Boston Scientific Corporation BSX

43.92 (0.76) (1.70%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$64.7B
P/E
17.7×
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Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) trades at a price to free cash flow of 17.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 17.3× (July 2026) to 7,034× (March 2019); the current reading is higher than 1% of that period. That is below the Medical Devices industry median of 22.5× and below the Healthcare sector median of 19.5×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 38.6× (22.34%)
FY2024 49.7× 5.96%
FY2023 46.9× (32.31%)
FY2022 69.3× 52.51%
FY2021 45.4× 2.04%
FY2020 44.5× (2.22%)
FY2019 45.5× (99.25%)
FY2018 6,101× 19,397.92%
FY2017 31.3× (12.05%)
FY2016 35.6× (36.14%)

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 17.3× (35.44%)
Mar 2026 26.8× (30.51%)
Dec 2025 38.6× 2.01%
Sep 2025 37.8× (17.06%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 17.3× High 7,034×
Ten-year median 50.0×
Current reading's percentile 1

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
PHG Koninklijke Philips N.V. compare 12.9×
BSX Boston Scientific Corporation 17.8×
MDT Medtronic PLC compare 18.5×
GEHC GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. compare 19.1×
STE STERIS plc compare 21.8×
SYK Stryker Corporation compare 22.2×
ABT Abbott Laboratories compare 22.5×
DXCM DexCom, Inc. compare 23.6×
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporation compare 35.4×
Medical Devices industry median 22.5×
Healthcare sector median 19.5×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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