Becton, Dickinson and forward PE BDX

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 2001.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 15.1×
10-year median: 16.2×
Against its 10-year history: 35th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 9.0× to 22.9×
Peer median: 30.4×

Becton, Dickinson and's forward PE is 15.1× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 16.2×, lower than on 65% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 9.0× in Nov 2025 to 22.9× in Jan 2020.

The median for 10 medical instruments and supplies stocks of a similar size is 30.4×.

Forward PE over time

median 16.2×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	15.1×	9.9×	15.1×
2025	9.9×	9.0×	14.3×
2024	13.2×	12.7×	15.3×
2023	15.4×	14.7×	18.9×
2022	17.0×	15.1×	19.9×
2021	17.2×	16.7×	18.6×
2020	17.5×	15.6×	22.9×
2019	22.4×	14.8×	22.4×
2018	15.2×	14.6×	18.4×
2017	15.4×	14.5×	16.2×
2016	14.4×	13.2×	16.5×
2015	15.4×	13.8×	16.8×
2014	16.2×	13.7×	16.3×
2013	14.2×	11.8×	14.5×
2012	11.3×	10.3×	11.6×
2011	10.6×	10.0×	13.0×
2010	12.3×	10.3×	12.7×
2009	12.8×	9.9×	12.9×
2008	11.0×	10.2×	17.1×
2007	15.9×	14.8×	16.4×

Against its peers

Companies in Medical - Instruments & Supplies nearest Becton, Dickinson and's size, closest first, today.

Company	Forward PE
BDXBecton, Dickinson and	15.1×
MDLNMedline	23.2×
RMDResMed	20.8×
WSTWest Pharmaceutical Services	42.2×
ISRGIntuitive Surgical	37.5×
SOLVSolventum	n/m
PENPenumbra	n/m
COOCooper Companies	n/m
ALGNAlign Technology	n/m
GMEDGlobus Medical	n/m
PODDInsulet	n/m
Peer median	30.4×

Where Becton, Dickinson and ranks

#13of 51Healthcare stocks with the lowest forward PE

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.