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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 trailing twelve months.

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 free cash flow yield?
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) reported free cash flow yield of 7.8% in Q1 2026.
What is the long-term trend for Becton, Dickinson and Company's free cash flow yield?
Over 3 years (2021 to 2024), Becton, Dickinson and Company's free cash flow yield has grown at a -7.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 22.1% to 17.3%.
What does free cash flow yield mean?
The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.
How do you interpret free cash flow yield?
Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.
How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?
Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.