Becton, Dickinson and Company BDX

183.82 4.59 2.56% as of 25 Sep
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$48.8B
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Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) Operating margin

Becton, Dickinson and Company's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 10.3%, down 1.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (11.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.67% (fiscal 2020) to 12.6% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median of 1.64% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Operating margin, annual

Annual

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 11.8% (0.08)
FY2024 11.9% 0.98
FY2023 10.9% (1.20)
FY2022 12.1% 0.33
FY2021 11.8% 6.10
FY2020 5.67% (4.51)
FY2019 10.2% 0.74
FY2018 9.44% (3.15)
FY2017 12.6% 1.13
FY2016 11.5% 1.01

Quarterly

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 13.3% 11.34
Mar 2026 1.97% (8.52)
Dec 2025 10.5% (2.92)
Sep 2025 13.4% (2.23)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 5.67% High 12.6%
Ten-year median 11.5%
Current reading's percentile 73

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
RMD ResMed Inc. compare 33.4%
ISRG Intuitive Surgical, Inc. compare 31.3%
MDLN Medline Inc. compare 31.1%
SOLV Solventum Corporation compare 25.0%
WST West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. compare 20.5%
BDX Becton, Dickinson and Company 10.3%
ALC Alcon compare 8.73%
RGEN Repligen Corporation compare 8.23%
BAX Baxter International Inc. compare −2.39%
Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median 1.64%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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