Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX) dividend history

BDXNYSESurgical & Medical Instruments & ApparatusFiscal year ends September 30

Financials through Q3 FY2026, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Aug 6, 2026Score 13/3017% above fair value

$215.71+1.19 (+0.55%)

Close on Nov 12, 2026Market cap $58.76BP/E 65.2Yield 1.93%

Dividends

Dividend declared per share by fiscal year, adjusted for stock splits

Per share, FY2025

$4.16

+9.5% on the prior year

Consecutive increases

12 years

Every year since FY2013

Dividend yield

1.93%

Latest annual dividend ÷ share price

Payout ratio, FY2025

71.3%

Dividends paid ÷ net income

Dividend payments

Every dividend Becton Dickinson has paid, newest first. Shares held at the close of the last day with dividend receive it; shares bought on the ex-dividend date or later do not.

Ex-dividend	Last day to buy	Record	Payable	Declared	Per share	Source
Sep 9, 2026	Sep 8, 2026	Sep 9, 2026	Sep 30, 2026	Jul 28, 2026	$1.05	–
Jun 9, 2026	Jun 8, 2026	Jun 9, 2026	Jun 30, 2026	Apr 28, 2026	$1.05	10-Q
Mar 10, 2026	Mar 9, 2026	Mar 10, 2026	Mar 31, 2026	Jan 27, 2026	$1.05	10-Q
Dec 8, 2025	Dec 5, 2025	Dec 8, 2025	Dec 31, 2025	Nov 6, 2025	$1.05	10-Q
Sep 8, 2025	Sep 5, 2025	Sep 8, 2025	Sep 30, 2025	Jul 22, 2025	$1.04	10-K
Jun 9, 2025	Jun 6, 2025	Jun 9, 2025	Jun 30, 2025	Apr 29, 2025	$1.04	10-Q
Mar 10, 2025	Mar 7, 2025	Mar 10, 2025	Mar 31, 2025	Jan 28, 2025	$1.04	10-Q
Dec 9, 2024	Dec 6, 2024	Dec 9, 2024	Dec 31, 2024	Nov 7, 2024	$1.04	10-Q
Sep 9, 2024	Sep 6, 2024	Sep 9, 2024	Sep 30, 2024	Jul 23, 2024	$0.95	10-K
Jun 10, 2024	Jun 7, 2024	Jun 10, 2024	Jun 28, 2024	Apr 30, 2024	$0.95	10-Q
Mar 7, 2024	Mar 6, 2024	Mar 8, 2024	Mar 29, 2024	Jan 23, 2024	$0.95	10-Q
Dec 7, 2023	Dec 6, 2023	Dec 8, 2023	Dec 29, 2023	Nov 9, 2023	$0.95	10-Q
Sep 7, 2023	Sep 6, 2023	Sep 8, 2023	Sep 29, 2023	Jul 25, 2023	$0.91	10-K
Jun 8, 2023	Jun 7, 2023	Jun 9, 2023	Jun 30, 2023	Apr 25, 2023	$0.91	10-Q
Mar 9, 2023	Mar 8, 2023	Mar 10, 2023	Mar 31, 2023	Jan 24, 2023	$0.91	10-Q
Dec 8, 2022	Dec 7, 2022	Dec 9, 2022	Dec 30, 2022	Nov 10, 2022	$0.91	10-Q
Sep 8, 2022	Sep 7, 2022	Sep 9, 2022	Sep 30, 2022	Jul 26, 2022	$0.87	10-K
