Becton Dickinson dividend history

Becton Dickinson's dividend was $4.16 a share in fiscal 2025, up 9.5% on the year before. That was 71.3% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2013.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q3 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $2.5B
Dividends (TTM): $1.2B
Returned to shareholders: 115%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $1.5B
Diluted share count: −2.3%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 6.7%; dividends 2.1% + buybacks 4.6% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 125%; of net income paid out
R&D spending: 5.9%; of revenue
Sales & admin spending: 24.6%; of revenue
Days sales outstanding: 37 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Becton Dickinson: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2009Sept 2009	2010Sept 2010	2011Sept 2011	2012Sept 2012	2013Sept 2013	2014Sept 2014	2015Sept 2015	2016Sept 2016	2017Sept 2017	2018Sept 2018	2019Sept 2019	2020Sept 2020	2021Sept 2021	2022Sept 2022	2023Sept 2023	2024Sept 2024	2025Sept 2025	LTMJun 2026
Dividend per share	$1.32	$1.48	—	—	$1.98	$2.18	$2.40	$2.64	$2.92	$3.00	$3.08	$3.16	$3.32	$3.48	$3.64	$3.80	$4.16	—
Dividend per share growth	—	+12.1%	—	—	—	+10.1%	+10.1%	+10.0%	+10.6%	+2.7%	+2.7%	+2.6%	+5.1%	+4.8%	+4.6%	+4.4%	+9.5%	—
Dividends paid	317	346	361	368	386	421	485	562	677	927	984	1,026	1,048	1,082	1,114	1,100	1,196	1,172
Share buybacks	550	750	1,500	1,500	450	400	0	0	220	0	0	0	1,750	500	0	500	1,000	2,500
Dividends ÷ net income	25.7%	26.2%	28.4%	31.5%	29.9%	35.5%	69.8%	57.6%	61.5%	298.1%	79.8%	117.4%	50.1%	60.8%	75.1%	64.5%	71.3%	124.5%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	29.5%	32.7%	32.0%	30.5%	32.3%	36.5%	42.8%	30.1%	37.1%	47.1%	41.5%	37.0%	30.4%	72.2%	52.6%	35.3%	44.8%	36.6%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Becton Dickinson's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Becton Dickinson.