Q4 revenue of $5.9 billion increased 8.3% as reported, 7.0% FXN and 3.9% organic
Q4 GAAP and adjusted diluted EPS grew to $1.72 and $3.96, respectively
FY25 revenue of $21.8 billion increased 8.2% as reported, 7.7% adjusted FXN and 2.9% organic
FY25 GAAP EPS of $5.82 decreased 0.7%; adjusted diluted EPS of $14.40 grew 9.6%
FY25 GAAP and adjusted gross margin up 20 basis points and 140 basis points, respectively, driven by BD Excellence
FY25 GAAP operating margin down 10 basis points to 11.8%; adjusted operating margin up 80 basis points to 25.0%
Returned $2.2 billion to shareholders in FY25 through dividends and share repurchases
Company issues FY26 guidance
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Nov. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced results for its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter and full year, which ended September 30, 2025.
"Our resilient business model and commitment to commercial and operational execution enabled us to deliver 3.9% organic growth in New BD along with substantial adjusted margin and earnings growth in fiscal 2025," said Tom Polen, chairman, CEO and president of BD. "We remain on track to complete the combination of BD's Biosciences and Diagnostic Solutions business with Waters Corporation around the end of the first quarter of calendar year 2026. New BD will be a leading Med Tech company making a profound impact on health care and patients worldwide. By focusing on growth in attractive markets and executing BD Excellence, we are driving stronger margins, earnings expansion and long-term value."
Recent Business Highlights
BD Medical:
The
Medication Management Solutions business unit announced:
The launch of new AI-enabled solutions to drive connectivity across healthcare settings. The
BD Incada™ Connected Care Platform, a new scalable, AI-enabled, cloud-based platform that unifies BD device data into one intelligent ecosystem for the first time, is available now with the next-generation
BD Pyxis™ Pro Automated Medication Dispensing Solution, creating enterprise-wide visibility and connectivity that transforms data into actionable insight.
A pharmacy automation partnership with Henry Ford Health to revolutionize medication storage and prescription delivery. Through this first-of-its-kind collaboration in the U.S., BD and Henry Ford Health will develop multiple applications of the
BD Rowa™ Vmax, a sophisticated pharmacy automation robot.
BD Interventional:
The
Urology and Critical Care (UCC) and
Surgery business units announced they are the first in the MedTech industry to achieve the
Healthcare Industry Resilience Collaborative's (HIRC) Diamond Badge across all seven supply chain resiliency categories.
The
Peripheral Intervention business unit announced a major milestone for the
Rotarex™ Catheter System with the first patient enrolled in the XTRACT™ Registry to advance real-world evidence in the treatment of peripheral artery disease.
BD Life Sciences:
The
Specimen Management business unit celebrated 65 years of
manufacturing excellence in Broken Bow, Nebraska and 55 years in Sumter, South Carolina - two of BD's largest manufacturing sites that produce billions of products each year, including the
BD Vacutainer® blood collection products, that are critical to the backbone of health care in areas including diagnostics, treatment and medical research. As part of its previously announced five-year investment strategy, BD plans to invest approximately $30 million in its Sumter facility in FY26.
The
Diagnostic Solutions business unit announced a new
self-collection solution for HPV testing in markets outside the United States, broadening access to cervical cancer screening. This new innovation simplifies at-home sample collection for patients and further automates lab processing using high-tech robotics with the
BD COR™ System.
The
Biosciences business unit announced placement of the 1,000th
BD Rhapsody™ System, and announced a collaboration with Opentrons Labworks, Inc. to accelerate single-cell multiomics discoveries by integrating the
BD Rhapsody® HT Xpress System with Opentrons robotic liquid-handling automation.
Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2025 Operating Results
Geographic Results
Segment Results
The BD Medical segment includes the Medication Delivery Solutions (MDS), Medication Management Solutions (MMS), Pharmaceutical Systems (PS) and Advanced Patient Monitoring (APM) business units. APM was formed upon the closing of the acquisition of Critical Care from Edwards Lifesciences on September 3, 2024. BD Medical organic revenue growth reflects strong performance in APM, and low single-digit growth in MDS, MMS and PS.
MDS performance reflects strong growth led by Vascular Access Management, partially offset by volume-based procurement in China.
MMS performance reflects strength in Infusion Systems driven by a record quarter for BD Alaris™ capital installations.
PS performance reflects high single-digit growth in Biologics, partially offset by lower market demand for vaccine products.
APM performance reflects strong growth from all product lines, led by the HemoSphere Alta™ Monitor and Smart Recovery with strong adoption of Acumen IQ™ sensors.
