Becton, Dickinson and Company Underfunded Retirement Plans decreased by 3.8% to $1.03B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 17.8%, from $871.00M to $1.03B. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Underfunded Retirement Plans shows a downward trend with a -6.5% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
A decrease is favorable as it reduces long-term balance sheet liabilities and future funding requirements.
This represents the shortfall between the projected benefit obligations of a company's pension or postretirement plans a...
Varies significantly based on industry maturity and the age of the workforce.
underfunded_retirement_plans| 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 | $1.42B | $1.23B | $1.08B | $1.05B | $1.01B | $902.00M | $902.00M | $920.00M | $904.00M | $1.02B | $894.00M | $890.00M | $907.00M | $942.00M | $939.00M | $871.00M | $908.00M | $1.03B | $1.07B | $1.03B |
| QoQ Change | — | -13.6% | -12.2% | -2.8% | -3.7% | -10.6% | +0.0% | +2.0% | -1.7% | +13.2% | -12.6% | -0.4% | +1.9% | +3.9% | -0.3% | -7.2% | +4.2% | +13.1% | +3.9% | -3.8% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -29.0% | -26.5% | -16.3% | -12.2% | -10.4% | +13.4% | -0.9% | -3.3% | +0.3% | -7.9% | +5.0% | -2.1% | +0.1% | +9.0% | +13.6% | +17.8% |