---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000913142-24-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDC"
cik: "0000913142"
company_name: "BELDEN INC."
filed_at: "2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T07:53:27.028103+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Belden Q3: rev $655M (+4% reported, -2% organic); Adj EPS $1.70; orders up 28% y/y

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $1.30 (-24% y/y); Adj EPS $1.70 (-4% y/y); net income $54M vs $72M (prior year had $12M asset sale gain).
- Orders up 28% y/y and 8% sequentially; Q4 guidance: rev $645-660M, GAAP EPS $1.05-1.15, Adj EPS $1.62-1.72.
- Smart Infrastructure rev $320M (+12.6% y/y, -1% organic); Automation rev $335M (-2.2% y/y, -3% organic).
- Share repurchases: $20M in Q3, $115M YTD; share count reduced by 1.2M shares since year-end.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000913142-24-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDC
- cik: 0000913142
- company_name: BELDEN INC.
- filed_at: 2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/913142/000091314224000037/0000913142-24-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000091314224000037/bdc-20241031.htm

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