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Becton Dickinson

Health CareSurgical & Medical InstrumentsS&P 500
Ticker BDXFRANKLIN LAKES, NJFiscal year ends SeptemberBook value per share $86.70Diluted shares 281.6M

Becton, Dickinson and Company (NYSE: BDX), known as BD, is a global medical technology company that develops, manufactures and sells medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment and diagnostic products. Its customers include healthcare institutions, clinicians, laboratories, life science researchers, pharmaceutical… From the company’s description.

In fiscal 2025, Becton Dickinson reported revenue of $21.84B, up 8.2% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $1.68B. Its operating margin was 11.8%, and operations generated $3.43B in cash. Over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, revenue was $20.07B.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 09-30Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-06-30
Sales & profitability
$21.84BFY2025
+8.2% year over year
Last 12 mo $20.07B
11.81%FY2025
−0.1 percentage points
Last 12 mo 9.57%
$1.68BFY2025
−1.6% year over year
Last 12 mo $1.22B
8.04%FY2025
No change, year over year
Last 12 mo 3.86%
Cash & financing
$3.43BFY2025
−10.8% year over year
Last 12 mo $3.46B
$2.67BFY2025
−14.4% year over year
Last 12 mo $2.73B
0.76FY2025
Was 0.78× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.69
288.5MFY2025
−0.9% year over year
Last 12 mo 281.6M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Becton Dickinson does

In the company’s own words

Becton, Dickinson and Company (NYSE: BDX), known as BD, is a global medical technology company that develops, manufactures and sells medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment and diagnostic products. Its customers include healthcare institutions, clinicians, laboratories, life science researchers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, public health agencies and consumers. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, BD operated through three worldwide segments: BD Medical, which supplies medication delivery and management systems, prefillable drug delivery products and patient monitoring technologies; BD Life Sciences, which provides specimen collection, diagnostic testing and cell analysis products; and BD Interventional, which offers surgical, vascular, urology and critical care products. Effective October 1, 2025, BD reorganized into five segments: Medical Essentials, Connected Care, BioPharma Systems, Interventional and Life Sciences. It employs approximately 72,000 associates across 61 countries. BD completed its Diabetes Care separation into Embecta in 2022 and has agreed to combine its Biosciences and Diagnostic Solutions businesses with Waters Corporation. Its website is www.bd.com.

Company details
Sector
Health Care
Industry (SIC)
Surgical & Medical Instruments
Headquarters
FRANKLIN LAKES, NJ
Fiscal year end
September
CIK
10795
SIC
3841

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2013–2025 · USD
$-2.18B$4.37B$10.92B$17.47B$24.02B2013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Becton Dickinson — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

791
funds hold it
2 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$17.10B
held by funds, at market
41.8%
of shares held by funds
20
bond issues held by funds

Superinvestors in Becton Dickinson · what they did last quarter

Bill NygrenINCREASED +5.8%
Harris Associates (Oakmark)
0.5%of 13F portfolio
Mark HillmanINCREASED +7.2%
Hillman Capital Management
1.7%of 13F portfolio

Share of each manager’s reported 13F portfolio. Change is in shares held, since the previous quarter.

Largest fund holders · Becton Dickinson’s weight in each

VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.06%of fund net assets
First Eagle Global Fund
SGENX · First Eagle Funds
—of fund net assets
VANGUARD 500 INDEX FUND
VOO · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.06%of fund net assets
VANGUARD MID-CAP INDEX FUND
VO · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.40%of fund net assets
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
IVV · iShares Trust
0.06%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Becton Dickinson’s bonds, as funds hold them

Funds report holding 20 issues of Becton Dickinson’s debt, $1.06B at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 3.86%, maturing 2026 to 2050.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Fund ownership is a subset of institutional 13F ownership — the two describe overlapping populations and must not be added together.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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