NYSE:BDC - Belden Stock Price, News & Analysis

Belden trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BDC."

Belden announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 21st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Monday, October 7th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.37%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 18th. View Belden's Dividend History.

Belden announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Thursday, November 29th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $300,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 13.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Belden Inc. (NYSE:BDC) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 31st. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.40 by $0.01. The industrial products company earned $637.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $641.65 million. Belden had a net margin of 7.76% and a return on equity of 19.29%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.52 earnings per share. View Belden's Earnings History.

Belden is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Belden.

Belden updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 31st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.38-5.78 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.85. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.54 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of prior $5.65-6.15.

8 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Belden's stock. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $77.00. On average, they expect Belden's stock price to reach $62.8417 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Belden.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Belden in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Belden.

News coverage about BDC stock has been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Belden earned a media sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Belden.

Belden saw a decline in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,112,500 shares, a decline of 19.4% from the July 15th total of 2,621,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 395,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.3 days. Approximately 5.5% of the company's stock are short sold. View Belden's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Belden investors own include CA (CA), Endologix (ELGX), BlackRock (BLK), Hawkins (HWKN), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Och-Ziff Capital Management Group (OZM), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE) and ALJ Regional (ALJJ).

Belden's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Janus Henderson Group PLC (14.04%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (14.04%), BlackRock Inc. (9.98%), BlackRock Inc. (9.98%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.25%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (7.64%). Company insiders that own Belden stock include Bryan C Cressey, Henk Derksen, John S Stroup, Leo Kulmaczewski, Paul Keith Turner, Roel Vestjens and Ross Rosenberg. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Belden.

BDC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., RE Advisers Corp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Prudential PLC, Boston Partners, Mackenzie Financial Corp, Mackenzie Financial Corp and William Blair Investment Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Belden.

BDC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Janus Henderson Group PLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, LSV Asset Management, Renaissance Technologies LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, AXA and Phocas Financial Corp.. Company insiders that have bought Belden stock in the last two years include Bryan C Cressey, Henk Derksen, John S Stroup, Leo Kulmaczewski and Roel Vestjens. View Insider Buying and Selling for Belden.

Shares of BDC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BDC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $53.64.

Belden has a market capitalization of $2.44 billion and generates $2.59 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $160.89 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.06 on an earnings per share basis. Belden employs 9,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Belden.

The official website for Belden is http://www.belden.com/.

Belden's mailing address is 1 NORTH BRENTWOOD BLVD 15TH FLOOR, ST. LOUIS MO, 63105. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 314-854-8000 or via email at [email protected]