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How Becton, Dickinson and Company stacks up
BDX · against 557 other Healthcare companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
53/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #180 of 558 · scores higher than 67% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score28 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including BDX · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 53?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Its metrics sit close to the Healthcare norm.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 4.7% vs peer median 4.7%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 1.9% vs peer median 1.7%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 61% of peers. Operating margin: 10.7% vs peer median 7.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = BDX, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | BDX | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 517 reported | 4.7% | -7.0% | 63% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 479 reported | 10.7% | -2.4% | 71% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 582 reported | 1.9% | -7.8% | 67% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 531 reported | 6.6% | -19.7% | 71% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 601 reported | 46.9% | 43.9% | 52% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around BDX| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 595M USD | 99 | 97 | |
| 1 | 433M USD | 99 | 81 | |
| 1 | 17.9B USD | 99 | 76 | |
| 1 | 52.9B USD | 99 | 57 | |
| 1 | 578M USD | 99 | 73 | |
| 176 | 356.9B USD | 55 | 37 | |
| 176 | 787M USD | 55 | 57 | |
| 178 | 4.0B USD | 54 | 56 | |
| 178 | 1.9B USD | 54 | 38 | |
| 180 | 54.0B USD | 53 | 47 | |
| 180 | Unavailable | 53 | 49 | |
| 180 | 1.2B USD | 53 | 39 | |
| 180 | 5.9B USD | 53 | 39 | |
| 184 | 1.4B USD | 52 | 42 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score