BDX Dividend Calculator
Becton, Dickinson and Company yields 2.20%, close to the 2.91% median across US dividend payers, and has raised the payment in each of the last 42 years. On a record that long the yield is the less interesting half of the picture: what a holder received grew every year even in the years the yield did not move.
BDX paid $3.98 per share over the last twelve months on a quarterly schedule. Enter any amount below, or use the worked figures.
Your investment
BDX
Becton, Dickinson and Company
2.20%
yield
Dividend income
$10,000 in BDX pays you
$219.69
per year
- Paid each quarter
- $54.92
- Monthly average
- $18.31
- Shares bought
- 55.27
- Payments a year
- 4
Total over 10 years, taken as cash
$2,196.94
Based on the trailing twelve-month dividend, assuming it stays flat. Payments are not guaranteed and can be cut or suspended at any time. Figures are before tax and exclude any change in the share price.
BDX dividend income by investment amount
Based on the current yield of 2.20%. Figures are before tax and assume the dividend stays at its present level.
| Invested | Per year | Per payment | Monthly average |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | $21.97 | $5.49 | $1.83 |
| $5,000 | $109.85 | $27.46 | $9.15 |
| $10,000 | $219.69 | $54.92 | $18.31 |
| $25,000 | $549.24 | $137.31 | $45.77 |
| $50,000 | $1,098.47 | $274.62 | $91.54 |
| $100,000 | $2,196.94 | $549.24 | $183.08 |
BDX with dividends reinvested
$10,000 in BDX, every dividend reinvested, holding the payment and share price flat. Deliberately conservative — most calculators assume years of uninterrupted growth, and that assumption drives most of the result.
- After 10 years
- $12,449
- After 20 years
- $15,499
- After 30 years
- $19,295
$12,197 taking the income as cash
$14,394 taking the income as cash
$16,591 taking the income as cash
What makes up BDX's 2.20% yield
BDX paid $3.98 per share over the last twelve months against a share price of $180.94, which is where the 2.20% comes from. Special and one-off distributions are excluded from that figure — they do not recur, and including them would overstate every projection below.
A yield close to the market median is the least informative figure on this page — it is what most payers look like. What separates BDX from the rest of that group is the schedule it pays on, the record behind the payment and what funds it, covered below.
Healthcare dividends compete for the same cash as research spending, which is why yields in the sector are typically modest even at large companies. The sector-specific risk to the payment is patent expiry: revenue concentrated in one or two products can step down sharply rather than decline gradually.
When BDX pays, and what that changes
BDX pays quarterly, the standard schedule for US-listed payers, so the "per payment" column is one quarter of the annual figure and the "monthly average" column is a smoothed figure rather than a description of when cash arrives — nothing is paid in eight months of the year.
Each payment has an ex-dividend date, and it is the date that governs entitlement: shares bought on or after it do not carry that payment. BDX's full schedule and payment history are on its dividend page.
Is BDX's dividend covered by earnings?
BDX's payout ratio of 1.87 means the dividend exceeds reported earnings — the company is distributing more than it earned. That is sustainable for a period from cash reserves or borrowing, and it is the single most relevant caveat on this page, because the ten-year figures above assume the payment continues at its present level throughout.
Every figure above holds BDX's dividend flat. That is a conservative assumption here: the payment has risen in each of the last 42 years, and repeating that record would put the real result above these numbers. It is stated as an assumption rather than built in because a streak describes what has happened, not what is promised.
BDX dividend calculator FAQ
- How much does $10,000 in BDX pay in dividends?
- At BDX's current yield of 2.20%, $10,000 pays about $219.69 a year — roughly $54.92 per payment, paid quarterly, or $18.31 a month averaged out.
- What would BDX be worth after 10 years with dividends reinvested?
- Reinvesting every dividend and assuming the payment and share price both stay flat, $10,000 in BDX would grow to about $12,449 after 10 years, against $12,197 if the income were taken as cash. That deliberately assumes no dividend growth — a real holding may do better or considerably worse.
- How often does BDX pay dividends?
- BDX pays quarterly — 4 payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule.
- Is BDX's dividend guaranteed?
- No. Dividends are discretionary and can be reduced or suspended at any time, and every figure here is a projection from the current yield rather than a forecast. Check BDX's full payment history before relying on any of it.
- Can BDX afford its dividend?
- BDX's payout ratio is 1.87, meaning the dividend currently exceeds reported earnings. That gap can be funded from cash or borrowing for a period, but not indefinitely from profits. The projections on this page assume the payment continues unchanged, which is an assumption rather than a finding — check the full payment history and the company's own filings before relying on it.
- Has BDX increased its dividend every year?
- BDX has raised its dividend in each of the last 42 years on our records, which are derived from split-adjusted payment history and are approximate. The projections above deliberately ignore that growth and hold the payment flat, so a continuation of the record would put the real outcome above the figures shown.
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Becton, Dickinson and Company is a common stock trading at $180.94 per share, paying quarterly. — All figures before tax. Not financial advice.