Belden (BDC) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Belden (BDC) posted Free Cash Flow of -$63.1 million for Q1 2026, down 152.01% on a QoQ basis from $121.2 million in Q4 2025, and down 154.67% year-over-year from $115.4 million in Q1 2025.

Belden (BDC) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Belden's Free Cash Flow history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$63.1 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 154.67% year-over-year to -$63.1 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $180.4 million (down 17.91% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $218.7 million, down 1.92% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was -$63.1 million for Q1 2026 at Belden, down from $121.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $147.7 million in Q4 2022 and bottomed at -$68.9 million in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $44.6 million and a median of $65.3 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Free Cash Flow soared 130.85% — and 2026, when it tumbled 154.67%.
  • Belden's Free Cash Flow stood at $147.7 million in 2022, then slipped by 29.03% to $104.8 million in 2023, then advanced by 11.06% to $116.4 million in 2024, then advanced by 4.19% to $121.2 million in 2025, then sank by 152.01% to -$63.1 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BDC's Free Cash Flow at -$63.1 million in Q1 2026, $121.2 million in Q4 2025, and $65.3 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 453.08 Bn 436.44 Bn 10.08 Bn 3.34 Bn
2 Motorola Solutions 70.40 Bn 69.51 Bn 1.36 Bn 389.00 Mn
3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 64.04 Bn 59.20 Bn 9.10 Bn 609.00 Mn
4 Ciena 53.20 Bn 51.90 Bn 625.52 Mn 212.74 Mn
5 Lumentum Holdings 51.31 Bn 48.14 Bn 357.00 Mn 79.10 Mn
6 Nokia 49.83 Bn 42.52 Bn 9.86 Bn -
7 Ubiquiti 32.53 Bn 32.16 Bn 370.71 Mn 162.23 Mn
8 Ericsson Lm Telephone 32.22 Bn 26.54 Bn 2.53 Bn 664.31 Mn
9 AST SpaceMobile 16.80 Bn 16.80 Bn 3.67 Mn -309.66 Mn
10 Belden 4.10 Bn 3.83 Bn 258.09 Mn -63.06 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 29, 2026 -63.06 Mn
Mar 29, 2026 -63.06 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 121.25 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 121.25 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 65.33 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 65.33 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 56.88 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 56.88 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 -24.76 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 -24.76 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 116.38 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 116.38 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 67.16 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 67.16 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 60.96 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 60.96 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -21.53 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -21.53 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 104.78 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 104.78 Mn