---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000913142-24-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDC"
cik: "0000913142"
company_name: "BELDEN INC."
filed_at: "2024-02-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T06:14:57.532075+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Belden Q4 revenue $551M (-16% y/y); GAAP EPS $0.91, adj EPS $1.46; guides Q1 adj EPS $1.00-1.10

## Summary
- Q4 revenues $551M, down 16% y/y and 18% organically; GAAP EPS $0.91 (-35% y/y), adjusted EPS $1.46 (-17% y/y).
- Full year revenue $2.512B (-4% y/y); GAAP EPS $5.66 (-6%), adjusted EPS $6.83 (+7% y/y).
- Adjusted EBITDA margin FY23 17.4% (+40 bps y/y); Q4 margin 16.0% (-140 bps).
- Executed $192M share repurchases in FY23, $200M through Jan 2024.
- Q1 2024 guidance: revenues $505-520M, GAAP EPS $0.65-0.75, adjusted EPS $1.00-1.10.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000913142-24-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDC
- cik: 0000913142
- company_name: BELDEN INC.
- filed_at: 2024-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000091314224000004/0000913142-24-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000091314224000004/bdc-20240208.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000913142-24-000004.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BELDEN INC. reported fourth quarter and full year 2023 results: revenue $551 million, net income $39 million, EPS $0.91.
  - Period: fourth quarter and full year 2023
  - Revenue: $551 million
  - Net income: $39 million
  - EPS: $0.91
  - Result: reported results
  source text: and digitization solutions, today reported fiscal fourth quarter and full year results for the period ended December 31, 2023. Fourth Quarter 2023 Highlights • Revenues of $551 million, down 16% y/y and down 18% organically • GAAP EPS of $0.91, down 35% y/y • Adjusted EPS of $1.46, down 17% y/y • Executed $42 million of share repurchases during the quarter, and
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000091314224000004/0000913142-24-000004-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  BELDEN INC. updated its first quarter of 2024 guidance (initiated).
  - Period: first quarter of 2024
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: First Quarter 2024: Guidance Revenues (million) $505 - $520 GAAP EPS $0.65 - $0.75 Adjusted EPS $1.00 - $1.10
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000091314224000004/0000913142-24-000004-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.