Becton, Dickinson and Company

BDX Healthcare Medical Instruments & Supplies

Becton, Dickinson and Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $21.8 billion, up 8.24% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−9.55%
EPS
−31.5%
Free cash flow
−31.6%
Total debt
−22.9%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

212.96 3.77 +1.80%
Market cap
$58.2B
P/E
64.1×
Fwd P/E
39.2×
Dividend yield
1.87%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
1.85
Beneish M
−2.64
Dividend safety
67/100

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) Return on invested capital

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Becton, Dickinson and Company's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 3.89%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.82%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.50% (fiscal 2020) to 5.49% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median of 0.13% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 3.82% 0.21
FY2024 3.61% 0.23
FY2023 3.38% (0.37)
FY2022 3.75% 0.08
FY2021 3.67% 2.17
FY2020 1.50% (1.35)
FY2019 2.85% 0.41
FY2018 2.44% (3.02)
FY2017 5.46% (0.03)
FY2016 5.49% 1.54

Against its own ten years

Low 1.50% High 5.49%
Ten-year median 3.67%
Current reading's percentile 73

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
RMD ResMed Inc. compare 22.8%
WST West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. compare 18.0%
MDLN Medline Inc. compare 17.8%
ISRG Intuitive Surgical, Inc. compare 17.0%
BDX Becton, Dickinson and Company 3.89%
COO The Cooper Companies, Inc. compare 3.17%
ALC Alcon compare 2.38%
SOLV Solventum Corporation compare 0.00%
BAX Baxter International Inc. compare −1.05%
Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median 0.13%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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