The BD Life Sciences segment includes the Specimen Management (SM), Diagnostic Solutions (DS) and Biosciences (BDB) business units. BD Life Sciences performance reflects low single-digit growth in SM and DS, partially offset by a decrease in BDB.
SM performance reflects solid growth in the BD Vacutainer™ portfolio, partially offset by performance in China.
DS returned to positive growth with sequential improvement of over 450 basis points on a reported basis and over 300 basis points FXN. Growth was strong year over year in BD MAX™ IVD, BD COR™ and BD BACTEC™ as utilization continued to recover and exceeded 85% of historical levels in the U.S.
BDB performance was driven by continued market dynamics impacting research funding, partially offset by continued new product traction in the FACSDiscover™ platform.
The BD Interventional segment includes the Surgery (SURG), Peripheral Intervention (PI), and Urology & Critical Care (UCC) business units. BD Interventional performance reflects double-digit growth in UCC, high single-digit growth in SURG and mid single-digit growth in PI.
SURG performance reflects double-digit growth in Advanced Tissue Regeneration and Biosurgery, and high single-digit growth in Infection Prevention, partially offset by legacy U.S. hernia.
PI performance reflects strength in Oncology across the portfolio and continued double-digit growth in the Rotarex™ Atherectomy System, partially offset by volume-based procurement in China.
UCC performance reflects strong double-digit growth in the PureWick™ franchise with continued adoption of the Male and Female portfolios.
Assumptions and Outlook for Full Year Fiscal 2026
The company provided the following guidance with respect to fiscal 2026.
BD's outlook for fiscal 2026 reflects numerous assumptions about many factors that could affect its business, based on the information management has reviewed as of this date. Management will discuss its outlook and several of its assumptions on its fourth fiscal quarter earnings call.
The company's expected adjusted diluted EPS for fiscal 2026 excludes potential charges or gains that may be recorded during the fiscal year, such as, among other things, the non-cash amortization of intangible assets, acquisition-related charges, separation-related costs, and certain tax matters. BD does not attempt to provide reconciliations of forward-looking adjusted diluted non-GAAP EPS guidance to the comparable GAAP measure because the impact and timing of these potential charges or gains are inherently uncertain and difficult to predict and are unavailable without unreasonable efforts. In addition, the company believes such reconciliations would imply a degree of precision and certainty that could be confusing to investors. Such items could have a material impact on GAAP measures of BD's financial performance. We also present our revenue growth for our 2026 fiscal year after adjusting for the illustrative impact of foreign currency translation. BD believes that this adjustment allows investors to better evaluate BD's anticipated underlying revenue performance for our 2026 fiscal year in relation to our underlying 2025 fiscal year performance.
Conference Call and Presentation Materials
BD will host an audio webcast today for the public, investors, analysts and news media to discuss its fourth quarter results. The audio webcast will be broadcast live on BD's website, at 8 a.m. (ET) Thursday, November 6, 2025. Accompanying slides will be available on BD's website, at approximately 6:30 a.m. (ET). The conference call will be available for replay on BD's website, . Alternatively, you can dial into the replay at 800-839-2383 (domestic) and 402-220-7202 (international) through the close of business on Thursday, November 13, 2025. A confirmation number is not needed to access the replay.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures/Financial Tables
This news release contains certain non-GAAP financial measures. These include adjusted revenues, revenue growth rates on a currency-neutral, adjusted and organic basis, adjusted diluted earnings per share, adjusted gross margin and adjusted operating margin. These non-GAAP financial measures are not in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. BD management believes that the use of non-GAAP measures to adjust for items that are considered by management to be outside of BD's underlying operational results or that affect period-to-period comparability helps investors to gain a better understanding of our performance year-over-year, to analyze underlying trends in our businesses, to analyze our operating results, and to understand future prospects. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures to measure and forecast the company's performance, especially when comparing such results to previous periods or forecasts. We believe presenting such adjusted metrics provides investors with greater transparency to the information used by BD management for its operational decision-making and for comparison to other companies within the medical technology industry. Although BD's management believes non-GAAP results are useful in evaluating the performance of its business, its reliance on these measures is limited since items excluded from such measures may have a material impact on BD's net income, earnings per share or cash flows calculated in accordance with GAAP. Therefore, management typically uses non-GAAP results in conjunction with GAAP results to address these limitations. BD strongly encourages investors to review its consolidated financial statements and publicly filed reports in their entirety and cautions investors that the non-GAAP measures used by BD may differ from similar measures used by other companies, even when similar terms are used to identify such measures. Non-GAAP measures should not be considered replacements for, and should be read together with, the most comparable GAAP financial measures.
