---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000913142-23-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDC"
cik: "0000913142"
company_name: "BELDEN INC."
filed_at: "2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T10:42:05.713481+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Belden Q2 record revenue $692M, EPS $1.60; raises FY23 adjusted EPS guide to $7.15-$7.35

## Summary
- Record revenue $692M (+4% YoY), organic growth +5%; GAAP EPS $1.60 (+22%), adjusted EPS $1.91 (+19%).
- Industrial Automation Solutions revenue +8% organic; Enterprise Solutions +1%. Gross margin 38%, up ~400 bps YoY.
- Full-year 2023 adjusted EPS guidance raised to $7.15-$7.35 (prior $6.95-$7.25); revenue guidance narrowed to $2.695-$2.725B.
- Executed $36M of share repurchases in Q2 and $90M YTD through July.
- Adjusted EBITDA margin 17.8%, up 120 bps; cash & equivalents $515M as of July 2, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000913142-23-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDC
- cik: 0000913142
- company_name: BELDEN INC.
- filed_at: 2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000091314223000024/0000913142-23-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000091314223000024/bdc-20230803.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000913142-23-000024.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BELDEN INC. updated its second quarter 2023 guidance (raised).
  - Period: second quarter 2023
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On August 3, 2023, Belden Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its financial results for the second quarter 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000091314223000024/0000913142-23-000024-index.htm

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