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) P/B ratio

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As of 16 October 2026, Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) trades at a P/B ratio of 2.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.5× (May 2025) to 4.4× (March 2015); the current reading is higher than 32% of that period. That is below the Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median of 2.5× and below the Healthcare sector median of 2.3×.

P/B ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/B ratio Change
FY2025 1.7× (21.42%)
FY2024 2.1× (5.67%)
FY2023 2.2× 13.86%
FY2022 2.0× (14.27%)
FY2021 2.3× 9.96%
FY2020 2.1× (15.68%)
FY2019 2.5× (0.44%)
FY2018 2.5× (1.98%)
FY2017 2.5× (33.71%)
FY2016 3.8× 33.54%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/B ratio Change
Jun 2026 1.7× (6.86%)
Mar 2026 1.8× 6.10%
Dec 2025 1.7× 3.38%
Sep 2025 1.7× 9.20%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.5× High 4.4×
Ten-year median 2.3×
Current reading's percentile 35

P/B ratio against peers

Company P/B ratio
ALC Alcon compare 1.5×
MDLN Medline Inc. compare 1.6×
BAX Baxter International Inc. compare 2.1×
BDX Becton, Dickinson and Company 2.2×
SOLV Solventum Corporation compare 3.1×
RGEN Repligen Corporation compare 4.7×
RMD ResMed Inc. compare 5.3×
ISRG Intuitive Surgical, Inc. compare 8.3×
WST West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. compare 9.1×
Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median 2.5×
Healthcare sector median 2.3×
Market median 1.7×

What P/B ratio is

Price to Book Value tells an investor how much the market pays for a company’s shares relative to the accounting net worth that belongs to common shareholders.

Stock Price ÷ (Common Equity (Total) (latest quarter) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter))

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