Becton, Dickinson and price to sales ratio BDX

Market value divided by revenue over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 2.6×
10-year median: 2.8×
Against its 10-year history: 27th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 1.8× to 3.9×
Peer median: 3.5×

Becton, Dickinson and's price to sales ratio is 2.6× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 2.8×, lower than on 73% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 1.8× in May 2025 to 3.9× in Apr 2018.

The median for 10 medical instruments and supplies stocks of a similar size is 3.5×.

Price to sales ratio over time

median 2.8×

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	2.6×	1.9×	2.6×
2025	2.0×	1.8×	2.8×
2024	2.6×	2.5×	2.9×
2023	2.9×	2.7×	3.4×
2022	2.9×	2.5×	3.1×
2021	2.7×	2.6×	3.4×
2020	3.3×	2.6×	3.4×
2019	3.3×	2.7×	3.3×
2018	2.9×	2.8×	3.9×
2017	3.1×	2.2×	3.3×
2016	2.2×	2.0×	2.4×
2015	2.4×	2.3×	2.9×
2014	2.4×	2.0×	2.4×
2013	2.0×	1.6×	2.1×
2012	1.5×	1.4×	1.7×
2011	1.6×	1.5×	2.0×
2010	2.0×	1.6×	2.0×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to sales ratio
BDXBecton, Dickinson and	2.6×
MDLNMedline	n/m
RMDResMed	6.5×
WSTWest Pharmaceutical Services	8.3×
ISRGIntuitive Surgical	13.8×
SOLVSolventum	1.7×
PENPenumbra	8.5×
COOCooper Companies	2.7×
ALGNAlign Technology	2.7×
GMEDGlobus Medical	3.5×
PODDInsulet	3.4×
Peer median	3.5×

Where Becton, Dickinson and ranks

#64of 116Medical instruments and supplies stocks with the lowest price to sales ratio

What the price to sales ratio tells you

Market value divided by revenue over the last twelve months. Useful for companies with little or no profit yet, since sales are harder to make negative than earnings.

Ignores margins entirely. A software company at 10× sales with 30% margins can be cheaper than a grocer at 1× sales with 2% margins.

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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.