We present adjusted gross margin and adjusted operating margin for the full fiscal year 2025 and for the corresponding prior period, which excludes the recognition of accruals relating to the Italian government medical device pay back legislation, as well as another legal matter, and which substantially relate to years prior to fiscal year 2024, as well as the impact of purchase accounting adjustments, integration and restructuring costs, transaction costs, separation-related costs, certain regulatory costs, certain product remediation costs, certain legal matters, and certain asset impairment charges because we believe these items affect the comparability of the periods presented to prior periods and helps investors better understand our performance year-over-year, to analyze underlying trends in our businesses, to analyze our operating results, and to better understand our future prospects.
We present adjusted diluted earnings per share for the fourth quarter and the full fiscal year 2025, and the corresponding prior periods, after eliminating items we believe are not part of our ordinary operations and affect the comparability of the periods presented. Adjusted diluted earnings per share includes adjustments for the impact of purchase accounting adjustments, integration and restructuring costs, transaction costs, financing costs, separation-related costs, certain regulatory costs, certain product remediation costs, certain legal matters, certain investment gains and losses, certain asset impairment charges, and certain pension settlement costs. In particular, prior-year adjusted diluted earnings per share results exclude European regulatory initiative-related costs, which represent costs incurred to develop processes and systems to establish initial compliance with the European Union Medical Device Regulation and the European Union In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Device Regulation (collectively, the "New EU Medical Devices Regulations"), which represent a significant, unusual change to the existing regulatory framework. We consider the excluded European regulatory initiative-related costs to be duplicative of previously incurred costs and/or one-off costs related to establishing initial compliance with such regulatory regimes, and in each case are limited to a specific period of time. These expenses relate to establishing initial compliance with the New EU Medical Devices Regulations and include the cost of labor, other services and consulting (in particular, research and development and clinical trials) and supplies, travel and other miscellaneous costs. These costs were recorded in Cost of products sold and Research and development expense.
We also present revenue growth rates for the fourth quarter and the full fiscal year 2025 over the corresponding prior periods on a currency-neutral basis after eliminating the effect of foreign currency translation, where applicable. We also show the growth in adjusted diluted earnings per share compared to the prior year periods after eliminating the impact of foreign currency translation to further enable investors to evaluate BD's underlying earnings performance compared to the prior periods. We calculate foreign currency-neutral percentages by converting our current-period local currency financial results using the prior period foreign currency exchange rates and comparing these adjusted amounts to our current-period results. As exchange rates are an important factor in understanding period-to-period comparisons, we believe the presentation of results on a foreign currency-neutral basis in addition to reported results helps improve investors' ability to understand our operating results and evaluate our performance in comparison to the prior periods.
We present adjusted revenues for fiscal year 2024 which excludes the recognition of accruals relating to the Italian government medical device pay back legislation, as well as another legal matter, and which substantially relate to years prior to fiscal year 2024, because we believe these items affect the comparability of the periods presented.
New BD refers to BD post the separation of the Biosciences and Diagnostic Solutions business from BD.
Reconciliations of these and other non-GAAP measures to the comparable GAAP measures are included in the attached financial tables. Within the attached financial tables presented, certain columns and rows may not add due to the use of rounded numbers. Percentages and earnings per share amounts presented are calculated from the underlying amounts.
About BD
BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world and is advancing the world of health by improving medical discovery, diagnostics and the delivery of care. The company supports the heroes on the frontlines of health care by developing innovative technology, services and solutions that help advance both clinical therapy for patients and clinical process for health care providers. BD and its more than 70,000 employees have a passion and commitment to help enhance the safety and efficiency of clinicians' care delivery process, enable laboratory scientists to accurately detect disease and advance researchers' capabilities to develop the next generation of diagnostics and therapeutics. BD has a presence in virtually every country and partners with organizations around the world to address some of the most challenging global health issues. By working in close collaboration with customers, BD can help enhance outcomes, lower costs, increase efficiencies, improve safety and expand access to health care. For more information on BD, please visit bd.com or connect with us on LinkedIn at and on X (formerly known as Twitter) @BDandCo.
