Becton Dickinson (BDX) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)
Becton Dickinson's Retained Earnings was $17.51 billion in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 6.6% from $16.43 billion a year earlier and up 0.7% from the prior quarter.
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Becton Dickinson (BDX) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025 (ended Sep 30, 2025), Retained Earnings at Becton Dickinson came in at $16.62 billion, up 3.0% from FY2024.
- Retained Earnings has now increased for five consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 5.4% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier fiscal years, Retained Earnings was $16.14 billion in FY2024 (+3.9%), $15.54 billion in FY2023 (+2.5%), $15.16 billion in FY2022 (+9.6%) and $13.83 billion in FY2021 (+8.1%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Retained Earnings in data going back to fiscal Q3 2009.
- Compared with a year earlier, Retained Earnings has increased for 23 straight quarters, with growth averaging 4.2% over the last eight quarters.
- Across the past five years, year-over-year growth in Retained Earnings ran from 1.0% in fiscal Q1 2024 to 9.6% in fiscal Q4 2022.
- Per Business Quant data, BDX's Retained Earnings in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 was $17.39 billion (Q2 2026), $16.7 billion (Q1 2026) and $16.62 billion (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Retained Earnings (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 250.84 Bn | 229.99 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 62.19 Bn |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 174.73 Bn | 145.82 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 49.79 Bn |
| 3 | Danaher | 159.85 Bn | 143.67 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 48.23 Bn |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 146.79 Bn | 126.35 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 6.84 Bn |
| 5 | Medtronic | 114.54 Bn | 80.41 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 33.19 Bn |
| 6 | Stryker | 105.67 Bn | 91.79 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 21.82 Bn |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 63.93 Bn | 58.94 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 7.82 Bn |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 50.12 Bn | 47.27 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 17.51 Bn |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 50.06 Bn | 34.17 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 14.86 Bn |
| 10 | Agilent Technologies | 49.40 Bn | 42.29 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 1.91 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 17.51 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 17.39 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 16.70 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 16.62 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 16.43 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 16.15 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 16.14 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 16.14 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 16.02 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 15.80 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 15.54 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 15.54 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 15.69 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 15.56 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 15.38 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 15.16 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 15.09 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 14.42 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 14.23 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 13.83 Bn |
API Access
Becton Dickinson Retained Earnings API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=BDX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-earnings", "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=retained-earnings&ticker=BDX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();