---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000913142-25-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDC"
cik: "0000913142"
company_name: "BELDEN INC."
filed_at: "2025-02-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T02:13:14.645547+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Belden Q4 revenue $666M (+21% y/y), GAAP EPS $1.42 (+56%), guides Q1 above prior year

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $666M (+21% y/y, +14% organic); GAAP EPS $1.42 (+56%); Adj. EPS $1.92 (+32%).
- Full year revenue $2,461M (-2%); GAAP EPS $4.80 (-15%); Adj. EPS $6.36 (-7%).
- Q1 2025 guidance: revenue $605-620M (13-16% growth); Adj. EPS $1.43-1.53 (15-23% growth).
- Free cash flow $223M (+3% y/y); repurchased 1.3M shares for $133M in 2024.
- Both segments grew 14% organically in Q4; adj. EBITDA margin expanded 110bps to 17.1%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000913142-25-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDC
- cik: 0000913142
- company_name: BELDEN INC.
- filed_at: 2025-02-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/913142/000091314225000003/0000913142-25-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913142/000091314225000003/bdc-20250206.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000913142-25-000003
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000913142-25-000003.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000913142-25-000003.txt

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