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/E ratio

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As of 16 October 2026, Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) trades at a P/E ratio of 57.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (June 2018) to 414× (October 2018); the current reading is higher than 84% of that period. That is above the Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median of 33.8× and above the Healthcare sector median of 23.0×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 25.2× (20.90%)
FY2024 31.9× (21.56%)
FY2023 40.6× 37.23%
FY2022 29.6× 8.45%
FY2021 27.3× (57.95%)
FY2020 64.9× 32.45%
FY2019 49.0× (88.16%)
FY2018 414× 1,211.19%
FY2017 31.6× 5.09%
FY2016 30.0× 2.72%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 45.6× 14.51%
Mar 2026 39.8× 59.93%
Dec 2025 24.9× (1.22%)
Sep 2025 25.2× 3.64%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 414×
Ten-year median 34.7×
Current reading's percentile 82

P/E ratio against peers

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SOLV Solventum Corporation compare 10.4×
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WST West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. compare 48.7×
ALC Alcon compare 50.5×
BDX Becton, Dickinson and Company 57.8×
RGEN Repligen Corporation compare 234×
MDLN Medline Inc. compare —
Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median 33.8×
Healthcare sector median 23.0×
Market median 18.1×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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