Becton, Dickinson and Company

BDX Healthcare Medical Instruments & Supplies

In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 5.44%, EPS fell 31.5%, free cash flow fell 31.6% and total debt fell 22.9%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for three.

191.75 2.01 −1.04%
Market cap
$52.8B
P/E
57.8×
Fwd P/E
37.7×
Dividend yield
2.07%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
1.84
Beneish M
−2.64
Dividend safety
67/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 2.77
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 4 1 3 1 —
Insider Ownership 1.08%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 52,780.00
Revenue 22,415.00
Net Income 942.00
Free Cash Flow 3,203.00
Net Debt 12,647.00
Current Ratio 0.87 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 0.55
P/E ratio 57.76 (above 35: high)
Fwd P/E 37.70 (above 35: high)
P/S ratio 2.35
P/B ratio 2.16
Past 5Y EPS Growth 16.52% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 11.98%
Next Y EPS Growth 4.50%
Next Y revenue growth (11.74%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 7.75%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 82.33%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 23.70%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 35.46%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 15.04%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 14.74%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 1.20
Annual Dividend Rate 3.98
Annual Dividend Yield 2.07%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 3.92
1.05
1.05
1.05
2025 3.28
0.82
0.82
0.82
0.83
2024 3.06
0.75
0.75
0.75
0.82
2023 2.89
0.72
0.72
0.72
0.75
2022 2.75
0.67
0.68
0.68
0.72
2021 2.58
0.64
0.64
0.64
0.67
2020 2.45
0.61
0.61
0.61
0.64
2019 2.38
0.59
0.59
0.59
0.61
2018 2.32
0.58
0.58
0.58
0.59
2017 2.25
0.56
0.56
0.56
0.58
2016 2.08
0.51
0.51
0.51
0.56
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 1,489 2,301 859 864
Receivables 2,534 3,033 2,994 2,364
Inventory 3,273 3,843 3,894 3,316
Other — — — —
8,676 10,468 9,255 8,139
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 1,641 1,896 1,974 6,107
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — 6,777 6,753 6,107
6,641 8,956 8,313 9,404

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 7.82% 6.32% 4.99%
Cash Flow 7.08% 3.15% 11.55%
Earnings 9.21% 16.95% (0.22%)
Book Value 13.49% 1.33% 0.14%

Revenue $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 5,252 4,714 4,983 — —
’25 5,168 4,480 4,726 7,466 21,840
’24 4,706 5,045 4,990 5,437 20,178
’23 4,586 4,821 4,878 5,087 19,372
’22 4,718 4,750 4,641 4,761 18,870
’21 5,315 4,907 4,607 4,302 19,131
’20 4,225 4,253 3,855 3,741 16,074
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 657 671 776 — —
’25 693 (204) 1,089 1,852 3,430
’24 855 514 1,297 1,178 3,844
’23 399 185 1,081 1,325 2,990
’22 530 290 678 973 2,471
’21 1,533 1,188 564 841 4,126
’20 713 483 862 879 2,937
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 549 546 633 — —
’25 588 (318) 925 1,475 2,670
’24 739 380 1,118 882 3,119
’23 191 4 890 1,031 2,116
’22 347 68 425 658 1,498
’21 1,287 935 321 389 2,932
’20 540 261 660 707 2,168
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 1.34 (1.11) 1.37 — —
’25 1.04 1.07 2.00 1.72 5.82
’24 0.96 1.85 1.68 1.45 5.93
’23 1.70 1.53 1.36 0.37 4.94
’22 2.28 1.50 1.18 0.92 5.88
’21 3.35 0.94 1.72 0.84 6.85
’20 0.87 0.53 0.97 0.36 2.71
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to September

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 99.33 123.87 160.01 161.62 151.67 180.34 169.73 179.73 171.97 127.59

