Becton, Dickinson and Company Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization decreased by 5.3% to $12.94B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 4.1%, from $12.43B to $12.94B. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization shows an upward trend with a 15.6% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
A steady increase is expected as assets age; a sudden jump may indicate accelerated amortization or impairment charges.
This is the cumulative amount of amortization expense recognized against finite-lived intangible assets over their usefu...
Standard accounting practice for tracking the consumption of intangible assets.
other_finite_lived_intangible_assets_accumulated_amortization| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $7.05B | $7.38B | $7.73B | $8.07B | $8.39B | $8.72B | $9.12B | $9.48B | $9.82B | $10.17B | $10.55B | $10.91B | $11.26B | $11.65B | $12.01B | $12.43B | $12.86B | $12.35B | $13.67B | $12.94B |
| QoQ Change | — | +4.7% | +4.7% | +4.4% | +4.0% | +4.0% | +4.5% | +4.0% | +3.6% | +3.5% | +3.8% | +3.4% | +3.3% | +3.5% | +3.1% | +3.4% | +3.5% | -4.0% | +10.6% | -5.3% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +19.1% | +18.2% | +17.9% | +17.5% | +17.0% | +16.6% | +15.7% | +15.0% | +14.7% | +14.6% | +13.9% | +13.9% | +14.2% | +6.0% | +13.7% | +4.1% |