Becton, Dickinson and Company
BDXDividend King • 53yrsAutomated dividend-safety read-out from payout, leverage, yield, profitability and track record. See the Financials tab for the full per-statement Financial Investigation. Educational only — not investment advice.
At a glance
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) operates in the Medical Instruments & Supplies industry and is based in the United States. It pays a quarterly dividend of $4.20 a year, a yield of 2.11% at the current price of $198.91. Becton, Dickinson and has raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years, which makes it a Dividend King. Over the last five years the dividend has grown by an average of 6.0% a year. It paid out 72% of its earnings as dividends. 14 analysts cover it; their average 12-month price target of $195.57 is 1.7% below the current price.
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About Becton, Dickinson and Company
Becton, Dickinson and Company develops, manufactures, and sells medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment, and diagnostic products for healthcare institutions, physicians, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical industry, and the general public worldwide. It operates through Medical Essentials, Connected Care, BioPharma Systems, Interventional and Life Sciences segments. It provides peripheral intravenous (IV) and advanced peripheral catheters, central lines, acute dialysis catheters, vascular access technology, vascular care and preparation products, needle-free IV connectors and extensions sets, closed-system drug transfer devices, hazardous drug detections, hypodermic syringes and needles, anesthesia needles and trays, enteral syringes, and sharps disposal systems; IV medication safety and infusion therapy delivery systems, medication compounding workflow system, automated medication dispensing and supply management systems, informatics and analytics and pharmacy automation system, and medication inventory optimization and tracking system; hemodynamic monitoring system; and prefillable drug delivery systems.
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