Becton, Dickinson and Company

BDX Healthcare Medical Instruments & Supplies

Revenue
−10.5%
EPS
+48.5%
Free cash flow
−31.6%
Total debt
−23.8%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

212.21 1.34 −0.63%
Market cap
$58.2B
P/E
51.1×
Fwd P/E
39.2×
Dividend yield
1.87%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
−2.76
Dividend safety
51/100

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) Shares outstanding

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Becton, Dickinson and Company's shares outstanding at the end of fiscal 2026 was $279.9M, unchanged from fiscal 2025. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $207.5M (fiscal 2015) to $292.1M (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 50% of that period. Becton, Dickinson and Company ranks 8th of 47 Medical Instruments & Supplies companies by shares outstanding.

Shares outstanding, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Shares outstanding Change
FY2026 $279.9M (2.97%)
FY2025 $288.5M (0.86%)
FY2024 $291.0M 0.91%
FY2023 $288.4M 0.36%
FY2022 $287.4M (1.62%)
FY2021 $292.1M 3.43%
FY2020 $282.4M 2.78%
FY2019 $274.8M 3.84%
FY2018 $264.6M 18.35%
FY2017 $223.6M 2.78%

Quarterly newest first

Period Shares outstanding Change
Sep 2026 $274.1M (0.40%)
Jun 2026 $275.2M (1.95%)
Mar 2026 $280.6M (1.82%)
Dec 2025 $285.8M (0.92%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $207.5M High $292.1M
Ten-year median $281.2M
Current reading's percentile 50

Shares outstanding against peers

What Shares outstanding is

Shares (Diluted, Weighted) tells an investor how many shares a company’s earnings are spread across once potential new shares are counted.

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