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Quarterly report 2026-Q3
added 08-06-2026

Becton, Dickinson and Company Financial Ratios 2025-2006 | BDX

Brief overview of Becton, Dickinson and Company's multiples and efficiency

This overview follows the five latest available observations from 2021 through 2025.

Market valuation is represented by P/E 33.47x (median 37.61x), EV/EBITDA 11.01x (median 13.64x), P/S 2.57x (median 3.49x). Valuation is roughly 19.3% below five-year reference levels. The discount may reflect opportunity or higher perceived risk.

At the current P/E, inverse earnings yield is 3%, a useful bridge between price and business earnings.

End-period return metrics are ROE 6.6%, ROA 3%, ROCE 10.2%. Low capital returns limit the ability to compound value internally.

The PEG ratio is 3.01x; investors pay a high price per unit of expected growth.

The cash cycle lengthened by 22.7 days to 109.6 days. Operations require more funding.

Overall assessment

Becton, Dickinson and Company's multiples look low against history, but fundamental returns do not yet provide convincing support.

Annual Financial Ratios Becton, Dickinson and Company

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006

P/E

33.5 37.6 45.6 37.7 34.2 79.8 56.0 191.6 41.5 36.6 41.5 20.8 15.9 13.2 13.9 9.6 10.2 14.0 - -

P/S

2.6 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.7 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.8 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.6 2.0 2.2 - - - - -

EPS

5.8 5.9 5.0 5.9 6.9 2.8 4.0 0.6 4.7 4.6 3.4 6.1 6.6 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.1 4.6 3.6 -

EV (Enterprise Value)

55.5 B 62.4 B 66.2 B 66.1 B 69.1 B 66.8 B 99.2 B 91.3 B 56.3 B 52.1 B 47.1 B 30.2 B 25.8 B 21 B 22 B 11.5 B 11.1 B 14.9 B -511 M -1 B

EBITDA per Share

17.5 16.2 15.4 15.8 15.5 10.8 16.6 16.3 13.3 15.4 11.8 11.2 9.23 10.1 10.3 8.85 8.54 8.02 - -

EV/EBITDA

11.0 13.3 15.0 14.7 13.6 20.1 19.6 18.9 17.2 14.0 16.8 12.3 12.6 8.7 8.4 5.5 5.4 7.6 -0.3 -

PEG

3.01 15.15 24.9 5.48 8.99 61.08 0.1 -2.21 17.33 1.08 -0.94 -2.76 0.97 -13.63 5.99 - - - - -

P/B

1.0 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 3.3 2.8 3.5 4.7 4.0 4.9 4.1 3.7 3.6 1.3 1.3 2.0 - -

P/CF

- - - - - - 29.1 30.2 25.1 19.4 26.3 22.6 22.4 12.8 15.9 - - - - -

ROE %

6.61 6.59 5.75 7.04 8.84 3.68 5.85 1.48 8.50 12.78 9.70 23.45 25.64 28.29 26.32 24.24 23.95 22.83 - -

ROA %

3.03 2.98 2.81 3.36 3.88 1.62 2.38 0.58 2.92 3.81 2.59 9.52 10.64 10.30 12.19 13.65 13.24 14.24 - -

ROCE %

10.16 9.26 8.18 9.03 9.50 3.84 4.85 4.80 5.33 10.19 6.69 15.73 12.53 16.60 20.49 29.12 30.91 30.15 - -

Current Ratio

- - - - - - 1.2 1.0 5.6 1.4 1.4 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.6 - - - - -

DSO

50.4 50.4 44.5 43.9 45.3 53.9 49.5 53.0 52.6 47.3 57.4 51.3 56.2 59.2 57.3 - - - - -

DIO

118.5 117.5 105.8 104.8 95.4 104.7 104.6 102.6 107.9 96.6 128.0 131.6 131.8 120.6 121.6 122.5 123.3 58.7 - -

DPO

59.3 58.4 54.4 60.4 53.8 48.1 44.3 46.3 47.3 37.4 41.2 35.3 31.3 34.1 29.8 31.4 28.9 14.2 - -

Operating Cycle

168.9 167.8 150.4 148.7 140.7 158.6 154.1 155.5 160.5 144.0 185.4 182.9 188.0 179.8 178.9 122.5 123.3 58.7 - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

109.6 109.4 96.0 88.3 86.9 110.4 109.8 109.3 113.2 106.6 144.2 147.6 156.7 145.7 149.1 91.2 94.3 44.5 - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios Becton, Dickinson and Company

2026-Q3 2026-Q2 2026-Q1 2025-Q4 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q4 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q4 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1 2010-Q3 2010-Q2 2010-Q1 2009-Q3

EPS

1.37 -1.11 1.34 1.34 2 2 1.07 1.05 1.68 1.68 1.85 0.97 1.37 1.37 1.54 1.71 - 1.18 1.51 2.3 - 1.73 0.95 3.38 0.36 0.98 3.38 0.88 0.46 1.53 0.88 2.09 -0.64 2.08 2.09 -0.76 1.27 -0.75 -0.76 2.64 0.09 1.83 2.64 1.08 0.86 0.3 1.08 1.22 1.56 1.69 1.22 1.4 6.16 1.55 1.4 3.18 4.24 1.62 3.18 1.23 4.36 1.57 1.23 1.32 1.26 1.33 1.42

