Becton Dickinson makes and sells medical devices and equipment to hospitals, clinics, and pharmaceutical companies. It has four main businesses: basic medical supplies like catheters and syringes; hospital medication management systems including IV infusion pumps and drug-dispensing cabinets; drug delivery devices like prefillable syringes and autoinjectors sold to pharma companies; and interventional products covering vascular, surgical, and urology procedures. Revenue comes from selling hardware, consumables, and related supplies, with over 60% generated in the U.S.
Employees72,000IPOSep 25, 1963SIC3841HQ1 Becton Drive, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA, 07417-1880
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Financials
Profitability
Metric
Current
Margins
Gross Margin
46.9%
Operating Margin
14.4%
EBITDA Margin
21.5%
Net Margin
4.1%
OCF Margin
14.0%
FCF Margin
10.8%
Returns on Capital
ROE
3.8%
ROA
1.8%
ROIC
6.2%
ROCE
5.7%
ROC (Greenblatt)
30.7%
3Y ROIIC
41.4%
Consistency
Years Profitable / 10Y
10
Valuation
Metric
Current
Earnings Multiples
P/E (TTM)
57.76
Forward P/E
14.31
P/E ex-NRI
16.44
Shiller P/E (CAPE)
37.80
Cash Flow Multiples
P/FCF
21.66
P/OCF
16.67
P/Owner Earnings
27.17
FCF Yield
4.81%
Enterprise Value Multiples
EV / EBIT
27.70
EV / Forward EBIT
31.45
EV / EBITDA
14.12
EV / Forward EBITDA
16.29
EV / Revenue
3.04
EV / Forward Revenue
3.54
Asset / Sales
P/S
2.34
P/B
2.14
P/Tangible Book
—
Growth-Adjusted
PEG
2.13
Capital Returns
Metric
Current
Dividends
Dividend Yield (TTM)
2.18%
Forward Dividend Yield
2.19%
3Y Dividend Growth
6.1%
Payout Ratio
0.36
5Y Yield on Cost
3.04%
Buybacks & Dilution
3Y Buyback Ratio
−0.20%
5Y Share Change
2.5%
Combined
Shareholder Yield
8.79%
Balance Sheet
Metric
Current
Leverage
Debt / Equity
0.69
Gross Debt / EBITDA
3.36
Cash / Debt
0.04
Equity / Assets
0.48
Coverage
Interest Coverage
5.68
Short-Term Liquidity
Current Ratio
0.87
Quick Ratio
0.51
Cash Ratio
0.08
Composite Scores
Piotroski F-Score
7
Altman Z-Score
2.22
Split History
Date
Split
1998-08-21
2:1
1996-08-16
2:1
1993-03-01
2:1
1986-03-03
2:1
Ex-date
Amount
Pay date
2026-09-09
$1.05
2026-09-30
2026-06-09
$1.05
2026-06-30
2026-03-10
$1.05
2026-03-31
2025-12-08
$1.05
2025-12-31
2025-09-08
$1.04
2025-09-30
2025-06-09
$1.04
2025-06-30
2025-03-10
$1.04
2025-03-31
2024-12-09
$1.04
2024-12-31
2024-09-09
$0.95
2024-09-30
2024-06-10
$0.95
2024-06-28
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Transcript
Type
2026-08-06
Q3 2026 Becton Dickinson and Co Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2026-05-07
Q2 2026 Becton Dickinson and Co Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2026-03-10
Becton Dickinson and Co at Barclays Global Healthcare Conference Transcript
Conference Presentations
2026-02-09
Q1 2026 Becton Dickinson and Co Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2026-01-27
Becton Dickinson and Co Annual Shareholders Meeting Transcript
Shareholders and Annual Meetings
2025-11-06
Q4 2025 Becton Dickinson and Co Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2025-08-07
Q3 2025 Becton Dickinson and Co Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2025-05-01
Q2 2025 Becton Dickinson and Co Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2025-02-06
Q1 2025 Becton Dickinson and Co Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2024-11-07
Q4 2024 Becton Dickinson and Co Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
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5-Step DuPont Analysis
ROE %
3.77%
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Net Margin %
4.05%
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Operating Margin %
14.38%
Operating Income
$3.34B
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Revenue
$23.25B
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Tax Burden
0.4799
Net Income
$941M
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Pretax Income
$1.96B
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Interest Burden
0.5864
Pretax Income
$1.96B
÷
Operating Income
$3.34B
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Asset Turnover
0.44
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Revenue
$23.25B
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Average Total Assets
$52.82B
Begin Total Assets
$54.90B
End Total Assets
$50.73B
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Equity Multiplier
2.12
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Avg Total Assets
$52.82B
÷
Avg Stockholders Equity
$24.94B
Begin Equity
$25.47B
End Equity
$24.42B
Top institutional holders
Q2 2026| Holder | Shares | % Owned | Chg. shares | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 24.6M | 8.65% | -1.6M | $3.72B |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 18.0M | 6.32% | -502.8K | $2.72B |
| STATE STREET CORP | 15.0M | 5.27% | +1.2M | $2.27B |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 15.0M | 5.26% | -343.1K | $2.27B |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | 13.8M | 4.86% | +1.9M | $2.09B |
| Invesco Ltd. | 8.9M | 3.13% | -1.3M | $1.35B |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | 8.7M | 3.04% | -450.5K | $2.48B |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 8.1M | 2.86% | +1.0M | $1.23B |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | 7.0M | 2.46% | +1.6M | $1.06B |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | 6.4M | 2.24% | -257.2K | $962.15M |
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as reported| Insider | Shares held | % Owned | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polen Thomas E JrOfficer | 110.2K | 0.0387% | $21.12M |
| RING TIMOTHY MDirector | 59.4K | 0.0209% | $11.39M |
| Muhsin BilalOfficer | 41.4K | 0.0145% | $7.93M |
| SCOTT BERTRAM LDirector | 36.8K | 0.0129% | $7.05M |
| Jones Christopher Ian MontagueDirector | 24.3K | 0.0085% | $4.66M |
| Neal Shana CarolOfficer | 24.0K | 0.0084% | $4.60M |
| DelOrefice ChristopherOfficer | 23.0K | 0.0081% | $4.41M |
| Fraser ClaireDirector | 22.2K | 0.0078% | $4.26M |
| Feld MichaelOfficer | 19.6K | 0.0069% | $3.77M |
| Goette RolandOfficer | 14.9K | 0.0052% | $2.85M |
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through Sep 28, 2026| Insider | Action | Shares | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feld MichaelOfficer | Open-Market or Private Sale | -76 | $14.0K | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Roque VitorOfficer | Tax Withholding | -190 | $0 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Feld MichaelOfficer | Open-Market or Private Sale | -165 | $31.1K | Aug 26, 2026 |
| Feld MichaelOfficer | Tax Withholding | -1.0K | $0 | Aug 20, 2026 |
| Polen Thomas E JrOfficer | Option Exercise (Rule 16b-3 Exempt) | +43.3K | $7.24M | Aug 13, 2026 |
| Polen Thomas E JrOfficer | Disposition to the Issuer (Rule 16b-3(e)) | -39.1K | $7.24M | Aug 13, 2026 |
| Polen Thomas E JrOfficer | Open-Market or Private Sale | -4.2K | $768.1K | Aug 13, 2026 |
| Goette RolandOfficer | Open-Market or Private Sale | -2.4K | $440.9K | Aug 11, 2026 |
| Feld MichaelOfficer | Open-Market or Private Sale | -75 | $11.8K | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Muhsin BilalOfficer | Tax Withholding | -1.9K | $0 | Jul 2, 2026 |
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