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 139.41 176.17 203.92 211.29 219.91 205.07 218.00 225.88 196.45 198.11
People
People Employees 50,928 41,933 76,032 70,093 65,000 70,000 77,000 73,000 74,000 72,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.25 0.29 0.21 0.25 0.25 0.27 0.25 0.27 0.27 0.30
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 12,483 12,093 15,983 17,290 16,074 19,131 18,870 19,372 20,178 21,840
Gross margin, % 47.99 49.33 45.48 47.94 42.29 45.12 44.92 42.17 45.22 45.44
EBT 1,074 976 1,173 1,176 414 1,692 1,783 1,662 2,005 1,881
EBT margin, % 8.60 8.07 7.34 6.80 2.58 8.84 9.45 8.58 9.94 8.61
Net income 976 1,100 311 1,233 874 2,092 1,779 1,484 1,705 1,678
Depreciation 1,114 1,088 1,978 2,253 2,115 2,230 2,229 2,288 2,286 2,462
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 58.69 55.23 61.86 64.05 57.62 66.13 66.21 67.67 69.64 75.93
Earnings 4.59 4.70 0.62 3.96 2.75 6.92 5.93 4.97 5.96 5.83
Cash flow 12.03 11.65 11.09 12.34 10.53 14.26 8.67 10.44 13.27 11.92
Capex (3.26) (3.32) (3.46) (3.55) (2.76) (4.13) (3.41) (3.05) (2.50) (2.64)
Free cash flow 8.77 8.33 7.63 8.79 7.77 10.14 5.26 7.39 10.76 9.28
Book value 35.89 59.14 81.26 78.09 85.19 81.85 88.71 90.11 89.35 88.27
Shares, m 213 219 258 270 279 289 285 286 290 288
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 30.03 31.56 413.84 48.99 64.89 27.29 29.59 40.61 31.86 25.20
P/S 2.35 2.73 3.28 3.03 3.10 2.85 2.65 2.99 2.72 1.94
P/B 3.84 2.55 2.50 2.48 2.10 2.30 1.98 2.25 2.12 1.67
EV/Sales 3.04 3.10 4.38 4.04 3.99 3.62 3.32 3.68 3.50 2.71
EV/FCF 20.35 20.53 35.55 29.43 29.55 23.62 41.82 33.68 22.62 22.16
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 2,559 2,550 2,865 3,330 2,937 4,126 2,471 2,990 3,844 3,430
Capex (693) (727) (895) (957) (769) (1,194) (973) (874) (725) (760)
Free cash flow 1,866 1,823 1,970 2,373 2,168 2,932 1,498 2,116 3,119 2,670
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 1,967 15,291 195 1,009 3,133 2,212 330 2,035 1,512 942
Total debt 10,550 18,667 18,894 18,081 17,224 17,110 13,886 14,738 17,940 17,621
Net debt 8,643 4,467 17,641 17,461 14,287 14,706 12,719 13,249 15,639 16,762
Shareholders’ equity 7,633 12,948 20,994 21,081 23,765 23,677 25,282 25,796 25,890 25,390
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 3.75 3.25 0.35 2.05 1.45 3.71 3.16 2.69 3.10 2.98
ROIC 5.49 5.46 2.44 2.85 1.50 3.67 3.75 3.38 3.61 3.82
ROE 13.19 10.01 0.94 5.14 3.42 8.44 6.90 5.58 6.60 6.54
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Sep 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

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Becton, Dickinson and Company vs peers in Medical Instruments & Supplies (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
ISRG Intuitive Surgical, Inc. $151.2B 48.3× 46.4× +18.54% (above 0%: growing) +25.54% (above 0%: growing) +69.33% (above 0%: growing) 67.78% 33.60% Compare
BDX Becton, Dickinson and Company $52.8B 57.8× 37.7× +5.44% (above 0%: growing) −31.50% (below 0%: shrinking) −31.57% (below 0%: shrinking) 46.46% 13.31%
MDLN Medline Inc. $48.1B — — +15.67% (above 0%: growing) — +3.42% (above 0%: growing) 28.82% 5.14% Compare
RMD ResMed Inc. $34.1B 22.8× 16.6× +8.58% (above 0%: growing) +2.32% (above 0%: growing) −21.31% (below 0%: shrinking) 58.84% 30.66% Compare
ALC Alcon $32.1B 50.5× 31.0× +8.74% (above 0%: growing) n/m −0.54% (below 0%: shrinking) 59.33% 0.39% Compare
WST West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. $27.0B 48.7× 37.3× +13.80% (above 0%: growing) +19.23% (above 0%: growing) −20.71% (below 0%: shrinking) 37.74% 20.53% Compare
SOLV Solventum Corporation $15.0B 10.4× 39.0× +2.22% (above 0%: growing) +1.92% (above 0%: growing) +144.07% (above 0%: growing) 58.22% 8.19% Compare
BAX Baxter International Inc. $13.3B — (loss-making) 44.7× +5.34% (above 0%: growing) +33.33% (above 0%: growing) +119.48% (above 0%: growing) 34.86% 7.33% Compare
RGEN Repligen Corporation $11.7B 234× 112× +11.93% (above 0%: growing) −65.38% (below 0%: shrinking) +27.10% (above 0%: growing) 53.91% 6.85% Compare
Median of peers $29.5B 48.5× 39.0× +10.34% +10.78% +15.26% 56.07% 7.76%

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Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) key facts

  • Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) is a Medical Instruments & Supplies company in the Healthcare sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, BDX traded at $191.75, a market capitalization of $52.8 billion.
  • Becton, Dickinson and Company pays an annual dividend of $3.98 per share, a yield of 2.07%, with a payout ratio of 119.7%.
  • Return on equity was 6.54% and debt-to-equity 0.55.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.84 (grey zone) for fiscal 2025.

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