Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) Stock Overview
NYSE · Healthcare · Medical Instruments & Supplies
✓ Sourced directly from Yahoo Finance · Checked for accuracy at every rebuild · Snapshot: 6 September 2026
About Becton, Dickinson and Company
Becton, Dickinson and Company develops, manufactures, and sells medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment, and diagnostic products for healthcare institutions, physicians, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical industry, and the general public worldwide. It…
Source: Yahoo Finance
Sector & Industry
Becton, Dickinson and Company operates in the Healthcare sector, within the Medical Instruments & Supplies industry group. It is listed on the NYSE exchange.
Becton, Dickinson and Company at a Glance
| Company | Becton, Dickinson and Company |
| Ticker | BDX |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Currency | USD |
| Price | $184.74 |
| Market cap | $50.32B |
| P/E ratio (trailing) | 31.96 |
| EPS (trailing) | $5.78 |
| 52-week high | $193.07 |
| 52-week low | $127.59 |
| Dividend yield | 2.27% |
| Ex-dividend date | 09 Sep 2026 |
| Beta | 0.28 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 6.61% |
| Debt-to-equity | 68.84% |
| Average volume | 2.11M |
| Shares outstanding | 272.39M |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Industry | Medical Instruments & Supplies |
| Employees | 72,000 |
| Country | United States |
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