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% quarter-over-quarter 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.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.53, up 156.68% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.34 (down 33.07% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.45, up 27.01% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio retreated to 0.53 in Q1 2026 per BDX's latest filing, from 0.54 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 70.5 in Q1 2023 and troughed at 0.94 in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 4.73 and a median of 0.41 in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: FCF Payout Ratio surged 1675.56% in 2023, then slumped 229.49% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 1.47 in 2022, then sank by 74.71% to 0.37 in 2023, then jumped by 38.02% to 0.51 in 2024, then climbed by 6.04% to 0.54 in 2025, then decreased by 2.48% to 0.53 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BDX's FCF Payout Ratio at 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 Intuitive Surgical 148.09 Bn 143.69 Bn 1.83 Bn -
2 Becton Dickinson 41.00 Bn 39.99 Bn 2.15 Bn 0.53
3 Medline 30.38 Bn 36.22 Bn 1.84 Bn 0.03
4 Resmed 28.22 Bn 26.56 Bn 890.98 Mn 0.17
5 West Pharmaceutical Services 23.72 Bn 23.19 Bn 296.40 Mn 0.25
6 Solventum 13.33 Bn 13.33 Bn 1.10 Bn -
7 Cooper Companies 13.12 Bn 12.99 Bn 735.40 Mn -
8 Align Technology 12.86 Bn 11.80 Bn 736.59 Mn -
9 Baxter International 10.51 Bn 8.47 Bn 891.00 Mn 0.07
10 Aptargroup 7.72 Bn 7.52 Bn 351.91 Mn 0.58

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