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

Becton Dickinson's (BDX) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.53 in Q1 2026, up 156.68% year-on-year from 0.21 in Q1 2025, and down 2.48% on a QoQ basis from 0.54 in Q4 2025.

Becton Dickinson (BDX) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

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

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio rose 156.68% year-over-year to 0.53 in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.34, a 33.07% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.45, up 27.01% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.53, down from 0.54 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for BDX reached as high as 70.5 in Q1 2023 and fell as low as 0.94 in Q1 2025.
  • Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 4.73 across 5 years, with a median of 0.41 in 2022.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio soared 1675.56% in 2023 and plunged 229.49% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 1.47 in 2022, then slumped by 74.71% to 0.37 in 2023, then jumped by 38.02% to 0.51 in 2024, then rose by 6.04% to 0.54 in 2025, then declined by 2.48% to 0.53 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent FCF Payout Ratio figures were 0.53 in Q1 2026, 0.54 in Q4 2025, and 0.3 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Alcon 32,734,969.19 Bn 32,734,967.53 Bn 1.53 Bn -
2 Intuitive Surgical 117.50 Bn 112.41 Bn 1.96 Bn -
3 Becton Dickinson 42.93 Bn 42.11 Bn 2.15 Bn 0.53
4 Medline 30.82 Bn 36.66 Bn 1.84 Bn 0.03
5 Resmed 27.90 Bn 26.23 Bn 890.98 Mn 0.17
6 West Pharmaceutical Services 26.76 Bn 26.23 Bn 329.20 Mn 0.19
7 Cooper Companies 15.30 Bn 15.16 Bn 735.40 Mn -
8 Solventum 13.46 Bn 12.90 Bn 1.10 Bn -
9 Align Technology 12.02 Bn 10.96 Bn 736.59 Mn -
10 Baxter International 11.17 Bn 9.12 Bn 891.00 Mn 0.07

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