Becton Dickinson (BDX) Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd (2009 - 2026)
Becton Dickinson's Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd was $286 million in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), down 4.3% from $299 million a year earlier and down 1.4% from the prior quarter.
Becton Dickinson (BDX) Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Becton Dickinson's Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd was $1.17 billion through Jun 30, 2026, down 0.2% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 30, 2025), it came in at $1.2 billion, up 8.7% from FY2024.
- Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 3.1% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier fiscal years, Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd was $1.1 billion in FY2024 (-1.3%), $1.11 billion in FY2023 (+3.0%), $1.08 billion in FY2022 (+3.2%) and $1.05 billion in FY2021 (+2.1%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd since fiscal Q4 2024.
- Compared with a year earlier, Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd has declined for three straight quarters, with growth averaging 3.8% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd over five years was fiscal Q1 2025 (growth of 9.8%); the worst was fiscal Q3 2026 (a decline of 4.3%).
- Per Business Quant data, BDX's Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 was $290 million (Q2 2026), $299 million (Q1 2026) and $297 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Div Paid (Total) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 249.71 Bn | 228.86 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 175.00 Mn |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 171.00 Bn | 142.08 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 1.10 Bn |
| 3 | Danaher | 155.79 Bn | 139.61 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 283.00 Mn |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 143.91 Bn | 123.46 Bn | 1.96 Bn | - |
| 5 | Medtronic | 110.42 Bn | 76.29 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 921.00 Mn |
| 6 | Stryker | 105.71 Bn | 91.82 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 337.00 Mn |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 63.26 Bn | 58.27 Bn | 3.85 Bn | - |
| 8 | Edwards Lifesciences | 49.80 Bn | 33.91 Bn | 1.35 Bn | - |
| 9 | Becton Dickinson | 48.78 Bn | 45.93 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 286.00 Mn |
| 10 | Agilent Technologies | 48.58 Bn | 41.47 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 72.00 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 286.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 290.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 299.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 297.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 299.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 298.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 302.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 275.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 275.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 275.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 275.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 265.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 286.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 282.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 281.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 270.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 271.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 270.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 271.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 259.00 Mn |
Becton Dickinson Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd&ticker=BDX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd", "ticker": "BDX", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd&ticker=BDX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();