Belden Valuation

Is BDC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of BDC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: BDC ($93.5) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($153.29)

Significantly Below Fair Value: BDC is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for BDC?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

BDC key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue1.9x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA11.9x
PEG Ratio1.9x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does BDC's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for BDC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average23.7x
VSH Vishay Intertechnology
13.5x-6.3%US$3.3b
LFUS Littelfuse
29.4x14.3%US$6.2b
ROG Rogers
32.4x12.0%US$2.2b
KN Knowles
19.5x4.7%US$1.6b
BDC Belden
17.5x9.4%US$3.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: BDC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.5x) compared to the peer average (23.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does BDC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Electronic Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a13.9%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: BDC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.5x) compared to the US Electronic industry average (21.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is BDC's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

BDC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio17.5x
Fair PE Ratio21.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: BDC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.4x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst BDC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$93.50
US$105.00
+12.3%
5.7%US$115.00US$100.00n/a4
May ’25US$81.32
US$98.52
+21.2%
2.1%US$100.00US$94.60n/a5
Apr ’25US$90.78
US$99.60
+9.7%
3.1%US$105.00US$94.60n/a6
Mar ’25US$86.53
US$99.60
+15.1%
0.8%US$100.00US$98.00n/a5
Feb ’25US$74.87
US$85.40
+14.1%
6.7%US$91.00US$77.00n/a5
Jan ’25US$77.25
US$83.40
+8.0%
7.1%US$91.00US$77.00n/a5
Dec ’24US$68.47
US$82.60
+20.6%
8.1%US$91.00US$75.00n/a5
Nov ’24US$71.82
US$102.40
+42.6%
9.3%US$115.00US$86.00n/a5
Oct ’24US$96.55
US$115.00
+19.1%
2.4%US$118.00US$110.00n/a5
Sep ’24US$93.96
US$109.00
+16.0%
8.9%US$118.00US$93.00n/a4
Aug ’24US$95.93
US$109.00
+13.6%
8.9%US$118.00US$93.00n/a4
Jul ’24US$95.65
US$106.25
+11.1%
7.7%US$115.00US$93.00n/a4
Jun ’24US$86.82
US$106.25
+22.4%
7.7%US$115.00US$93.00n/a4
May ’24US$79.56
US$102.00
+28.2%
8.9%US$110.00US$87.00US$81.324
Apr ’24US$86.77
US$100.33
+15.6%
7.9%US$110.00US$87.00US$90.786
Mar ’24US$85.25
US$100.33
+17.7%
7.9%US$110.00US$87.00US$86.536
Feb ’24US$82.32
US$87.83
+6.7%
6.9%US$95.00US$76.00US$74.876
Jan ’24US$71.90
US$86.00
+19.6%
6.9%US$95.00US$76.00US$77.256
Dec ’23US$81.95
US$85.50
+4.3%
6.7%US$95.00US$76.00US$68.476
Nov ’23US$70.34
US$78.00
+10.9%
8.6%US$88.00US$67.00US$71.825
Oct ’23US$60.02
US$78.00
+30.0%
8.6%US$88.00US$67.00US$96.555
Sep ’23US$64.72
US$78.00
+20.5%
8.6%US$88.00US$67.00US$93.965
Aug ’23US$65.51
US$74.67
+14.0%
14.4%US$88.00US$59.00US$95.936
Jul ’23US$53.00
US$74.67
+40.9%
14.4%US$88.00US$59.00US$95.656
Jun ’23US$56.56
US$74.67
+32.0%
14.4%US$88.00US$59.00US$86.826
May ’23US$51.63
US$73.00
+41.4%
14.9%US$88.00US$55.00US$79.566

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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