Becton Dickinson (BDX) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Becton Dickinson (BDX) reported Return on Capital Employed of 5.02% for Q1 2026, up 62.0% year-over-year from 3.1% in Q1 2025, and down 7.56% quarter-over-quarter from 5.43% in Q4 2025.

Becton Dickinson (BDX) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Becton Dickinson (BDX) has 18 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 5.02% in Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 5.02%, up 62.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 5.02% (up 62.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 5.37%, up 17.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed slipped to 5.02% in Q1 2026 per BDX's latest filing, from 5.43% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 5.43% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 4.37% in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 4.79% and a median of 4.81% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed surged 102 bps in 2022, then tumbled 48 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 4.79% in 2022, then fell by 9 bps to 4.37% in 2023, then gained by 14 bps to 4.99% in 2024, then gained by 9 bps to 5.43% in 2025, then fell by 8 bps to 5.02% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BDX's Return on Capital Employed at 5.02% in Q1 2026, 5.43% in Q4 2025, and 5.16% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Intuitive Surgical 148.09 Bn 143.69 Bn 1.83 Bn 17.54%
2 Becton Dickinson 41.00 Bn 39.99 Bn 2.15 Bn 5.02%
3 Medline 30.38 Bn 36.22 Bn 1.84 Bn -
4 Resmed 28.22 Bn 26.56 Bn 890.98 Mn 25.95%
5 West Pharmaceutical Services 23.72 Bn 23.19 Bn 296.40 Mn 18.63%
6 Solventum 13.33 Bn 13.33 Bn 1.10 Bn 19.44%
7 Cooper Companies 13.12 Bn 12.99 Bn 735.40 Mn 4.68%
8 Align Technology 12.86 Bn 11.80 Bn 736.59 Mn 12.74%
9 Baxter International 10.51 Bn 8.47 Bn 891.00 Mn 13.02%
10 Aptargroup 7.72 Bn 7.52 Bn 351.91 Mn 12.04%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 5.02%
Dec 31, 2025 5.43%
Sep 30, 2025 5.16%
Jun 30, 2025 5.03%
Mar 31, 2025 4.39%
Dec 31, 2024 4.99%
Sep 30, 2024 5.05%
Jun 30, 2024 4.40%
Mar 31, 2024 4.51%
Dec 31, 2023 4.37%
Sep 30, 2023 4.56%
Jun 30, 2023 4.81%
Mar 31, 2023 4.82%
Dec 31, 2022 4.79%
Sep 30, 2022 5.04%
Jun 30, 2022 4.63%
Mar 31, 2022 4.49%
Dec 31, 2021 4.26%
Sep 30, 2021 5.37%
Jun 30, 2021 3.95%