Belden (BDC) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Belden (BDC) posted Operating Expenses of $168.7 million for Q1 2026, up 3.49% on a QoQ basis from $163.0 million in Q4 2025, and up 5.5% year-over-year from $159.9 million in Q1 2025.

Belden (BDC) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Belden's Operating Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $168.7 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 5.5% year-over-year to $168.7 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $670.9 million (up 6.64% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $662.1 million, up 9.09% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $168.7 million for Q1 2026 at Belden, up from $163.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $173.3 million in Q3 2025 and bottomed at $126.5 million in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $152.9 million and a median of $154.9 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses gained 22.54% — and 2024, when it dropped 8.74%.
  • Belden's Operating Expenses stood at $158.5 million in 2022, then retreated by 3.91% to $152.3 million in 2023, then advanced by 9.21% to $166.3 million in 2024, then slipped by 1.97% to $163.0 million in 2025, then grew by 3.49% to $168.7 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BDC's Operating Expenses at $168.7 million in Q1 2026, $163.0 million in Q4 2025, and $173.3 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 446.66 Bn 430.02 Bn 10.08 Bn 6.12 Bn
2 Motorola Solutions 70.01 Bn 69.12 Bn 1.36 Bn 691.00 Mn
3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 62.28 Bn 57.44 Bn 9.10 Bn 8.83 Bn
4 Ciena 51.75 Bn 50.45 Bn 625.52 Mn 436.11 Mn
5 Lumentum Holdings 50.16 Bn 46.99 Bn 357.00 Mn 182.50 Mn
6 Nokia 48.47 Bn 41.16 Bn 9.86 Bn -992.30 Mn
7 Ubiquiti 31.83 Bn 31.46 Bn 370.71 Mn 79.89 Mn
8 Ericsson Lm Telephone 31.68 Bn 26.00 Bn 2.53 Bn -1.91 Bn
9 AST SpaceMobile 16.48 Bn 16.48 Bn 3.67 Mn 164.15 Mn
10 Belden 4.01 Bn 3.73 Bn 258.09 Mn 168.74 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 168.74 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 163.05 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 173.27 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 165.86 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 159.94 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 166.33 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 154.92 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 147.95 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 137.77 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 152.30 Mn
Oct 1, 2023 148.27 Mn
Jul 2, 2023 157.61 Mn
Apr 2, 2023 150.96 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 158.49 Mn
Oct 2, 2022 136.78 Mn
Jul 3, 2022 131.19 Mn
Apr 3, 2022 126.52 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 130.60 Mn
Oct 3, 2021 118.57 Mn
Jul 4, 2021 115.83 Mn