Boston Scientific Corporation

BSX Healthcare Medical Devices

Boston Scientific Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $20.1 billion, up 19.9% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+1.44%
EPS
−21.6%
Free cash flow
−25.3%
Total debt
+3.04%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

43.00 1.64 −3.67%
Market cap
$64.7B
P/E
18.7×
Fwd P/E
17.0×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
5.41
Beneish M
−2.49
Dividend safety
n/a

Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) Free cash flow margin

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Boston Scientific Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 15.8%, down 2.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (18.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.08% (fiscal 2018) to 18.2% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Medical Devices industry median of −3.88% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 18.2% 2.43
FY2024 15.8% 3.21
FY2023 12.6% 5.09
FY2022 7.49% (3.70)
FY2021 11.2% (0.35)
FY2020 11.5% (1.33)
FY2019 12.9% 12.79
FY2018 0.08% (12.15)
FY2017 12.2% 2.27
FY2016 9.96% 4.02

Against its own ten years

Low 0.08% High 18.2%
Ten-year median 11.5%
Current reading's percentile 100

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
DXCM DexCom, Inc. compare 21.5%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporation compare 21.3%
STE STERIS plc compare 20.9%
SYK Stryker Corporation compare 16.8%
MDT Medtronic PLC compare 16.3%
BSX Boston Scientific Corporation 15.8%
PHG Koninklijke Philips N.V. compare 10.3%
GEHC GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. compare 8.73%
ABT Abbott Laboratories compare 0.00%
Medical Devices industry median −3.88%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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