BHE Stock — Benchmark Electronics, Inc.

Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (BHE)

Updated October 16, 2026.

BHE is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.96%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.96%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 95/100 (Safe). Total return is 4304.1% over the past 36.3 years.

Benchmark Electronics is a contract manufacturer and engineering services provider serving aerospace and defense, industrial, medical, and semiconductor equipment customers across the Americas, Asia, and Europe. The company offers product design and engineering services, electronics manufacturing and testing, precision metal machining, and supply chain management solutions. It carries a modest current distribution rate paid quarterly.

BHE performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 4304.1% over the past 36.3 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 72.7%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 28.8%.

BHE key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

95 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.91%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

06/27/1990

Distribution rate

0.96%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.96%

5-year average yield

1.75

Last close

$70.62 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$2,536,665,668

Average volume

388234.0

Dividend

$0.17

Ex-dividend date

09/30/2026

Payment date

10/13/2026

Beta

1.264

Payout ratio

27.1%

P/E ratio

48.37

Forward P/E

14.1443

EPS

$1.46

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.96%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.96%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

BHE risks and drawbacks

BHE's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 28.8%.

Who may consider BHE — and who may not

BHE may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (BHE pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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