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BDX Becton Dickinson

healthcare · 2026-10-16

N/A
too hard · 50
Owner-earnings value$173.61
Price$193.76
Margin of safety -10.4%

Quality gate · 50/100

Returns on capital 0/30
Consistency 21.5/22
Margins / pricing power 12.9/16
Balance sheet 1.7/16
Cash conversion 10/10
Capital allocation 4.3/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 5% < 9%) · over-levered (net debt/EBITDA 4.2x > 4x)

Median ROIC4.8%
Gross margin46.4%
Net debt / EBITDA4.2x
FCF conversion143%
Share count / yr+0.2%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)2.53B
Owner-earnings yield4.8%
Free-cash-flow yield4.8%
Growth used (normalized)5.0%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)7.6%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
12.66B 5.0%2.44B
22.79B 4.8%2.35B
32.91B 4.6%2.25B
43.04B 4.3%2.15B
53.17B 4.1%2.06B
63.29B 3.9%1.96B
73.41B 3.7%1.86B
83.53B 3.4%1.77B
93.64B 3.2%1.68B
103.75B 3.0%1.58B

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~8%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 5%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-16 50 $193.76 $173.61 -10.4% N/A
2026-08-27 50 $190.21 $173.61 -8.7% N/A
2026-07-08 51 $156.30 $191.60 +22.6% N/A
2026-07-02 51 $152.90 $191.60 +25.3% N/A
2026-07-01 51 $151.33 $191.60 +26.6% N/A
2026-06-25 51 $147.77 $190.41 +28.9% N/A
2026-06-23 51 $143.92 $191.60 +33.1% N/A