---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-009400"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BHE"
cik: "0000863436"
company_name: "BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T14:25:47.112611+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Benchmark Electronics Q4 revenue $691M, EPS $0.49; guides Q1 revenue $625-665M

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $691M (down 8% YoY from $751M); GAAP EPS $0.49, non-GAAP EPS $0.58.
- FY2023 revenue $2.839B (down 1.6% YoY); GAAP EPS $1.79, non-GAAP EPS $2.04; gross margin +70bps to 9.5%.
- Generated Q4 free cash flow $126M; full year free cash flow $97M aided by inventory reductions.
- Q1 2024 guidance: revenue $625-665M; GAAP EPS $0.32-0.38; non-GAAP EPS $0.42-0.48.
- Sector: Next Gen Comms -35% YoY, Medical -13%; A&D +13% drove mix.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-009400
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BHE
- cik: 0000863436
- company_name: BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863436/000095017024009400/0000950170-24-009400-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863436/000095017024009400/bhe-20240131.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-009400.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC reported financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023.
  - Period: the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On January 31, 2024, Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its results of operations for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863436/000095017024009400/0000950170-24-009400-index.htm

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