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 Dow Down 2.20% Nasdaq Down 2.58%
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX)On Sep 2: 78.49  Down 1.95 (2.42%)  

Key StatisticsGet Key Statistics for:
Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:17.07B
Enterprise Value (Sep 6, 2011)3:17.86B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):13.20
Forward P/E (fye Sep 30, 2012)1:12.64
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.38
Price/Sales (ttm):2.29
Price/Book (mrq):3.30
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.34
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:7.99
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Sep 30
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Jun 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):17.88%
Operating Margin (ttm):22.73%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):11.06%
Return on Equity (ttm):24.04%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):7.65B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):34.03
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):10.00%
Gross Profit (ttm):3.83B
EBITDA (ttm):2.23B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.26B
Diluted EPS (ttm):5.95
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):11.80%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):1.93B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):8.87
Total Debt (mrq):2.72B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):51.43
Current Ratio (mrq):3.06
Book Value Per Share (mrq):24.37
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.72B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):544.44M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.63
52-Week Change3:12.40%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:7.52%
52-Week High (Jul 7, 2011)3:89.75
52-Week Low (Sep 8, 2010)3:69.54
50-Day Moving Average3:81.17
200-Day Moving Average3:83.12
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:1,389,540
Avg Vol (10 day)3:1,115,720
Shares Outstanding5:217.45M
Float:215.75M
% Held by Insiders1:0.39%
% Held by Institutions1:82.30%
Shares Short (as of Aug 15, 2011)3:5.72M
Short Ratio (as of Aug 15, 2011)3:3.00
Short % of Float (as of Aug 15, 2011)3:2.50%
Shares Short (prior month)3:4.91M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.64
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:2.10%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.60
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.10%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:N/A
Payout Ratio4:27.00%
Dividend Date3:Sep 29, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Sep 7, 2011
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:Aug 21, 1998

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Jun 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Jun 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Jun 30, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Sep 30, 2010)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.

Currency in USD.