Jun 8, 2022	Jun 7, 2022	Jun 9, 2022	Jun 30, 2022	Apr 26, 2022	$0.87	10-Q
Mar 9, 2022	Mar 8, 2022	Mar 10, 2022	Mar 31, 2022	Jan 25, 2022	$0.87	10-Q
Dec 9, 2021	Dec 8, 2021	Dec 10, 2021	Dec 31, 2021	Nov 4, 2021	$0.87	10-Q
Sep 8, 2021	Sep 7, 2021	Sep 9, 2021	Sep 30, 2021	Jul 27, 2021	$0.83	10-K
Jun 8, 2021	Jun 7, 2021	Jun 9, 2021	Jun 30, 2021	Apr 27, 2021	$0.83	10-Q
Mar 9, 2021	Mar 8, 2021	Mar 10, 2021	Mar 31, 2021	Jan 25, 2021	$0.83	10-Q
Dec 9, 2020	Dec 8, 2020	Dec 10, 2020	Dec 31, 2020	Nov 24, 2020	$0.83	10-Q
Sep 8, 2020	Sep 4, 2020	Sep 9, 2020	Sep 30, 2020	Jul 27, 2020	$0.79	10-K
Jun 8, 2020	Jun 5, 2020	Jun 9, 2020	Jun 30, 2020	Apr 28, 2020	$0.79	10-Q
Mar 9, 2020	Mar 6, 2020	Mar 10, 2020	Mar 31, 2020	Jan 27, 2020	$0.79	10-Q
Dec 9, 2019	Dec 6, 2019	Dec 10, 2019	Dec 31, 2019	Nov 25, 2019	$0.79	10-Q
Sep 6, 2019	Sep 5, 2019	Sep 9, 2019	Sep 30, 2019	Jul 22, 2019	$0.77	10-K
Jun 6, 2019	Jun 5, 2019	Jun 7, 2019	Jun 28, 2019	Apr 29, 2019	$0.77	10-Q
Mar 7, 2019	Mar 6, 2019	Mar 8, 2019	Mar 29, 2019	Jan 21, 2019	$0.77	10-Q
Dec 7, 2018	Dec 6, 2018	Dec 10, 2018	Dec 31, 2018	Nov 19, 2018	$0.77	10-Q
Sep 6, 2018	Sep 5, 2018	Sep 7, 2018	Sep 28, 2018	Jul 24, 2018	$0.75	10-K
Jun 7, 2018	Jun 6, 2018	Jun 8, 2018	Jun 29, 2018	Apr 23, 2018	$0.75	10-Q
Mar 8, 2018	Mar 7, 2018	Mar 9, 2018	Mar 30, 2018	Jan 23, 2018	$0.75	10-Q
Dec 7, 2017	Dec 6, 2017	Dec 8, 2017	Dec 29, 2017	Nov 20, 2017	$0.75	10-Q
Sep 7, 2017	Sep 6, 2017	Sep 8, 2017	Sep 29, 2017	Jul 25, 2017	$0.73	10-K
Jun 7, 2017	Jun 6, 2017	Jun 9, 2017	Jun 30, 2017	May 23, 2017	$0.73	10-Q
Mar 8, 2017	Mar 7, 2017	Mar 10, 2017	Mar 31, 2017	Jan 23, 2017	$0.73	10-Q
Dec 7, 2016	Dec 6, 2016	Dec 9, 2016	Dec 30, 2016	Nov 21, 2016	$0.73	10-Q
Sep 7, 2016	Sep 6, 2016	Sep 9, 2016	Sep 30, 2016	Jul 26, 2016	$0.66	10-K
Jun 7, 2016	Jun 6, 2016	Jun 9, 2016	Jun 30, 2016	May 24, 2016	$0.66	10-Q
Mar 8, 2016	Mar 7, 2016	Mar 10, 2016	Mar 31, 2016	–	$0.66	10-Q
Dec 8, 2015	Dec 7, 2015	Dec 10, 2015	Dec 31, 2015	Nov 23, 2015	$0.66	10-Q
Sep 4, 2015	Sep 3, 2015	Sep 9, 2015	Sep 30, 2015	–	$0.60	10-K
Jun 5, 2015	Jun 4, 2015	Jun 9, 2015	Jun 30, 2015	–	$0.60	10-Q
