Becton, Dickinson and price to free cash flow BDX

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 19.8×
10-year median: 20.8×
Against its 10-year history: 46th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 12.5× to 63.2×
Peer median: 22.1×

Becton, Dickinson and's price to free cash flow is 19.8× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 20.8×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 12.5× in Oct 2021 to 63.2× in Jul 2023.

The median for 10 medical instruments and supplies stocks of a similar size is 22.1×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 20.8×

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	19.8×	12.6×	20.1×
2025	16.5×	14.4×	18.0×
2024	16.7×	15.6×	26.1×
2023	26.3×	25.1×	63.2×
2022	37.8×	16.2×	44.7×
2021	16.0×	12.5×	21.3×
2020	20.4×	15.9×	24.3×
2019	23.9×	21.4×	27.5×
2018	23.2×	21.3×	30.5×
2017	20.5×	14.7×	28.5×
2016	14.4×	14.3×	20.7×
2015	22.0×	17.6×	28.3×
2014	17.8×	11.8×	17.9×
2013	13.7×	10.1×	15.7×
2012	9.7×	9.6×	12.4×
2011	10.3×	9.7×	13.3×
2010	13.3×	9.5×	13.4×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
BDXBecton, Dickinson and	19.8×
MDLNMedline	n/m
RMDResMed	22.1×
WSTWest Pharmaceutical Services	63.2×
ISRGIntuitive Surgical	n/m
SOLVSolventum	n/m
PENPenumbra	59.2×
COOCooper Companies	17.2×
ALGNAlign Technology	17.3×
GMEDGlobus Medical	14.5×
PODDInsulet	35.2×
Peer median	22.1×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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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.