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

Belden (BDC) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.03 for Q1 2026, up 61.65% on a YoY basis from 0.02 in Q1 2025, and up 36.87% quarter-over-quarter from 0.05 in Q4 2025.

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

Belden has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.03 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio rose 61.65% year-over-year to 0.03; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.0 (down 100.7% YoY), and the FY2024 full-year result was 0.04, changed N/A from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.03, up from 0.05 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for FCF Payout Ratio was 0.08 in Q3 2022, with the low at 0.1 in Q1 2024.
  • Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.0 across 5 years, with a median of 0.02 in 2024.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — FCF Payout Ratio plunged 512.87% — and 2024, when it soared 128.68%.
  • Belden's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.01 in 2022, then sank by 512.87% to 0.06 in 2023, then soared by 128.68% to 0.02 in 2024, then sank by 382.16% to 0.05 in 2025, then surged by 36.87% to 0.03 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.03 (Q1 2026), 0.05 (Q4 2025), and 0.03 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 0.50
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn -
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 0.52
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn 0.31
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn -
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 0.31
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn -
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn -
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn -
10 Belden 4.12 Bn 3.85 Bn 258.09 Mn -0.03

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 -0.03
Dec 31, 2025 -0.05
Sep 28, 2025 0.03
Jun 29, 2025 0.04
Mar 30, 2025 -0.08
Dec 31, 2024 0.02
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