Mar 6, 2015	Mar 5, 2015	Mar 10, 2015	Mar 31, 2015	Jan 27, 2015	$0.60	10-Q
Dec 8, 2014	Dec 5, 2014	Dec 10, 2014	Dec 31, 2014	Nov 25, 2014	$0.60	10-Q
Sep 5, 2014	Sep 4, 2014	Sep 9, 2014	Sep 30, 2014	Jul 22, 2014	$0.545	10-K
Jun 5, 2014	Jun 4, 2014	Jun 9, 2014	Jun 30, 2014	May 20, 2014	$0.545	10-Q
Mar 6, 2014	Mar 5, 2014	Mar 10, 2014	Mar 31, 2014	Jan 28, 2014	$0.545	10-Q
Dec 6, 2013	Dec 5, 2013	Dec 10, 2013	Dec 31, 2013	Nov 25, 2013	$0.545	10-Q
Sep 5, 2013	Sep 4, 2013	Sep 9, 2013	Sep 30, 2013	Jul 23, 2013	$0.495	10-K
Jun 5, 2013	Jun 4, 2013	Jun 7, 2013	Jun 28, 2013	May 21, 2013	$0.495	10-Q
Mar 6, 2013	Mar 5, 2013	Mar 8, 2013	Mar 29, 2013	Jan 29, 2013	$0.495	10-Q
Dec 6, 2012	Dec 5, 2012	Dec 10, 2012	Dec 31, 2012	Nov 20, 2012	$0.495	10-Q
Sep 5, 2012	Sep 4, 2012	Sep 7, 2012	Sep 28, 2012	–	$0.45	10-K
Jun 6, 2012	Jun 5, 2012	Jun 8, 2012	Jun 29, 2012	–	$0.45	10-Q
Mar 7, 2012	Mar 6, 2012	Mar 9, 2012	Mar 30, 2012	–	$0.45	10-Q
Dec 8, 2011	Dec 7, 2011	Dec 12, 2011	Dec 30, 2011	–	$0.45	10-Q
Sep 7, 2011	Sep 6, 2011	Sep 9, 2011	Sep 30, 2011	–	$0.41	10-K
Jun 7, 2011	Jun 6, 2011	Jun 9, 2011	Jun 30, 2011	–	$0.41	10-Q
Mar 8, 2011	Mar 7, 2011	Mar 10, 2011	Mar 31, 2011	–	$0.41	10-Q
Dec 8, 2010	Dec 7, 2010	Dec 10, 2010	Dec 31, 2010	–	$0.41	10-Q
Sep 7, 2010	Sep 3, 2010	Sep 9, 2010	Sep 30, 2010	–	$0.37	10-K
Jun 7, 2010	Jun 4, 2010	Jun 9, 2010	Jun 30, 2010	–	$0.37	10-Q
Mar 8, 2010	Mar 5, 2010	Mar 10, 2010	Mar 31, 2010	–	$0.37	10-Q
Dec 10, 2009	Dec 9, 2009	Dec 14, 2009	Jan 4, 2010	–	$0.37	10-Q
Sep 4, 2009	Sep 3, 2009	Sep 9, 2009	Sep 30, 2009	–	$0.33	10-K
Jun 5, 2009	Jun 4, 2009	Jun 9, 2009	Jun 30, 2009	–	$0.33	10-Q
Mar 6, 2009	Mar 5, 2009	Mar 10, 2009	Mar 31, 2009	–	$0.33	10-Q
Dec 10, 2008	Dec 9, 2008	Dec 12, 2008	Jan 2, 2009	–	$0.33	10-Q
Sep 5, 2008	Sep 4, 2008	Sep 9, 2008	Sep 30, 2008	–	$0.285	Release
Jun 5, 2008	Jun 4, 2008	Jun 9, 2008	Jun 30, 2008	–	$0.285	Release
Mar 6, 2008	Mar 5, 2008	Mar 10, 2008	Mar 31, 2008	–	$0.285	Release
Dec 10, 2007	Dec 7, 2007	Dec 12, 2007	Jan 2, 2008	–	$0.285	Release
Sep 5, 2007	Sep 4, 2007	Sep 7, 2007	Sep 28, 2007	–	$0.245	Release
Jun 6, 2007	Jun 5, 2007	Jun 8, 2007	Jun 29, 2007	–	$0.245	Release
