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Becton, Dickinson and Company BDX Return on invested capital

Return on invested capital at other companies

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AbbottABT
8.8%-5.1pp
Thermo Fisher Scientific logo
Thermo Fisher ScientificTMO
8.5%+0.5pp
West Pharmaceutical Services logo
West Pharmaceutical ServicesWST
19.2%+1.4pp
Danaher logo
DanaherDHR
6%-0.1pp
Medtronic logo
MedtronicMDT
6.7%+0.1pp
Fortive logo
FortiveFTV
5.9%+0.5pp

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 return on invested capital?
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) reported return on invested capital of 4.8% in Q1 2026.
How has Becton, Dickinson and Company's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Becton, Dickinson and Company's return on invested capital increased by 6.4% year-over-year, from 4.5% to 4.8%.
What is the long-term trend for Becton, Dickinson and Company's return on invested capital?
Over 3 years (2022 to 2025), Becton, Dickinson and Company's return on invested capital has grown at a -3.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 22.1% to 19.6%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.