Is the price fair?
What BDX's price assumes
Becton Dickinson trades at 57.3× earnings against 42.5× for the median Medical Instruments & Supplies name, more expensive than its own group.
57.3
Trailing P/E · Medical Instruments & Supplies median 42.5 · 1.35× the median: the market pays up for this one
- Price / sales
- 1.98
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1
- Price / book
- 1.82
Price / book · as of 2026-Q1
- EV / sales
- 2.60
EV / sales
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- Price / book2026-Q1
- 1.82
- EV / EBIT2026-Q1
- 24.2
- EV / sales2026-Q1
- 2.60
- Healthcare median P/E362 names
- 31.5
- Medical Instruments & Supplies median P/E29 names
- 42.5
- Market capitalisation
- $39.7B
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| Its own P/E history, lower quartile | $95.66 |
| Its own P/E history, median | $110.38 |
| Its own P/E history, upper quartile | $137.35 |
| 52-week range | $136.09 – $192.00 |
| Today | $190.22 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.
Medical Instruments & Supplies
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