Becton, Dickinson and PE ratio BDX

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 60.1×
10-year median: 37.5×
Against its 10-year history: 81st; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 22.6× to 441×
Peer median: 26.9×

Becton, Dickinson and's PE ratio is 60.1× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $198.91 against $3.31 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 37.5×, higher than on 81% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 22.6× in Feb 2017 to 441× in Nov 2018.

The median for 10 medical instruments and supplies stocks of a similar size is 26.9×.

PE ratio over time

median 37.5×

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	60.1×	24.4×	60.1×
2025	26.5×	25.5×	33.2×
2024	30.7×	29.5×	46.1×
2023	38.6×	33.3×	41.3×
2022	34.0×	28.5×	37.5×
2021	28.2×	27.3×	73.5×
2020	70.3×	52.5×	74.5×
2019	53.1×	50.3×	431×
2018	387×	36.6×	441×
2017	35.3×	22.6×	49.2×
2016	28.2×	24.5×	37.8×
2015	34.7×	17.7×	35.1×
2014	17.8×	12.7×	20.3×
2013	13.0×	9.0×	13.0×
2012	10.6×	10.0×	11.0×
2011	10.2×	9.4×	12.0×
2010	11.8×	9.8×	11.9×

Against its peers

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

Company	PE ratio
BDXBecton, Dickinson and	60.1×
MDLNMedline	n/m
RMDResMed	24.2×
WSTWest Pharmaceutical Services	50.2×
ISRGIntuitive Surgical	54.7×
SOLVSolventum	10.4×
PENPenumbra	79.7×
COOCooper Companies	20.9×
ALGNAlign Technology	26.9×
GMEDGlobus Medical	20.8×
PODDInsulet	27.9×
Peer median	26.9×

Where Becton, Dickinson and ranks

#31of 35Medical instruments and supplies stocks with the lowest PE ratio

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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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.