Growth Metrics

Belden (BDC) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Belden filings provide 18 years of Operating Margin readings, the most recent being 11.19% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 43.0% to 11.19% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 11.52%, a 30.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 11.63%, up 80.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin hit 11.19% in Q1 2026 for Belden, down from 12.16% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 19.34% in Q4 2022 to a low of 7.97% in Q4 2023.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 11.79% (2025), compared with a mean of 12.14%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: skyrocketed 698bps in 2022 and later crashed -411bps in 2023.
  • Belden's Operating Margin stood at 11.87% in 2022, then plummeted by -33bps to 7.97% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 30bps to 10.39% in 2024, then rose by 17bps to 12.16% in 2025, then decreased by -8bps to 11.19% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 11.19% (Q1 2026), 12.16% (Q4 2025), and 10.93% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.