Becton Dickinson & Co. (BDX): Price and Financial Metrics

BDX POWR Grades

• Stability is the dimension where BDX ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 88.91% of US stocks.
• BDX's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving up over the last 179 days.
• BDX ranks lowest in Momentum; there it ranks in the 21st percentile.

BDX Stock Summary

• With a market capitalization of $76,754,025,423, BECTON DICKINSON & CO has a greater market value than 97.09% of US stocks.
• BECTON DICKINSON & CO's stock had its IPO on January 1, 1986, making it an older stock than 93.16% of US equities in our set.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, BDX is more volatile than only 6.87% of stocks we're observing.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to BECTON DICKINSON & CO are MDT, DELL, A, CARR, and CSGP.
• BDX's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit BECTON DICKINSON & CO's official web site, go to www.bd.com.

BDX Valuation Summary

• BDX's EV/EBIT ratio is 41.2; this is 232.26% higher than that of the median Healthcare stock.
• Over the past 243 months, BDX's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 26.9.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for BDX.

BDX Growth Metrics

Its 2 year price growth rate is now at 1.32%.
• Its 3 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 97.41%.
• Its 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 345.07%.

BDX's revenue has moved up $1,587,000,000 over the prior 34 months.

The table below shows BDX's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	18,999	2,359	1,520
2022-09-30	18,870	2,634	1,689
2022-06-30	19,782	2,612	1,666
2022-03-31	20,031	3,044	1,830
2021-12-31	19,927	3,788	1,676
2021-09-30	20,248	4,647	2,002

BDX's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• BDX has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 56.62% of graded US stocks.
• BDX's asset turnover comes in at 0.365 -- ranking 118th of 186 Medical Equipment stocks.
• MYO, BTCY, and NURO are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with BDX.

The table below shows BDX's key quality metrics over time.