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Becton, Dickinson & Co (BDX)On Oct 22: 50.41  Down 0.02 (0.04%)  Reuters
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):12.63B
Enterprise Value (24-Oct-04)³:13.16B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):23.68
Forward P/E (fye 30-Sep-05)¹:18.13
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:1.78
Price/Sales (ttm):2.58
Price/Book (mrq):4.15
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:2.68
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:11.82
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:30-Sep
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Jun-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):11.44%
Operating Margin (ttm):15.39%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):9.96%
Return on Equity (ttm):18.75%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):4.90B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):18.609
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:12.30%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:2.19B
EBITDA (ttm):1.11B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):559.15M
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.129
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:14.00%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):659.51M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):2.63
Total Debt (mrq)²:1.16B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.375
Current Ratio (mrq):2.495
Book Value Per Share (mrq):12.16
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:1.14B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:879.52M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.113
52-Week Change:40.46%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):31.89%
52-Week High (22-Apr-04):54.10
52-Week Low (6-Nov-03):35.21
50-Day Moving Average:49.99
200-Day Moving Average:48.90
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):937,318
Average Volume (10 day):707,000
Shares Outstanding:250.55M
Float:245.50M
% Held by Insiders:2.02%
% Held by Institutions:88.63%
Shares Short (as of 8-Sep-04):1.72M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Sep-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Sep-04):1.748
Short % of Float (as of 8-Sep-04):0.70%
Shares Short (prior month):1.76M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:0.60
Dividend Yield:1.19%
Dividend Date:30-Sep-04
Ex-Dividend Date: 7-Sep-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:2:1
Last Split Date:21-Aug-98
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ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Jun-04)
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