks and communication systems across various applications.
How it earns
The company generates revenue primarily through transactional sales of hardware products and connectivity solutions.
Products & services
Copper cable and connectivity solutions
Fiber cable and connectivity solutions
Interconnect panels, racks and enclosures
Signal extension and matrix switching systems
Power, cooling, and airflow management products
Customers & end markets
Local area networks
Data centers
Access control systems
5G networks
Fiber to the home
Building automation
Market position
Belden is a recognized player in industrial and enterprise connectivity solutions, positioned as a reliable supplier in a competitive market.
Demand drivers
Medium cyclicality
Demand is influenced by capital spending cycles in data infrastructure and industrial automation but supported by ongoing digitalization trends.
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