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How Becton, Dickinson and Company stacks up
BDX · against 60 other Healthcare companies of similar size
Profitability
53/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #52 of 61 · scores higher than 13% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score8 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 · 57 reported | 4.7% | 11.5% | 18% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 59 reported | 10.7% | 19.8% | 26% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 59 reported | 1.9% | 6.3% | 12% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 55 reported | 6.6% | 14.0% | 19% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 61 reported | 46.9% | 59.1% | 33% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around BDX| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11.26T JPY (≈$76.6B) | 99 | 72 | |
| 1 | 52.9B USD | 99 | 57 | |
| 3 | 8.24T JPY (≈$56.0B) | 98 | 75 | |
| 4 | 31.3B USD | 97 | 63 | |
| 4 | 34.0B USD | 97 | 49 | |
| 48 | 78.1B USD | 59 | 60 | |
| 48 | 27.5B EUR (≈$30.2B) | 59 | 60 | |
| 50 | 35.0B USD | 58 | 52 | |
| 51 | 27.8B USD | 56 | 55 | |
| 52 | 54.0B USD | 53 | 47 | |
| 52 | 154.4B BRL (≈$27.8B) | 53 | 43 | |
| 54 | 89.7B USD | 52 | 50 | |
| 55 | 50.2B USD | 50 | 49 | |
| 56 | 45.2B USD | 43 | 46 |
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