Belden Inc. (BDC) · Peers

Belden against the 6 other companies here in its SEC industry, SIC 335x (the wider group: its own four-digit code has fewer than five). Each figure is the one on the company's own page; the median is the peers', and the rank is among all 7, highest first.

Measure by measure

Measure	BDC	Peer median	Rank
Market value	$4.02B	median $7.85B	4 of 7
P/E	16.5×	median 47.1×	4 of 6
Forward P/E	11.9×	median 13.8×	4 of 6
EV/EBITDA	10.3×	median 32.1×	5 of 6
P/S	1.4×	median 2.2×	5 of 7
FCF yield	5.3%	median 2.3%	2 of 7
Dividend yield	0.2%	median 1.7%	4 of 4
Gross margin	37.6%	median 32.7%	1 of 6
Operating margin	11.9%	median 11.7%	4 of 7
Net margin	8.5%	median 8.3%	4 of 7
ROIC	11.8%	median 12.5%	4 of 7
ROE	17.6%	median 19.6%	4 of 7
Revenue growth (4y, yearly)	4.2%	median 6.0%	5 of 7
Net debt / EBITDA	1.9×	median 1.9×	3 of 5
Current ratio	2.3×	median 2.2×	4 of 7
Stock pay / revenue	1.2%	median 0.6%	2 of 7
Share count change	-2.6%	median 1.0%	7 of 7

Green where Belden is on the better side of the median, red where on the worse; no colour where higher is neither, like size or dividend yield.

The peers, largest first

Company	Market value	P/E	ROIC	Score
BDCBelden Inc.	$4.02B	P/E 16.5×	11.8%	5.5
GLWCorning Incorporated	$113.60B	P/E 62.8×	10.5%	5.0
HWMHowmet Aerospace Inc.	$88.12B	P/E 47.1×	20.4%	5.4
MLIMueller Industries Inc	$13.29B	P/E 15.6×	39.6%	6.4
KALUKaiser Aluminum Corp	$2.41B	P/E 10.6×	14.5%	5.0
NXQuanex Building Products CORP	$867.58M	P/E –	-11.4%	4.6
OCCOptical Cable Corp	$113.96M	P/E 113.1×	6.7%	3.9

The industry is the Standard Industrial Classification code the company registered with the SEC. It is a broad label: a peer group is a starting point for comparing, not proof that two businesses are alike. None of this is advice.