Becton Dickinson Financial Ratios
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Becton Dickinson ratio analysis
Becton Dickinson earned a net margin of 7.7% in FY 2025, down from 8.4% a year earlier. Gross margin was 45.4% compared with a median of 45.5% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 6.6%, meaning Becton Dickinson generated 0.07 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.76 versus 0.78 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.11. At the end of FY 2025, BDX traded at 26.2 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 26.2 to 333.6, with a median of 32.3. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Becton Dickinson financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 26.15 | 31.96 | 41.14 | 29.79 | 27.40 | 65.85 | 49.27 | 333.64 | 32.67 | 30.70 |
| Price / sales | 2.00 | 2.69 | 3.00 | 2.65 | 2.84 | 3.10 | 3.03 | 3.24 | 2.72 | 2.35 |
| Price / book | 1.72 | 2.10 | 2.26 | 1.97 | 2.29 | 2.09 | 2.49 | 2.46 | 2.54 | 3.84 |
| Gross margin | 45.4% | 45.2% | 42.2% | 44.9% | 45.1% | 47.1% | 47.9% | 45.5% | 49.1% | 48.0% |
| Operating margin | 11.8% | 11.9% | 10.9% | 12.1% | 11.8% | 5.7% | 10.2% | 9.4% | 12.6% | 11.5% |
| Net margin | 7.7% | 8.4% | 7.7% | 9.4% | 10.9% | 5.4% | 7.1% | 1.9% | 9.1% | 7.8% |
| Free cash flow margin | 12.2% | 15.5% | 10.9% | 7.9% | 18.0% | 17.2% | 13.7% | 12.3% | 15.1% | 14.9% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 6.6% | 6.6% | 5.8% | 7.0% | 8.8% | 3.7% | 5.8% | 1.5% | 8.5% | 12.8% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 3.0% | 3.0% | 2.8% | 3.4% | 3.9% | 1.6% | 2.4% | 0.6% | 2.9% | 3.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.76 | 0.78 | 0.62 | 0.64 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.92 | 1.02 | 1.46 | 1.51 |
| Current ratio | 1.11 | 1.17 | 1.31 | 1.04 | 1.33 | 1.54 | 1.18 | 1.03 | 5.58 | 1.45 |
| Revenue growth | 8.2% | 4.2% | 2.7% | -1.4% | 19.0% | -7.0% | 8.2% | 32.2% | -3.1% | 21.4% |
| EPS growth | -0.7% | 18.6% | -16.0% | -14.2% | 152.8% | -31.2% | 556.7% | -87.0% | 2.4% | 34.0% |