Belden Inc. (BDC) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Belden (BDC) reported Operating Margin of 13.23% for Q2 2026, up 1.44 percentage points from 11.79% a year earlier and up 2.04 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Belden Inc. (BDC) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 28, 2026, Belden's Operating Margin came in at 11.90%, up 0.58 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 11.63%, up 0.80 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin has a five-year change of +3.06 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Operating Margin came in at 10.83% in FY2024 (-1.81 pp), 12.64% in FY2023 (-1.30 pp), 13.94% in FY2022 (+2.48 pp) and 11.46% in FY2021 (+2.89 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Operating Margin since Q3 2023.
- Year over year, Operating Margin gained in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.38 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Operating Margin in five years was Q3 2022 (a gain of 6.98 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2021 (a drop of 5.93 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 11.19% (Q1 2026), 12.16% (Q4 2025) and 10.93% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 13.23% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 11.19% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 12.16% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 10.93% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 11.79% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 11.62% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 10.39% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 11.50% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 11.40% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 9.90% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 7.97% |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 15.22% |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 13.38% |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 13.33% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 11.87% |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 19.34% |
| Jul 3, 2022 | 12.29% |
| Apr 3, 2022 | 12.05% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 11.38% |
| Oct 3, 2021 | 12.36% |
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Belden Inc. Operating Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=BDC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "BDC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=BDC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();