---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000913142-24-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDC"
cik: "0000913142"
company_name: "BELDEN INC."
filed_at: "2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T14:11:06.587937+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Belden Q2 revenues $604M (-13% YoY); GAAP EPS $1.19, adj. EPS $1.51; Q3 guidance rev $635-650M

## Summary
- Revenue $604M (-13% YoY); GAAP EPS $1.19 (-26%), adjusted EPS $1.51 (-21%).
- Adjusted EBITDA $99M (-19%), margin 16.5% vs 17.8% prior year.
- Industrial Solutions revenue -13%, Enterprise Solutions -14% YoY.
- Closed acquisition of Precision Optical Technologies; payable to sellers $291.5M.
- Q3 guidance: rev $635-650M, GAAP EPS $1.00-1.10, adj. EPS $1.55-1.65.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000913142-24-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDC
- cik: 0000913142
- company_name: BELDEN INC.
- filed_at: 2024-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/913142/000091314224000027/0000913142-24-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000091314224000027/bdc-20240801.htm

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