The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. As of today, Becton Dickinson's share price is $176.16.
Becton Dickinson's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was $71.97. Hence, Becton Dickinson's PS Ratio for today is 2.45.
Good Sign:
Becton Dickinson & Co stock PS Ratio (=2.45) is close to 10-year low of 2.32.
The historical rank and industry rank for Becton Dickinson's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
BDX'
s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.32 Med: 3.71 Max: 4.5
Current: 2.45
During the past 13 years, Becton Dickinson's highest PS Ratio was 4.50. The lowest was 2.32. And the median was 3.71.
BDX's PS Ratio is ranked better than 57.66% of 803
companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 3
vs BDX: 2.45
Becton Dickinson & Co has shown predictable revenue and earnings growth.
During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of Becton Dickinson was 6.20% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 1.90% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 2.90% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 4.10% per year.
During the past 13 years, Becton Dickinson's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 15.30% per year. The lowest was 1.40% per year. And the median was 8.20% per year.
Back to Basics: PS Ratio
Becton Dickinson PS Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Becton Dickinson's PS Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Becton Dickinson's PS Ratio
For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Becton Dickinson's PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Becton Dickinson's PS Ratio Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry
For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Becton Dickinson's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Becton Dickinson's PS Ratio falls into.
The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks and it was first used by Ken Fisher.
Becton Dickinson's Share Price of today is $176.16. Becton Dickinson's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $71.97.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
The PS Ratio is an excellent valuation indicator if you want to compare a stock with its historical valuation or with the stocks in the same industry. The PS Ratio works especially well when you want to compare the stock's current valuation with its historical valuation. The PS Ratio is a great valuation tool for evaluating cyclical businesses where the PE Ratio works poorly. It works the best when comparing the current valuation with the historical valuation because over time, a company's profit margin tends to revert to the mean.
When the PS Ratio is applied to the whole stock market, it can be used to evaluate the current market valuation and projected returns. In this case, the price is the total market cap of all stocks that are traded, and sales are the GDP of the country. This is how Warren Buffett estimates the broad market valuation and project future returns.
The PS Ratio does not tell you how cheap or expensive the stock is. It cannot be used to compare companies in different industries. It works better for companies within the same industry because these companies tend to have similar capital structures and profit margins. It works the best when comparing a company with itself in the past.
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Becton, Dickinson is the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of medical surgical products, such as needles, syringes, and sharps-disposal units. The company also manufactures prefilled devices, diagnostic instruments and reagents, as well as flow cytometry and cell-imaging systems. BD Medical is nearly half of the total business, while BD Life Sciences (27% of 2024 revenue) and BD Interventional (24%) account for the remainder. International revenue accounts for 43% of the company's business.
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