EBITDA per Share

4.47 2.34 4.08 4.08 9.45 4.45 3.28 3.66 7.95 3.33 3.8 3.45 7.86 3.2 3.5 4.06 - 3.13 3.21 4.35 - 6.01 2.69 6.18 10.3 5.05 6.18 3.8 12.4 6.48 3.8 5.39 9.2 5.06 5.39 2.29 8.51 1.36 2.26 5.04 10.2 5.09 5.04 3.03 6.79 1.97 3.03 2.53 8.35 3.71 2.53 2.68 8.1 3.44 2.68 2.65 7.48 3.51 2.65 2.19 3.99 0.92 2.31 3.53 - - -

ROE %

3.28 3.99 7.53 7.24 6.93 6.56 6.19 7.06 6.97 6.65 6.34 6.04 6.93 7.21 8.44 8.83 6.83 6.83 8.09 10.31 7.50 8.04 7.07 10.03 7.27 7.51 8.44 5.54 7.03 5.61 6.30 7.84 4.40 7.57 3.72 -0.18 7.87 5.59 11.72 20.13 15.89 18.17 13.93 9.76 11.25 14.68 20.26 21.74 22.42 40.31 39.85 40.65 49.30 46.74 48.66 58.31 49.89 48.70 47.90 38.23 38.62 24.29 23.20 24.29 5.78 6.01 6.54

ROA %

1.52 1.83 3.48 3.35 3.21 3.04 2.87 3.30 3.28 3.17 3.06 2.92 3.34 3.40 3.90 4.02 3.06 3.06 3.62 4.62 3.35 3.59 3.15 4.46 3.16 3.24 3.58 2.26 2.85 2.29 2.52 3.09 1.72 2.83 1.38 -0.09 2.47 1.68 3.55 6.11 4.67 5.28 3.99 2.66 3.06 4.81 7.19 8.22 9.20 16.67 16.54 16.91 20.03 17.89 18.28 21.51 18.44 20.00 20.41 17.42 18.52 12.54 12.73 14.06 3.33 3.48 3.85

ROCE %

7.47 8.21 11.29 11.27 10.89 9.75 8.61 9.31 9.25 9.04 8.83 8.41 8.97 9.16 9.91 10.06 7.77 7.77 9.60 12.33 9.47 14.64 13.54 16.93 14.26 16.91 18.38 15.53 17.32 13.94 13.41 15.26 12.22 15.77 11.61 9.15 18.74 28.23 36.71 45.56 39.74 33.13 28.28 22.57 24.59 37.54 44.43 46.43 46.98 46.52 45.74 46.33 47.66 52.56 55.39 57.37 55.73 53.41 51.81 49.76 51.18 33.59 32.80 33.66 8.36 8.48 8.28

DSO

41.8 45.6 43.6 47.4 48.8 49.5 49.0 46.2 47.5 47.1 43.6 45.4 45.2 45.1 44.4 44.5 - 22.6 43.0 45.2 - 42.7 45.2 40.9 45.7 56.8 38.4 47.7 46.7 49.2 49.2 49.7 48.1 49.5 46.7 55.5 50.3 52.4 50.1 49.0 45.7 45.5 48.2 47.8 48.7 47.7 40.5 49.3 49.2 50.2 51.2 53.3 19.0 55.1 54.5 58.0 19.9 57.6 57.4 59.0 20.0 57.4 29.7 - - - -

DIO

114.1 132.6 131.2 129.0 125.3 121.8 114.8 110.7 110.7 110.3 108.7 117.4 117.9 119.0 128.1 127.0 - 57.8 108.9 107.8 - 97.2 97.4 98.2 36.0 114.0 97.2 108.4 35.2 103.4 103.6 103.8 34.9 98.9 113.0 143.0 36.5 108.3 104.7 105.9 32.6 95.0 115.0 114.0 45.2 91.9 100.4 136.4 44.8 130.4 134.3 133.6 44.6 128.8 128.6 132.7 40.6 119.5 127.7 127.0 42.8 123.1 116.6 115.2 119.9 117.6 -

DPO

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 32.8 - - - 23.9 8.9 - - 22.2 7.5 - - 23.1 7.9 - - 23.8 8.0 - - 20.6 6.3 - - 18.2 7.3 - - 18.2 6.0 - - 15.5 5.3 - - 17.9 5.7 - - 15.4 5.2 - - - - - -

Operating Cycle

- - - 176.4 - 171.2 163.8 156.9 - 157.4 152.4 162.8 - 164.1 172.5 171.5 - 80.4 151.9 153.0 - 139.9 142.6 139.1 81.7 170.8 135.6 156.1 81.9 152.6 152.8 153.5 83.0 148.3 159.7 198.4 86.8 160.7 154.8 154.8 78.3 140.6 163.2 161.9 93.8 139.6 140.8 185.7 94.0 180.6 185.5 186.8 63.6 183.9 183.1 190.8 60.5 177.1 185.1 186.0 62.8 180.6 - - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

- - - 176.4 - 171.2 163.8 156.9 - 157.4 152.4 162.8 - 164.1 172.5 171.5 - 80.4 151.9 120.2 - 139.9 142.6 115.2 72.8 170.8 135.6 134.0 74.4 152.6 152.8 130.4 75.1 148.3 159.7 174.6 78.8 160.7 154.8 134.2 72.0 140.6 163.2 143.6 86.6 139.6 140.8 167.5 88.0 180.6 185.5 171.3 58.3 183.9 183.1 172.9 54.7 177.1 185.1 170.5 57.6 180.6 - - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

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