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Belden (Belden) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 16.92 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Belden Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-30), Belden's share price is $81.27. Belden's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.80. Hence, Belden's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 16.92.

The historical rank and industry rank for Belden's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

BDC' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.48   Med: 16.42   Max: 155.98
Current: 16.94

During the past 13 years, Belden's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 155.98. The lowest was 7.48. And the median was 16.42.

BDC's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
50.99% of 1359 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 16.92 vs BDC: 16.94

Belden's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.49. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $4.80.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Belden was 19.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 36.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 2.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 0.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, Belden's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 76.80% per year. The lowest was -39.60% per year. And the median was 1.35% per year.


Belden Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Belden's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Belden Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Belden Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.98 22.65 16.81 18.17 16.32

Belden Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 18.17 19.15 17.56 16.98 16.32

Competitive Comparison of Belden's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Belden's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Belden's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Belden's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Belden's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Belden Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Belden's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=81.27/4.802
=16.92

Belden's Share Price of today is $81.27.
Belden's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $4.80.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Belden  (NYSE:BDC) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Belden (Belden) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 North Brentwood Boulevard, 15th Floor, St. Louis, MO, USA, 63105
Belden Inc provides signal transmission products to distributors, end-users, installers, and original equipment manufacturers. The firm operates in two segments - Enterprise Solutions and Industrial Solutions. The Enterprise Solutions segment is a provider in network infrastructure solutions, as well as cabling and connectivity solutions for commercial audio/video and security applications. The Industrial Solutions segment is a provider of high-performance networking components and machine connectivity products.
Executives
Leah Tate officer: SVP - HR C/O BELDEN INC., 1 N. BRENTWOOD BLVD., 15TH FLOOR, SAINT LOUIS MO 63105
Ashish Chand officer: EVP, Industrial Automation C/O BELDEN INC., 1 N. BRENTWOOD BLVD., 15TH FLOOR, SAINT LOUIS MO 63105
Jay V Wirts officer: EVP, Enterprise Solutions C/O BELDEN INC., 1 N. BRENTWOOD BLVD., 15TH FLOOR, SAINT LOUIS MO 63105
Doug Zink officer: VP and CAO 739 TRAGO CREEK DRIVE, BALLWIN MO 63021
Vivie Lee director 126 SIERRA POINT ROAD, BRISBANE CA 94005
Jonathan C Klein director 2 CERF LANE, PO BOX 1032, MT. KISCO NY 10549
Nancy E. Calderon director 1285 WAKEFIELD TRAIL, RENO NV 89523
Brian Lieser officer: EVP, Indust. Automation Solut. C/O BELDEN INC., 1 N. BRENTWOOD BLVD., 15TH FLOOR, SAINT LOUIS MO 63105
Anshuman Mehrotra officer: SVP, Sales C/O BELDEN INC., 1 N. BRENTWOOD BLVD., 15TH FLOOR, SAINT LOUIS MO 63105
Roel Vestjens officer: SVP, Broadcast Solutions C/O BELDEN INC., 1 N. BRENTWOOD BLVD., 15TH FLOOR, SAINT LOUIS MO 63105
Gregory James Mccray director 422 HANDEL COURT, WHEATON IL 60187
Jeremy E Parks officer: SVP - Finance and CFO C/O BELDEN INC., 1 N. BRENTWOOD BLVD., 15TH FLOOR, SAINT LOUIS MO 63105
John S Stroup director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 1 N. BRENTWOOD BLVD., SUITE 1500, ST. LOUIS MO 63105
Judy L Brown director C/O PERRIGO COMPANY, 515 EASTERN AVENUE, ALLEGAN MI 49010
Leo Kulmaczewski officer: SVP, Ops & Lean Enterprise C/O BELDEN INC., 1 N. BRENTWOOD BLVD., 15TH FLOOR, SAINT LOUIS MO 63105