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EV / sales at other companies

Abbott logo
AbbottABT
4.6×-1.0×
Thermo Fisher Scientific logo
Thermo Fisher ScientificTMO
5.1×-0.9×
West Pharmaceutical Services logo
West Pharmaceutical ServicesWST
5.5×0.0×
Danaher logo
DanaherDHR
-0.8×
Medtronic logo
MedtronicMDT
3.6×-0.4×
Fortive logo
FortiveFTV
4.8×-2.1×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$4.7B+5.2%
Gross profit$2.2B+15.7%
Operating income$93.0M-75.7%
Net income-$311.0M-201%
EPS (diluted)-$1.11-204%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.0B+49.1%
Total debt$14.7B-16.8%
Total equity$24.1B-4.4%
Total assets$50.8B-6.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$671.0M
CapEx$125.0M+9.7%
Free cash flow$546.0M

Valuation

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Market cap$39.02B-32.0%
Enterprise value$52.71B-29.4%
P/E34.3×-4.0×
P/S1.8×-1.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin46.8%+2.5pp
Operating margin10.4%+0.1pp
Net margin5.3%-2.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity4.6%-1.3pp
Debt / equity0.6×-0.1×
Current ratio0.9×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Becton, Dickinson and Company’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Becton, Dickinson and Company’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Becton, Dickinson and Company's EV / sales?
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) reported EV / sales of 2.7× in Q1 2026.
How has Becton, Dickinson and Company's EV / sales changed year-over-year?
Becton, Dickinson and Company's EV / sales decreased by 33.7% year-over-year, from 4.1× to 2.7×.
What is the long-term trend for Becton, Dickinson and Company's EV / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Becton, Dickinson and Company's EV / sales has grown at a -4.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 17.5× to 14.7×.
What does EV / sales mean?
What the whole business costs relative to its annual sales.
How do you interpret EV / sales?
A fallback valuation gauge for pre-profit or cyclical firms. Like P/S, only comparable across similar-margin businesses, but it accounts for debt and cash unlike P/S.
How does EV / sales compare across companies?
Compare within a margin cohort; the debt-and-cash adjustment makes it cleaner than P/S for leveraged firms.