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Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX)At 4:01PM EST: 74.22  Up 0.87 (1.19%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:15.95B
Enterprise Value (Jan 10, 2012)3:16.91B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):13.21
Forward P/E (fye Sep 30, 2013)1:11.62
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.40
Price/Sales (ttm):2.01
Price/Book (mrq):3.26
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.16
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:7.44
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Sep 30
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Sep 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):16.24%
Operating Margin (ttm):22.60%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):11.01%
Return on Equity (ttm):24.65%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):7.83B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):35.40
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):9.50%
Gross Profit (ttm):4.09B
EBITDA (ttm)6:2.27B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.26B
Diluted EPS (ttm):5.62
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-24.40%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):1.57B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):7.30
Total Debt (mrq):2.72B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):56.33
Current Ratio (mrq):2.56
Book Value Per Share (mrq):22.48
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.72B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):798.35M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.57
52-Week Change3:-13.54%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:0.49%
52-Week High (Jul 7, 2011)3:89.75
52-Week Low (Oct 4, 2011)3:69.59
50-Day Moving Average3:N/A
200-Day Moving Average3:79.18
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:1,753,300
Avg Vol (10 day)3:N/A
Shares Outstanding5:214.89M
Float:213.82M
% Held by Insiders1:0.39%
% Held by Institutions1:82.30%
Shares Short (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:6.38M
Short Ratio (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:3.80
Short % of Float (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:3.00%
Shares Short (prior month)3:6.53M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.80
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:2.50%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.23
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.70%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.70%
Payout Ratio4:29.00%
Dividend Date3:Dec 29, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Dec 8, 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 Sep 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Sep 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Sep 30, 2011)
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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