BDX
Becton Dickinson
Health Care · Health Care Equipment · US
$151.16
Data: 2025-09-30
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

NARROW MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$41.2B
Total market value of the company
26.10
Premium valuation
11.10
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
-10.6%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
0.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
6.7%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$183.29
+21% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 14 analysts covering this stock
About Becton Dickinson

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 operates through Medical Essentials, Connected Care, BioPharma Systems, Interventional and Life Sciences segments. It provides peripheral intravenous (IV) and advanced peripheral catheters, central lines, acute dialysis catheters, vascular access technology, vascular care and preparation products, needle-free IV connectors and extensions sets, closed-system drug transfer devices, hazardous drug detections, hypodermic syringes and needles, anesthesia needles and trays, enteral syringes, and sharps disposal systems; IV medication safety and infusion therapy delivery systems, medication compounding workflow system, automated medication dispensing and supply management systems, informatics and analytics and pharmacy automation system, and medication inventory optimization and tracking system; hemodynamic monitoring system; and prefillable drug delivery systems. It also offers specimen and blood collection products; automated blood and tuberculosis culturing, molecular testing, and microorganism identification and drug susceptibility, as well as rapid diagnostic assays, microbiology laboratory automation products, and plated media products; and fluorescence-activated cell sorters and analyzers, antibodies and kits, reagent system, and solution for single-cell gene expression analysis, as well as clinical oncology, immunological, and transplantation diagnostic/monitoring reagents and analyzers. It provides hernia and soft tissue repair, biological and bioresorbable graft, biosurgery, and other surgical products; surgical infection prevention, peripheral intervention, and urology and critical care products. The company has a strategic collaboration with ChemoGLO for the advancement of haza

https://www.bd.com

Country: United States Employees: 60,000 Industry: Medical Instruments & Supplies
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
34.7% FAIL
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
6.6% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.2% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$270.00
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
44.0%
Trading below fair value — margin of safety exists
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
51.4th
Ranks in the top 49% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
10.0
Valuation Score
88.0
Quality Score
23.0
Combined
40.6

Trading at $149 against a fair value of $270, a 45% discount. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 70% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

DISTRIBUTION
Smart money appears to be selling into strength — caution
-0.141
Returns do not compensate for the risk — negative edge
-0.0182
No positive edge detected — the data suggests staying out
-0.214
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
-7.2%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-33.4%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
12
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.29
Very low correlation to market moves
52W High
$187.35
19% below the year high
52W Low
$127.59
18% above the year low
Avg Volume
2,833,580
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
2.4
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
2.6%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
281.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$5.72
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

0.72
Moderate leverage — manageable
0.94
Below 1 means short-term obligations exceed liquid assets — risk flag
Quick Ratio
0.36
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
47.1%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
14.7%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$4.5B
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$22.2B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$1.6B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
14
Target High
$225.00
Target Median
$183.29
Target Low
$156.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

45
NEUTRAL
Mixed insider activity. 0 purchases and 0 sales in the last 90 days — no clear directional signal. Political selling noted.
Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-05-07 ROQUE VITOR Chief Financial Officer 1,721
2026-04-27 FELD MICHAEL Officer 74 $11,244
2026-03-26 FELD MICHAEL Officer 75 $11,762
2026-03-16 MINNIX LANESHA General Counsel 7,492
2026-03-02 SPIKNER PAMELA L Officer 931
2026-03-02 ROQUE VITOR Chief Financial Officer 931
2026-02-26 FELD MICHAEL Officer 75 $13,638
2026-02-18 SCOTT BERTRAM LEE Director 953 $174,027
2026-01-27 RING TIMOTHY M Director 1,098
2026-01-27 WRIGHT JACQUELINE Director 1,098
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
Insider Intelligence
Political Trading Activity

Congressional trading disclosures involving this instrument

Date Politician Party Type Amount
2026-04-13 Ro Khanna Democrat Sale 15K–50K
Source: Congressional disclosure filings. View all political trades at
Insider Intelligence
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2025-09-30

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