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What BDC's price assumes
Belden Inc. trades at 20.6× earnings against 36.7× for the median Communication Equipment name, cheaper than its own group.
20.6
Trailing P/E · Communication Equipment median 36.7 · cheaper than the typical name in its group
- Price / sales
- 1.60
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1
- Free cash flow yield
- 3.8%
Free cash flow yield · Communication Equipment median 3.3%
- Growth the price implies
- +9.2%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for +9.2% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered −3.3% a year over the last three.
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- Price / book2026-Q1
- 3.46
- EV / EBIT2026-Q1
- 16.9
- EV / sales2026-Q1
- 1.95
- Technology median P/E365 names
- 36.5
- Communication Equipment median P/E21 names
- 36.7
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $180M
- Market capitalisation
- $4.72B
- 3-year revenue growth
- +1.8%
- 3-year free cash flow growth
- −3.3%
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| Its own P/E history, lower quartile | $112.77 |
| Its own P/E history, median | $134.79 |
| Its own P/E history, upper quartile | $199.51 |
| 52-week range | $99.52 – $150.78 |
| Today | $122.04 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.
Communication Equipment
Ranks #10 of 15 by Smart Score