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This press release and accompanying audio webcast on November 6, 2025 contain certain estimates and other forward-looking statements (as defined under Federal securities laws) regarding BD's future prospects and performance, including, but not limited to, statements relating to future revenues, margins, earnings per share, leverage targets and capital deployment. All such statements are based upon current expectations and assumptions of BD and involve a number of business risks and uncertainties. Actual results could vary materially from anticipated results described, implied or projected in any forward-looking statement. With respect to such forward-looking statements, a number of factors could cause actual results to vary materially. These factors include, but are not limited to, risks relating to macroeconomic conditions and their impact on our operations and healthcare spending generally, including any impact related to the imposition of (and changing policies around) new and existing tariffs enacted by the U.S. government (and related countermeasures by non-U.S. governments), import or export licensing requirements and other governmental restrictions, reductions in U.S. government funding for healthcare, disruptions in global transportation networks or other aspects of our supply chain on our ability to source raw materials, components and energy sources needed to produce our products, inflationary pressures, currency and interest rate fluctuations and increased borrowing costs; conditions in international markets, including geopolitical developments such as the continuation and/or escalation of evolving situations in Ukraine, the Middle East and Asia; competitive factors, including changing customer and patient preferences and requirements, such as decreased demand for our products as a result of changes to U.S. federal and state policies (such as for pharmaceutical products and vaccines, and increased demand for products utilizing emerging technologies (such as artificial intelligence ("AI")), as well as new products or novel medical therapies introduced by competitors; changes in reimbursement practices and coverage policies and third-party payer cost containment measures and health insurance coverage levels and costs; decreases or delays in purchases of our products due to reduced research and development spending; product efficacy or safety concerns and related regulatory actions, changes to the labeled use of our products, non-compliance with applicable regulatory requirements regarding our products (such as non-compliance of our products with marketing authorization or registration requirements resulting from modifications to such products, or other factors, including, but not limited to, with respect to BD Alaris™ System and infusion sets, BD Vacutainer™ and BD Pyxis™ products) resulting in product recalls, lost revenue or other actions being taken with respect to products in the field or the ability to continue selling new products to customers (including restrictions on future product clearances and fines, penalties and related financial reserves); product liability or other claims and damage to our reputation (including products we acquire through acquisitions); changes to legislation or regulations that may impact U.S. or foreign healthcare systems, changes in medical or clinical practices or in customer and patient preferences, potential cuts or freezes in governmental research funding or other healthcare spending and/or governmental or private measures to contain healthcare costs, such as China's volume-based procurement tender process or changes in pricing and reimbursement policies, which could result in reduced demand for our products or downward pricing pressure; policy and regulatory changes that may be implemented by the U.S. government, including the further elimination, downsizing and/or reduced funding of certain government agencies and programs, as well as further changes in the policy positions of such agencies (including those related to pharmaceutical products and vaccines); other new or changing laws and regulations impacting our business , including changes in tax laws, new and changing environmental laws and regulations (such as those related to sustainability, climate change or materials of concern) and new and changing cybersecurity, AI or privacy laws; other changes in laws impacting international trade or anti-corruption and bribery, or changes in reporting requirements or enforcement practices with respect to such laws; the adverse impact on our business or products of past, current or future information and technology system disruptions, breaches or breakdowns, including through cyberattacks, ransom attacks or cyber-intrusion, and any investigations, legal proceedings, liability, expense or reputational damage arising in connection with any such events; any adverse impact related to the development, deployment and use of AI in our products and business operations; labor disruptions; our suppliers' ability to provide products needed for our operations and BD's ability to maintain favorable supplier arrangements and relationships; increases in raw material, component, labor, duties, freight, energy and other production costs and their effect on, among other things, the cost of producing BD's products; adverse changes in regional, national or foreign economic conditions, including any impact on our ability to access credit markets and finance our operations; risks relating to our overall indebtedness; the possible impact of natural disasters and public health crises on our business and the global healthcare system, which could decrease demand for our products, disrupt our operations or the operations of our customers and companies within our supply chain, or increase transportation costs; interruptions in our manufacturing or sterilization processes or those of our third-party providers, including any restrictions placed on the use of ethylene oxide for sterilization; pricing and market pressures; difficulties inherent in product development, delays in product introductions and uncertainty of market acceptance of new products; the overall timing of the replacement or remediation of the BD Alaris™ Infusion System and return to market in the U.S., which may be impacted by, among other things, customer readiness, supply continuity and our continued engagement with the FDA; our ability to achieve our projected level or mix of product sales; our ability to successfully integrate any businesses we acquire; uncertainties of litigation, investigations, regulatory actions, subpoenas, settlements, fines, penalties and/or other sanctions (as described in BD's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")); the issuance of new or revised accounting standards; risks associated with the proposed combination of BD's Biosciences and Diagnostic Solutions business with Waters, including the anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction and the expected timing of completion of the proposed transaction, as well as other factors discussed in BD's filings with the SEC. There can be no assurance that the proposed combination will in fact be completed, in the manner described or at all. Tariff commentary is based on tariff policies in effect as of November 4, 2025. International trade policies, trade restrictions and tariffs (and related countermeasures) are rapidly evolving and there can be no assurance as to how the landscape may change and what the ultimate impact on our guidance and results of operations will be. We do not intend to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof except as required by applicable laws or regulations.
Contacts:
Investors: Adam Reiffe, VP, Investor Relations - 201-847-6927
Media: Fallon Mcloughlin, Director, Public Relations - 201-258-0361
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