Belden (BDC) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Belden (BDC) posted FCF Payout Ratio of 0.03 for Q1 2026, down 292.67% on a QoQ basis from 0.02 in Q4 2025, and up 61.65% year-over-year from 0.02 in Q1 2025.

Belden (BDC) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Belden's FCF Payout Ratio history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.03 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 61.65% year-over-year to 0.03 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.04 (up 107081.63% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.04, up 12022.46% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.03 for Q1 2026 at Belden, down from 0.02 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.08 in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 0.1 in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.0 and a median of 0.02 in 2025 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 512.87% — and 2025, when it surged 131.0%.
  • Belden's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.01 in 2022, then tumbled by 512.87% to 0.06 in 2023, then increased by 14.47% to 0.05 in 2024, then soared by 131.0% to 0.02 in 2025, then sank by 292.67% to 0.03 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BDC's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.03 in Q1 2026, 0.02 in Q4 2025, and 0.03 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 456.97 Bn 440.33 Bn 10.08 Bn 0.50
2 Motorola Solutions 73.10 Bn 72.21 Bn 1.36 Bn 0.52
3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 60.19 Bn 55.35 Bn 9.10 Bn 0.31
4 Ciena 48.54 Bn 47.24 Bn 625.52 Mn -
5 Nokia 48.12 Bn 40.81 Bn 9.86 Bn -
6 Lumentum Holdings 46.15 Bn 42.98 Bn 357.00 Mn -
7 Ericsson Lm Telephone 33.10 Bn 27.42 Bn 2.53 Bn -0.80
8 Ubiquiti 32.36 Bn 31.99 Bn 370.71 Mn 0.30
9 AST SpaceMobile 16.27 Bn 16.27 Bn 3.67 Mn -
10 Belden 4.05 Bn 3.78 Bn 258.09 Mn -0.03

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 -0.03
Dec 31, 2025 0.02
Sep 28, 2025 0.03
Jun 29, 2025 0.04
Mar 30, 2025 -0.08
Dec 31, 2024 -0.05
Sep 29, 2024 0.03
Jun 30, 2024 0.03
Mar 31, 2024 -0.10
Dec 31, 2023 -0.06
Oct 1, 2023 0.03
Jul 2, 2023 0.03
Apr 2, 2023 -0.05
Dec 31, 2022 0.01
Oct 2, 2022 0.03
Jul 3, 2022 0.08
Apr 3, 2022 -0.03
Dec 31, 2021 0.02
Oct 3, 2021 0.04
Jul 4, 2021 0.05