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How Becton, Dickinson and Company stacks up
BDX · against 1,335 other Healthcare companies
Profitability
53/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #622 of 1,336 · scores higher than 53% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score134 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 · 1,226 reported | 4.7% | 4.7% | 50% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 1,251 reported | 10.7% | 7.1% | 61% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 1,315 reported | 1.9% | 1.7% | 51% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 1,252 reported | 6.6% | 3.2% | 60% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 1,394 reported | 46.9% | 45.9% | 51% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around BDX| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.1B EUR (≈$3.4B) | 100 | 100 | |
| 1 | 321.5B INR (≈$3.9B) | 100 | 70 | |
| 1 | 174.8B INR (≈$2.1B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 97.3B INR (≈$1.2B) | 100 | 80 | |
| 5 | 12.3B CNY (≈$1.7B) | 99 | 85 | |
| 622 | 73.8B JPY (≈$502M) | 53 | 62 | |
| 622 | 13.2B JPY (≈$90M) | 53 | 64 | |
| 622 | 21.6B CNY (≈$3.0B) | 53 | 41 | |
| 622 | 1.0B MYR (≈$229M) | 53 | 44 | |
| 622 | 54.0B USD | 53 | 47 | |
| 622 | Unavailable | 53 | 49 | |
| 622 | 66.0B BRL (≈$11.9B) | 53 | 55 | |
| 622 | 1.2B USD | 53 | 39 | |
| 622 | 251M EUR (≈$276M) | 53 | 52 |
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