Growth Metrics

Becton Dickinson (BDX) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Becton Dickinson (BDX) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.53 for Q1 2026, up 156.68% year-over-year from 0.21 in Q1 2025, and down 2.48% on a QoQ basis from 0.54 in Q4 2025.

Becton Dickinson (BDX) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.53 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 156.68% year-over-year to 0.53 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.34 (down 33.07% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.45, up 27.01% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio slipped to 0.53 in Q1 2026 per BDX's latest filing, from 0.54 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 70.5 in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 0.94 in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.41 (2022), against an average of 4.73.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when FCF Payout Ratio soared 1675.56%; it then plunged 229.49% in 2025.
  • Tracing BDX's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 1.47 in 2022, then tumbled by 74.71% to 0.37 in 2023, then surged by 38.02% to 0.51 in 2024, then gained by 6.04% to 0.54 in 2025, then fell by 2.48% to 0.53 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest BDX FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.53 (Q1 2026), 0.54 (Q4 2025), and 0.3 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Intuitive Surgical 156.17 Bn 151.78 Bn 1.83 Bn -
2 Becton Dickinson 41.51 Bn 40.49 Bn 2.15 Bn 0.53
3 Resmed 30.43 Bn 28.77 Bn 890.98 Mn 0.17
4 West Pharmaceutical Services 22.78 Bn 22.26 Bn 296.40 Mn 0.25
5 Solventum 13.39 Bn 13.39 Bn 1.10 Bn -
6 Cooper Companies 12.33 Bn 12.20 Bn 695.20 Mn -
7 Align Technology 11.65 Bn 10.59 Bn 736.59 Mn -
8 Baxter International 9.81 Bn 7.77 Bn 891.00 Mn 0.07
9 Aptargroup 7.39 Bn 7.19 Bn 351.91 Mn 0.58
10 Repligen 6.39 Bn 5.41 Bn 108.28 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.53
Dec 31, 2025 0.54
Sep 30, 2025 0.30
Jun 30, 2025 0.21
Mar 31, 2025 -0.94
Dec 31, 2024 0.51
Sep 30, 2024 0.31
Jun 30, 2024 0.25
Mar 31, 2024 0.72
Dec 31, 2023 0.37
Sep 30, 2023 0.26
Jun 30, 2023 0.32
Mar 31, 2023 70.50
Dec 31, 2022 1.47
Sep 30, 2022 0.41
Jun 30, 2022 0.64
Mar 31, 2022 3.97
Dec 31, 2021 0.78
Sep 30, 2021 0.67
Jun 30, 2021 0.81
Mar 31, 2021 0.28
Dec 31, 2020 0.21
Sep 30, 2020 0.36
Jun 30, 2020 0.41
Mar 31, 2020 0.97
Dec 31, 2019 0.47
Sep 30, 2019 0.24
Jun 30, 2019 0.35
Mar 31, 2019 0.42
Dec 31, 2018 3.14
Sep 30, 2018 0.24
Jun 30, 2018 0.69
Mar 31, 2018 0.49
Dec 31, 2017 1.48
Sep 30, 2017 0.23
Jun 30, 2017 0.88
Mar 31, 2017 0.28
Dec 31, 2016 0.77
Sep 30, 2016 0.34
Jun 30, 2016 0.21
Mar 31, 2016 0.32
Dec 31, 2015 0.43
Sep 30, 2015 0.27
Jun 30, 2015 0.75
Mar 31, 2015 0.37
Dec 31, 2014 0.64
Sep 30, 2014 0.20
Jun 30, 2014 0.17
Mar 31, 2014 0.35
Dec 31, 2013 0.41
Sep 30, 2013 0.18
Jun 30, 2013 0.32
Mar 31, 2013 0.48
Dec 31, 2012 0.66
Sep 30, 2012 0.23
Jun 30, 2012 0.20
Mar 31, 2012 0.55
Dec 31, 2011 0.49
Sep 30, 2011 0.27
Jun 30, 2011 0.31
Mar 31, 2011 0.73
Dec 31, 2010 0.24
Sep 30, 2010 0.32
Jun 30, 2010 0.23
Mar 31, 2010 0.53
Dec 31, 2009 0.35
Sep 30, 2009 0.21
Jun 30, 2009 0.20
Mar 31, 2009 0.59