Belden has retired 17.3% of its shares since 2010, from 47,237,570 to 39,078,191.
At $102.83 a share, a market value of $4.0B. FCF yield 5.3%, P/E 16.5, trailing twelve months to June 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2005-03-01 | 47,002,801 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-03-01 | 42,633,092 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-22 | 44,609,213 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-24 | 44,127,414 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-02-25 | 46,568,676 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2010-02-19 | 46,682,691 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2010 | 2011-02-18 | 47,237,570 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-21 | 45,966,481 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-19 | 44,517,866 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-18 | 43,474,784 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-17 | 42,517,178 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-23 | 41,987,913 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-14 | 42,182,613 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-09 | 41,930,562 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-15 | 39,399,412 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-05 | 45,459,726 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-10 | 44,657,019 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-09 | 44,991,811 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-17 | 42,895,630 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-07 | 41,085,542 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-05 | 40,269,390 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-11 | 38,748,995 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Belden on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Yes. Belden has 0.6% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 39,078,191 as of July 23, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 13.0%.
Net of every new share it issued, Belden has 8.2 million fewer shares than at its 2010 peak. That is 17.3% of the company.
39,078,191 shares, as of July 23, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2010 peak it had 47,237,570.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Belden stock in 2010 owns 1.2 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Belden ranks No. 399 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Salesforce (17.7%), Zoetis (17.5%), Chubb (17.2%), Whirlpool (17.2%).
Every answer is computed from Belden's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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