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Price / sales at other companies

Abbott logo
AbbottABT
-1.5×
Thermo Fisher Scientific logo
Thermo Fisher ScientificTMO
4.4×-0.8×
West Pharmaceutical Services logo
West Pharmaceutical ServicesWST
5.6×0.0×
Danaher logo
DanaherDHR
5.4×-0.7×
Medtronic logo
MedtronicMDT
2.9×-0.4×
Fortive logo
FortiveFTV
-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×

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 price / sales?
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) reported price / sales of 2.1× in Q1 2026.
How has Becton, Dickinson and Company's price / sales changed year-over-year?
Becton, Dickinson and Company's price / sales decreased by 36.1% year-over-year, from 3.3× to 2.1×.
What is the long-term trend for Becton, Dickinson and Company's price / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Becton, Dickinson and Company's price / sales has grown at a -6.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 14.7× to 11.4×.
What does price / sales mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual sales.
How do you interpret price / sales?
Useful when earnings are negative or volatile (e.g. early-stage or cyclical firms). Only comparable across companies with similar margins — a sales dollar is worth more at a high-margin business.
How does price / sales compare across companies?
Best compared within a margin cohort; a software P/S and a retailer P/S are not directly comparable.