Mar 7, 2007	Mar 6, 2007	Mar 9, 2007	Mar 30, 2007	–	$0.245	Release
Dec 8, 2006	Dec 7, 2006	Dec 12, 2006	Jan 2, 2007	–	$0.245	Release
Sep 6, 2006	Sep 5, 2006	Sep 8, 2006	Sep 29, 2006	–	$0.215	Release
Jun 7, 2006	Jun 6, 2006	Jun 9, 2006	Jun 30, 2006	–	$0.215	Release
Mar 8, 2006	Mar 7, 2006	Mar 10, 2006	Mar 31, 2006	–	$0.215	Release
Dec 9, 2005	Dec 8, 2005	Dec 13, 2005	Jan 3, 2006	–	$0.215	10-Q
Sep 7, 2005	Sep 6, 2005	Sep 9, 2005	Sep 30, 2005	–	$0.18	Release
Jun 7, 2005	Jun 6, 2005	Jun 9, 2005	Jun 30, 2005	–	$0.18	Release
Mar 8, 2005	Mar 7, 2005	Mar 10, 2005	Mar 31, 2005	–	$0.18	10-Q
Dec 9, 2004	Dec 8, 2004	Dec 13, 2004	Jan 3, 2005	–	$0.18	10-Q
Sep 7, 2004	Sep 3, 2004	Sep 9, 2004	Sep 30, 2004	–	$0.15	10-K
Jun 7, 2004	Jun 4, 2004	Jun 9, 2004	Jun 30, 2004	–	$0.15	10-Q
Mar 8, 2004	Mar 5, 2004	Mar 10, 2004	Mar 31, 2004	–	$0.15	10-Q
Dec 10, 2003	Dec 9, 2003	Dec 12, 2003	Jan 2, 2004	–	$0.15	10-Q
Sep 5, 2003	Sep 4, 2003	–	–	–	$0.10	10-K
Jun 5, 2003	Jun 4, 2003	–	–	–	$0.10	10-Q
Mar 6, 2003	Mar 5, 2003	–	–	–	$0.10	10-Q
Dec 10, 2002	Dec 9, 2002	–	–	–	$0.10	10-Q
Sep 5, 2002	Sep 4, 2002	–	–	–	$0.098	10-K
Jun 5, 2002	Jun 4, 2002	–	–	–	$0.098	10-Q
Mar 6, 2002	Mar 5, 2002	–	–	–	$0.098	10-Q
Dec 10, 2001	Dec 7, 2001	–	–	–	$0.098	10-Q
Sep 5, 2001	Sep 4, 2001	–	–	–	$0.095	10-K
Jun 6, 2001	Jun 5, 2001	–	–	–	$0.095	10-Q
Mar 7, 2001	Mar 6, 2001	–	–	–	$0.095	10-Q
Dec 8, 2000	Dec 7, 2000	–	–	–	$0.095	10-Q
Sep 6, 2000	Sep 5, 2000	–	–	–	$0.093	10-Q
Jun 7, 2000	Jun 6, 2000	–	–	–	$0.093	10-Q
Mar 8, 2000	Mar 7, 2000	–	–	–	$0.093	10-Q
Dec 10, 1999	Dec 9, 1999	–	–	–	$0.093	–
Sep 7, 1999	Sep 3, 1999	–	–	–	$0.085	–
Jun 7, 1999	Jun 4, 1999	–	–	–	$0.085	–
Mar 8, 1999	Mar 5, 1999	–	–	–	$0.085	–
Dec 10, 1998	Dec 9, 1998	–	–	–	$0.085	–
Sep 4, 1998	Sep 3, 1998	–	–	–	$0.072	–
Jun 3, 1998	Jun 2, 1998	–	–	–	$0.0725	–
Mar 4, 1998	Mar 3, 1998	–	–	–	$0.0725	–
Dec 12, 1997	Dec 11, 1997	–	–	–	$0.0725	–
Sep 5, 1997	Sep 4, 1997	–	–	–	$0.065	–
Sep 4, 1997	Sep 3, 1997	–	–	–	$0.0325	–
Jun 4, 1997	Jun 3, 1997	–	–	–	$0.065	–
Mar 5, 1997	Mar 4, 1997	–	–	–	$0.065	–
Dec 12, 1996	Dec 11, 1996	–	–	–	$0.065	–
Sep 5, 1996	Sep 4, 1996	–	–	–	$0.0575	–
Jun 5, 1996	Jun 4, 1996	–	–	–	$0.0575	–
