Belden Stock Forecast, Price & News

Belden's stock was trading at $37.77 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BDC stock has increased by 25.3% and is now trading at $47.34.
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9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Belden in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Belden stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BDC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6,978 employees have rated Belden CEO Larry J. Merlo on Glassdoor.com. Larry J. Merlo has an approval rating of 37% among Belden's employees. This puts Larry J. Merlo in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Belden is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 2nd 2021.
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Belden Inc. (NYSE:BDC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Sunday, November, 1st. The industrial products company reported $0.72 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.61 by $0.11. The industrial products company had revenue of $475.84 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $446.36 million. Belden had a negative net margin of 10.95% and a positive return on equity of 15.55%.
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Belden announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 18th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Thursday, January 7th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 17th.
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Belden pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.42%. Belden does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Belden is 4.42%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Belden will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.33% next year. This indicates that Belden will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Belden issued an update on its fourth quarter 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 19th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.85-0.90 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.72. The company issued revenue guidance of $494-499 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $475.04 million.

9 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Belden's shares. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $62.00. On average, they expect Belden's stock price to reach $43.94 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.2%.
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Belden trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BDC."

Belden's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (2.12%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.50%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.34%), Beese Fulmer Investment Management Inc. (0.13%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.03%) and Unified Trust Company N.A. (0.03%). Company insiders that own Belden stock include Biddle Neil, John S Stroup, Jonathan C Klein, Judy L Brown and Leo Kulmaczewski.
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BDC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Pacer Advisors Inc., Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Belden company stock in the last year include John S Stroup, Jonathan C Klein, and Judy L Brown.
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BDC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Beese Fulmer Investment Management Inc., Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Unified Trust Company N.A., and First Hawaiian Bank. Company insiders that have bought Belden stock in the last two years include Biddle Neil, and Leo Kulmaczewski.
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Shares of BDC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of BDC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.34.

Belden has a market capitalization of $2.11 billion and generates $2.13 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $-377,020,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $4.52 on an earnings per share basis. Belden employs 7,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Belden is 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]