BDXBecton, Dickinson and Company
Smart Score
How it is scored →The Smart Score (1–10) describes how this instrument compares with its peers on published, rules-based measures of value, quality, trend, stability and dividend safety. It is not a forecast and not personal advice.
Compared with: Health care companies in USA (n = 211)
Current rating first published: · last recomputed · rating log
Factor scores
Percentiles within the peer group (100 = the best of its peers); dividend safety in points.
Main drivers
- Volatility (1 y)supports the score · percentile 96
- Share issuance (1 y)supports the score · percentile 84
- Gross profit growth / assets (5 y)weighs on the score · percentile 24
Red flags and notes
No red flagsNone of our published warning rules is triggered right now.
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Key metrics
Valuation
- P/E
- 54.7
- P/B
- 2.1
- P/S
- 2.2
- EV/EBIT
- 27.2
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 6.2%
- Market cap (EUR)
- €46B
Profitability and debt
- Return on equity
- 3.8%
- Return on invested capital
- 5.1%
- Gross margin
- 46.9%
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 3.23
Dividends
- Dividend yield
- 2.10%
- Payout ratio
- 120%
- 5-year dividend growth (per year)
- 9.3%
- Years of dividend growth
- 24
Returns and risk
- 1 day
- +0.8%
- 1 month
- +3.3%
- 1 year
- +30.7%
- Volatility, 1 yr
- 25.8%
- Max drawdown, 1 yr
- −23.1%
- Beta
- 0.61
Ratios from SEC filings and end-of-day prices; returns are price changes without dividends.
News and filings
- BECTON DICKINSON & CO: 10-Q — Quarterly report for the period ending 2026-06-30
FactSEC EDGAR · Filing · 6 8月 2026
- BECTON DICKINSON & CO: 8-K — Results of operations
FactSEC EDGAR · Filing · 6 8月 2026
- BECTON DICKINSON & CO: 8-K — Director or officer change; Regulation FD disclosure
FactSEC EDGAR · Filing · 22 7月 2026
- FactA filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.
- Media reportA headline from a named media outlet. We link to it and do not check it.
- RumourUnconfirmed: the headline itself hedges (“reportedly”, “sources say”, “in talks”), names no publisher, or comes from a news aggregator or an automated republisher.
Source: Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR. The tone is scored automatically from the headline and can be wrong.
Score changes in the last 12 months
Every published rating and change, logged when it was published (EU Market Abuse Regulation).
| Date | Event | Balanced | Growth · Income | Warnings | Price at publication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rating change | 7 → 8/10 | 8 · 5 | removed: Payout above earnings | Available with Invest Pro | |
| First rating | 7/10 | 7 · 4 | Caution:Payout above earnings | Available with Invest Pro |
Ratings are rules-based descriptions, valid until the next scoring run (about 06:20 and 21:50 UTC) and the same for every visitor.
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