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. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 19th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Monday, October 7th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 18th. View Belden's Dividend History.

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

Belden Inc. (NYSE:BDC) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 31st. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.40 by $0.01. The industrial products company earned $637.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $641.65 million. Belden had a return on equity of 19.29% and a net margin of 7.76%. Belden's quarterly revenue was down 4.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm 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 issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 31st. The company provided earnings per share 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 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Belden's shares. Their predictions 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 42.9% 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 stories about BDC stock have been trending positive on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Belden earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the industrial products company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Belden.

Belden saw a decrease in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,112,500 shares, a decrease of 19.4% from the June 30th total of 2,621,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 395,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.3 days. Currently, 5.5% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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 number 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, Mackenzie Financial Corp, Mackenzie Financial Corp, William Blair Investment Management LLC and Bank of America Corp DE. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BDC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $43.99.

Belden has a market capitalization of $2.00 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]