Becton Dickinson & Co

LTS : 0R19
USA·Healthcare·Medical Devices & Instruments·Ordinary Shares
$191.33
−3.47 (−1.98%)Oct 16 close
Market Cap
$54.43B
Enterprise Value
$73.22B
P/E (TTM)
31.27
P/B
2.16
Net Cash / (Debt)
−$18.79B
52-Week Range
$138 — $200
5-Year Range
$128 — $225
Avg Volume (3M)
1.84K
ListingsLTSXTERNYSE
Dividend Yield (TTM)
1.10%
vs 5Y avg 2.06% · 10Y avg 2.04%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
2.20%
4 payments/yr (spacing)
Dividends / Share (TTM)
$2.10
Forward (annualized): $4.20
Payout Ratio (EPS, TTM)
68.0%
Payout Ratio (FCF, TTM)
45.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y / 5Y / 10Y)
3Y5.8%5Y5.4%10Y5.4%
Consecutive Growth Years
11
as of 2025
Years Without a Cut
11
as of 2025
Total Shareholder Yield (TTM)
2.96%
Div 2.45% + Net buyback 0.51%

Growth, streak and CAGR figures exclude special dividends.

Dividends per share

Cash dividends, split-adjusted · USD

Payout ratio

Dividends per share ÷ diluted EPS and ÷ free cash flow per share, by fiscal year.

Dividend yield

Trailing-twelve-month dividends ÷ month-end price.

Capital returns

Net buybacks = repurchases − stock issuance, fiscal-year cash flows. SBC shown for dilution context.

Total Shareholder Yield (TTM)
3.0%
Dividends 2.4% + Net buybacks 0.5%
Net Buyback (TTM)
$250M
Gross $250M − Issuance $0
SBC (TTM)
$259M
Share-based compensation, dilution driver
Net share-count change % / yr

Annual dividend growth

Dividend growth is accelerating (7.2% latest vs 5.0% 3-yr avg).

YearDPS (regular sum, USD)ChangeHikes
20254.17+7.2%1
20243.89+5.7%1
20233.68+4.5%1
20223.52+4.8%1
20213.36+5.0%1
20203.20+3.2%1
20193.10+2.6%1
20183.02+2.7%1
20172.94+8.5%1
20162.71+10.2%1
20152.46+310.0%1
20140.60—0

Special dividends are excluded from these figures. Based on 46 regular payments.

Payment history (46 payments)

Δ%TypeFrequencyDeclarationRecordPay date
2026-03-10$1.050.0%Cashquarterly-2026-03-102026-03-31
2025-12-08$1.05+1.0%Cashquarterly-2025-12-082025-12-31
2025-09-08$1.040.0%Cashquarterly-2025-09-082025-09-30
2025-06-09$1.040.0%Cashquarterly-2025-06-092025-06-30
2025-03-10$1.040.0%Cashquarterly-2025-03-102025-03-31
2024-12-09$1.04+9.5%Cashquarterly-2024-12-092024-12-31
2024-09-09$0.950.0%Cashquarterly-2024-09-092024-09-30
2024-06-10$0.950.0%Cashquarterly-2024-06-102024-06-28
2024-03-07$0.950.0%Cashquarterly-2024-03-082024-03-29
2023-12-07$0.95+4.4%Cashquarterly-2023-12-082023-12-29
2023-09-07$0.910.0%Cashquarterly-2023-09-082023-09-29
2023-06-08$0.910.0%Cashquarterly-2023-06-092023-06-30
2023-03-09$0.910.0%Cashquarterly-2023-03-102023-03-31
2022-12-08$0.91+4.6%Cashquarterly-2022-12-092022-12-30
2022-09-08$0.870.0%Cashquarterly-2022-09-092022-09-30
2022-06-08$0.870.0%Cashquarterly-2022-06-092022-06-30
2022-03-09$0.870.0%Cashquarterly-2022-03-102022-03-31
2021-12-09$0.87+4.8%Cashquarterly-2021-12-102021-12-31
2021-09-08$0.830.0%Cashquarterly-2021-09-092021-09-30
2021-06-08$0.830.0%Cashquarterly-2021-06-092021-06-30
2021-03-09$0.830.0%Cashquarterly-2021-03-102021-03-31
2020-12-09$0.83+5.1%Cashquarterly-2020-12-102020-12-31
2020-09-08$0.790.0%Cashquarterly-2020-09-092020-09-30
2020-06-08$0.790.0%Cashquarterly-2020-06-092020-06-30
2020-03-09$0.790.0%Cashquarterly-2020-03-102020-03-31
2019-12-09$0.79+2.6%Cashquarterly-2019-12-102019-12-31
2019-09-06$0.770.0%Cashquarterly-2019-09-092019-09-30
2019-06-06$0.770.0%Cashquarterly-2019-06-072019-06-28
2019-03-07$0.770.0%Cashquarterly-2019-03-082019-03-29
2018-12-07$0.77+2.7%Cashquarterly-2018-12-102018-12-31
2018-09-06$0.750.0%Cashquarterly-2018-09-072018-09-28
2018-06-07$0.750.0%Cashquarterly-2018-06-082018-06-29
2018-03-08$0.750.0%Cashquarterly-2018-03-092018-03-30
2017-12-07$0.75+2.7%Cashquarterly-2017-12-082017-12-29
2017-09-07$0.730.0%Cashquarterly-2017-09-082017-09-29
2017-06-07$0.730.0%Cashquarterly-2017-06-092017-06-30
2017-03-08$0.730.0%Cashquarterly-2017-03-102017-03-31
2016-12-07$0.73+10.6%Cashquarterly-2016-12-092016-12-30
2016-09-07$0.660.0%Cashquarterly-2016-09-092016-09-30
2016-06-07$0.660.0%Cashquarterly-2016-06-092016-06-30
2016-03-08$0.660.0%Cashquarterly-2016-03-102016-03-31
2015-12-08$0.66+10.0%Cashquarterly-2015-12-102015-12-31
2015-09-04$0.60.0%Cashquarterly-2015-09-092015-09-30
2015-06-05$0.60.0%Cashquarterly-2015-06-092015-06-30
2015-03-06$0.60.0%Cashquarterly-2015-03-102015-03-31
2014-12-08$0.6–Cashquarterly-2014-12-102014-12-31
No splits on record.