Belden Financial Ratios
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At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Belden ratio analysis
Belden earned a net margin of 8.7% in FY 2025, up from 8.1% a year earlier. Gross margin was 38.0% compared with a median of 37.5% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 18.8%, meaning Belden generated 0.19 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 1.02 versus 0.87 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.93. At the end of FY 2025, BDC traded at 19.9 times earnings; across the 8 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 12.6 to 56.3, with a median of 22.0. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Belden financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 19.93 | 24.09 | 13.65 | 12.57 | 46.62 | — | — | 14.35 | 56.33 | 28.22 |
| Price / sales | 1.72 | 1.91 | 1.30 | 1.21 | 1.28 | 1.07 | 1.06 | 0.83 | 1.56 | 1.34 |
| Price / book | 3.69 | 3.63 | 2.80 | 2.76 | 3.08 | 2.50 | 2.36 | 1.30 | 2.27 | 2.16 |
| Gross margin | 38.0% | 37.5% | 38.0% | 35.2% | 33.5% | 32.9% | 37.2% | 38.3% | 38.4% | 41.6% |
| Operating margin | 11.6% | 10.8% | 12.6% | 13.9% | 11.5% | 8.6% | 9.7% | 14.5% | 11.2% | 9.8% |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 8.1% | 9.7% | 9.8% | 2.8% | -3.1% | -17.7% | 7.4% | 4.5% | 5.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | 8.1% | 9.1% | 8.1% | 6.8% | 7.9% | 4.7% | 7.8% | 8.8% | 9.2% | 11.1% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 18.8% | 15.3% | 20.8% | 22.3% | 6.7% | -7.3% | -39.3% | 11.6% | 6.5% | 8.8% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 6.7% | 6.0% | 7.5% | 8.1% | 1.9% | -1.8% | -11.1% | 4.3% | 2.4% | 3.4% |
| Debt / equity | 1.02 | 0.87 | 1.03 | 1.02 | 1.53 | 2.10 | 1.50 | 1.05 | 1.09 | 1.11 |
| Current ratio | 1.93 | 1.92 | 2.30 | 2.40 | 2.49 | 2.11 | 1.91 | 1.76 | 2.02 | 2.59 |
| Revenue growth | 10.3% | -2.0% | -3.6% | 13.3% | 31.3% | -17.8% | -1.6% | 3.8% | -11.4% | 2.1% |
| EPS growth | 23.1% | -15.2% | -1.0% | 305.7% | — | — | -404.2% | 124.8% | -48.3% | 72.1% |