Mar 6, 1996	Mar 5, 1996	–	–	–	$0.0575	–
Dec 14, 1995	Dec 13, 1995	–	–	–	$0.0575	–
Sep 6, 1995	Sep 5, 1995	–	–	–	$0.0512	–
Jun 6, 1995	Jun 5, 1995	–	–	–	$0.0512	–
Mar 6, 1995	Mar 3, 1995	–	–	–	$0.0512	–
Dec 13, 1994	Dec 12, 1994	–	–	–	$0.0512	–
Sep 2, 1994	Sep 1, 1994	–	–	–	$0.0462	–
Jun 3, 1994	Jun 2, 1994	–	–	–	$0.0462	–
Mar 4, 1994	Mar 3, 1994	–	–	–	$0.0462	–
Dec 7, 1993	Dec 6, 1993	–	–	–	$0.0462	–
Sep 2, 1993	Sep 1, 1993	–	–	–	$0.0412	–
Jun 3, 1993	Jun 2, 1993	–	–	–	$0.0412	–
Mar 4, 1993	Mar 3, 1993	–	–	–	$0.0412	–
Dec 8, 1992	Dec 7, 1992	–	–	–	$0.0412	–
Sep 2, 1992	Sep 1, 1992	–	–	–	$0.0375	–
Jun 3, 1992	Jun 2, 1992	–	–	–	$0.0375	–
Mar 4, 1992	Mar 3, 1992	–	–	–	$0.0375	–
Dec 9, 1991	Dec 6, 1991	–	–	–	$0.0375	–
Sep 3, 1991	Aug 30, 1991	–	–	–	$0.0362	–
Jun 3, 1991	May 31, 1991	–	–	–	$0.0362	–
Mar 4, 1991	Mar 1, 1991	–	–	–	$0.0362	–
Dec 10, 1990	Dec 7, 1990	–	–	–	$0.0362	–
Aug 31, 1990	Aug 30, 1990	–	–	–	$0.0338	–
Jun 4, 1990	Jun 1, 1990	–	–	–	$0.0338	–
Mar 5, 1990	Mar 2, 1990	–	–	–	$0.0338	–
Dec 11, 1989	Dec 8, 1989	–	–	–	$0.0338	–
Sep 1, 1989	Aug 31, 1989	–	–	–	$0.0312	–
Jun 6, 1989	Jun 5, 1989	–	–	–	$0.0312	–
Mar 6, 1989	Mar 3, 1989	–	–	–	$0.0312	–
Dec 13, 1988	Dec 12, 1988	–	–	–	$0.0312	–
Sep 2, 1988	Sep 1, 1988	–	–	–	$0.0269	–
Jun 7, 1988	Jun 6, 1988	–	–	–	$0.0269	–
Mar 4, 1988	Mar 3, 1988	–	–	–	$0.0269	–
Dec 7, 1987	Dec 4, 1987	–	–	–	$0.0269	–
Sep 2, 1987	Sep 1, 1987	–	–	–	$0.0231	–
Jun 3, 1987	Jun 2, 1987	–	–	–	$0.0231	–
Mar 4, 1987	Mar 3, 1987	–	–	–	$0.0231	–
Dec 9, 1986	Dec 8, 1986	–	–	–	$0.0231	–
Sep 3, 1986	Sep 2, 1986	–	–	–	$0.0206	–
Jun 3, 1986	Jun 2, 1986	–	–	–	$0.0206	–
Mar 10, 1986	Mar 7, 1986	–	–	–	$0.0206	–
Dec 10, 1985	Dec 9, 1985	–	–	–	$0.0206	–
Sep 3, 1985	Aug 30, 1985	–	–	–	$0.0187	–
Jun 4, 1985	Jun 3, 1985	–	–	–	$0.0187	–
Mar 4, 1985	Mar 1, 1985	–	–	–	$0.0187	–
Dec 11, 1984	Dec 10, 1984	–	–	–	$0.0187	–
Aug 31, 1984	Aug 30, 1984	–	–	–	$0.0187	–
Jun 5, 1984	Jun 4, 1984	–	–	–	$0.0179	–
Mar 5, 1984	Mar 2, 1984	–	–	–	$0.0179	–
Dec 5, 1983	Dec 2, 1983	–	–	–	$0.0179	–
Sep 2, 1983	Sep 1, 1983	–	–	–	$0.0179	–
Jun 7, 1983	Jun 6, 1983	–	–	–	$0.0179	–
Feb 28, 1973	Feb 27, 1973	–	–	–	Irregular$0.0219	–

