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Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX)At 4:01PM ET: 65.53  Up 1.61 (2.52%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)5:15.96B
Enterprise Value (28-Oct-08)3:15.76B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):15.02
Forward P/E (fye 30-Sep-09) 1:13.29
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):1.08
Price/Sales (ttm):2.23
Price/Book (mrq):3.07
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.26
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:8.006
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:30-Sep
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Jun-08
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):15.85%
Operating Margin (ttm):21.48%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):12.27%
Return on Equity (ttm):23.50%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):6.97B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):28.534
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):14.50%
Gross Profit (ttm):3.29B
EBITDA (ttm):1.97B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.09B
Diluted EPS (ttm):4.363
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):21.40%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):968.40M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):3.976
Total Debt (mrq):1.16B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.228
Current Ratio (mrq):2.489
Book Value Per Share (mrq):20.832001
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.58B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):494.44M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.63
52-Week Change3:-24.12%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-38.57%
52-Week High (16-Jan-08)3:93.24
52-Week Low (27-Oct-08)3:63.92
50-Day Moving Average3:77.3181
200-Day Moving Average3:82.7411
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:1,633,700
Average Volume (10 day)3:2,003,100
Shares Outstanding5:243.57M
Float:241.29M
% Held by Insiders1:5.85%
% Held by Institutions1:86.80%
Shares Short (as of 25-Sep-08)3:1.24M
Short Ratio (as of 25-Sep-08)3:0.7
Short % of Float (as of 25-Sep-08)3:0.50%
Shares Short (prior month)3:1.57M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.14
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.70%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:1.14
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.80%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:1.20%
Payout Ratio4:25%
Dividend Date3:30-Sep-08
Ex-Dividend Date4:05-Sep-08
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:21-Aug-98


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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Jun-08)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Jun-08)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 30-Jun-08)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 30-Sep-07)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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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.