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

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) EV/Sales

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As of 16 October 2026, Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) trades at a EV/Sales of 2.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.4× (June 2026) to 5.2× (January 2018); the current reading is higher than 16% of that period. That is in line with the Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median of 2.9× and below the Healthcare sector median of 3.4×.

EV/Sales, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
FY2025 2.7× (22.53%)
FY2024 3.5× (4.94%)
FY2023 3.7× 10.80%
FY2022 3.3× (8.28%)
FY2021 3.6× (9.19%)
FY2020 4.0× (1.31%)
FY2019 4.0× (7.81%)
FY2018 4.4× 41.56%
FY2017 3.1× 1.77%
FY2016 3.0× 2.66%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
Jun 2026 2.4× (7.27%)
Mar 2026 2.6× (3.78%)
Dec 2025 2.7× 0.10%
Sep 2025 2.7× (3.48%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 2.4× High 5.2×
Ten-year median 3.5×
Current reading's percentile 15

EV/Sales against peers

Company EV/Sales
MDLN Medline Inc. compare 1.4×
BAX Baxter International Inc. compare 1.8×
SOLV Solventum Corporation compare 2.4×
BDX Becton, Dickinson and Company 2.9×
ALC Alcon compare 3.3×
RMD ResMed Inc. compare 6.0×
WST West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. compare 8.1×
RGEN Repligen Corporation compare 12.3×
ISRG Intuitive Surgical, Inc. compare 13.2×
Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median 2.9×
Healthcare sector median 3.4×
Market median 2.1×

What EV/Sales is

EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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