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Company Dossier · Information Technology

Belden Inc.

BDCNYSEWILMINGTON, US-DE, USMid capWebsite ↗
  • MidCap 400

What Belden Inc. is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

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The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Revenue over the four quarters to June 28, 2026: $2.86 billion, up 9.2% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 28, 2026: $0.21 billion, down 4.5% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 28, 2026: $0.16 billion, up 14% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2017: $0.03 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.05 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Latest earnings call or results release (July 30, 2026): sentiment 0.80 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.90 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Latest annual report (filed February 17, 2026): 2 risk factors added, 2 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $0.2 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 374 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (−12 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
  • H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 7 (9 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)

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Charts

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Cash flow

Business

Belden Inc.: free cash flow, trailing twelve months

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure, $ billions, from SEC filings

$0.21BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Belden Inc.: operating cash flow and capital expenditure

Trailing twelve months, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Belden Inc.: revenue, trailing twelve months

$ billions, from SEC filings

$2.9BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Capital returned and raised

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Belden Inc.: share buybacks by fiscal year

Cash paid to repurchase common stock, $ billions, from the 10-K

$0.03BData to Dec 2017
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Belden Inc.: debt issued and repaid by fiscal year

Long-term debt, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

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Belden Inc.: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

0.80Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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Belden Inc.: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.90Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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Belden Inc.: risk factors added per annual report

New Item 1A risk factors in each 10-K

2.0Data to Feb 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Hiring and ownership

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Belden Inc.: H-1B filings certified

Labor Condition Applications by quarter received

7.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, dol.gov
Business

Belden Inc.: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

−$0.2MData 23 days ago
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Belden Inc.: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

374.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

In the news

Headlines that name Belden Inc., with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.

30 days
1 headlines
0% positive · 0% negative
90 days
1 headlines
0% positive · 0% negative

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Oct 20, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: REEL ENCLOSURESUS 12769075
  2. Oct 13, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: A DEVICE FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE OF A CONNECTORUS 12763554
  3. Oct 6, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (FOCUS DC LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  4. Sep 29, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: DEVICE FOR IMPEDING UNAUTHORIZED DISSASEMBLY OF AN ENHANCED TAMPER RESISTANT CONNECTOR SECURITY SLEEVE ASSEMBLYUS 12749850
  5. Sep 29, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: DEVICE FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED FEEDING OF A FIBER OPTIC CABLE THROUGH A CONNECTORUS 12748278
  6. Sep 29, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: HIGH FREQUENCY PERFORMANCE HARDLINE CONNECTORUS 12749841
  7. Aug 20, 2026Trademark
    Trademark application: BELDEN POWER FABRIC
  8. Aug 20, 2026Trademark
    Trademark application: BELDEN POWER FABRIC
  9. Jul 9, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (FOCUS DC LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  10. Jul 1, 20268-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  11. Jul 1, 20268-K
    Acquisition or sale completedItem 2.01
  12. May 26, 20268-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  13. Apr 30, 20268-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  14. Apr 11, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (FOCUS DC LLC)first_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
  15. Feb 17, 202610-K
    Annual report (10-K)2 risk factors added, 2 removed
  16. Jan 28, 20268-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  17. Jan 18, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (FOCUS DC LLC)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.0 million
  18. Jan 6, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  19. Nov 26, 2025Trademark
    Trademark application: WE GIVE YOU THE EDGE IN PHYSICAL AI
  20. Nov 26, 2025Trademark
    Trademark application: WE GIVE YOU THE EDGE IN PHYSICAL AI
  21. Nov 26, 2025Trademark
    Trademark application: WE GIVE YOU THE EDGE IN PHYSICAL AI
  22. Nov 19, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  23. Oct 6, 2025Lobbying
    Lobbying report (FOCUS DC LLC)third_quarter 2025 · $0.0 million
  24. Jul 21, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  25. Jul 10, 2025Lobbying
    Lobbying report (FOCUS DC LLC)second_quarter 2025 · $0.0 million
  26. May 28, 20258-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  27. Apr 3, 2025Lobbying
    Lobbying report (FOCUS DC LLC)first_quarter 2025 · $0.0 million
  28. Feb 13, 202510-K
    Annual report (10-K)2 risk factors added, 0 removed
  29. Jan 9, 2025Lobbying
    Lobbying report (FOCUS DC LLC)fourth_quarter 2024 · $0.0 million
  30. Feb 13, 202410-K
    Annual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 1 removed

Peers

Companies in the same sector in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
Nutanix NTNX$2.9B$0.8BJul 31, 2026
MongoDB Inc. MDB$2.8B$0.7BJul 31, 2026
PTC Inc. PTC$3.0B$0.9BJun 30, 2026
Okta, Inc. OKTA$3.1B$1.0BJul 31, 2026
Vontier VNT$3.1B$0.4BJul 3, 2026
RingCentral RNG$2.6B$0.6BJun 30, 2026
Dropbox DBX$2.5B$1.0BJun 30, 2026
Cloudflare Inc. NET$2.5B$0.3BJun 30, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
913142
LEI
68BKYO1JC791TTJHUE82
Wikidata
Q815327

Built from SEC EDGAR filings (public domain), the Guidance and KPI Ledgers, Palanor Discourse, U.S. Department of Labor filings, USPTO, USAspending and Senate lobbying records, and rights-checked news headlines. Updated nightly; this page was built Oct 22, 2026. How the Dossier is built

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