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Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX)

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75.94 Up 1.45(1.95%) Jul 27, 4:02PM EDT|After Hours: 75.76 Down 0.18 (0.24%) Jul 27, 4:15PM EDT

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:15.39B
Enterprise Value (Jul 28, 2012)3:17.45B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):13.84
Forward P/E (fye Sep 30, 2013)1:12.33
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:2.02
Price/Sales (ttm):1.90
Price/Book (mrq):3.37
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.20
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:7.90
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Sep 29
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Mar 31, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):15.07%
Operating Margin (ttm):21.19%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):9.77%
Return on Equity (ttm):24.92%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):7.94B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):37.10
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):3.60%
Gross Profit (ttm):4.09B
EBITDA (ttm)6:2.21B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.19B
Diluted EPS (ttm):5.49
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-6.70%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):2.12B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):10.44
Total Debt (mrq):4.17B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):93.17
Current Ratio (mrq):3.27
Book Value Per Share (mrq):22.08
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.62B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):845.41M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.69
52-Week Change3:-7.73%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:7.25%
52-Week High (Aug 1, 2011)3:84.16
52-Week Low (Oct 4, 2011)3:69.59
50-Day Moving Average3:74.24
200-Day Moving Average3:75.99
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:1,028,910
Avg Vol (10 day)3:966,862
Shares Outstanding5:202.70M
Float:201.17M
% Held by Insiders1:0.38%
% Held by Institutions1:80.70%
Shares Short (as of Jul 13, 2012)3:7.94M
Short Ratio (as of Jul 13, 2012)3:7.70
Short % of Float (as of Jul 13, 2012)3:3.70%
Shares Short (prior month)3:7.76M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.80
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:2.40%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.31
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.80%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.70%
Payout Ratio4:31.00%
Dividend Date3:Sep 27, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:Sep 5, 2012
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 Mar 31, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Mar 31, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Mar 31, 2012)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Sep 30, 2011)
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.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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