Per share as declared at the time. Source document: the dividend announcement filed with the SEC (press release or 8-K) where one exists, otherwise the quarterly or annual report covering the declaration.

By fiscal year

Dividend per share, cash paid and payout ratio from annual filings

Fiscal year	Per share	Change	Cash paid	Payout ratio
FY2025	$4.16	+9.5%	$1.20B	71.3%
FY2024	$3.80	+4.4%	$1.10B	64.5%
FY2023	$3.64	+4.6%	$1.11B	75.1%
FY2022	$3.48	+4.8%	$1.08B	60.8%
FY2021	$3.32	+5.1%	$1.05B	50.1%
FY2020	$3.16	+2.6%	$1.03B	117.4%
FY2019	$3.08	+2.7%	$984.00M	79.8%
FY2018	$3.00	+2.7%	$927.00M	298.1%
FY2017	$2.92	+10.6%	$677.00M	61.5%
FY2016	$2.64	+10.0%	$562.00M	57.6%
FY2015	$2.40	+10.1%	$485.00M	69.8%
FY2014	$2.18	+10.1%	$421.00M	35.5%
FY2013	$1.98	–	$386.00M	29.9%
FY2012	–	–	$368.00M	31.5%
FY2011	–	–	$361.00M	–

Where these numbers come from

Parsed from the XBRL in Becton Dickinson's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC
Per-share figures adjusted for the 2-for-1 split on Aug 21, 1998
Fourth quarters derived from the annual report minus nine months
Every figure in the statements links to its source filing

Against peers

Trailing twelve months. Peers are matched on business description, industry and size. Ticks are peers, the dot is BDX.

Compare: BDX vs BSX · BDX vs BAX · BDX vs MDLN · BDX vs SYK · BDX vs MMM

Revenue growth17.4% · median 6.6%

Gross margin46.9% · median 39.5%

Operating margin10.7% · median 18.7%

Net margin4.0% · median 13.8%

Company	Revenue	Growth
MDLN	$30.68B	–
SYK	$26.30B	+7.9%
MMM	$25.25B	+1.7%
BDX	$23.25B	+17.4%
BSX	$21.07B	+8.9%
BAX	$11.61B	+5.3%

Company

Next earnings (est.): Feb 8, 2027, before open
Exchange: NYSE
Industry: Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus
Fiscal year ends: September 30
Employees: 72,000
Held by institutions: 100.0%
Auditor: ERNST& YOUNG LLP
SEC CIK: 10795

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