Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, medical-device maker Becton, Dickinson and Company (NYSE: BDX ) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Becton Dickinson and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Becton Dickinson facts
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Headquarters (founded)
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Franklin Lakes, N.J. (1897)
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Market Cap
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$17.4 billion
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Industry
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Health care equipment
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue
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$7.8 billion
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Management
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Chairman/CEO Vincent Forlenza
Acting CFO Suketu Upadhyay
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Return on Equity (average, past 3 years)
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23.9%
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Cash/Debt
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$2.5 billion / $4.2 billion
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Dividend Yield
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2.2%
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Competitors
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Abbott Labs
Baxter International
Covidien
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Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 98% of the 1,168 members who have rated Becton Dickinson believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier this month, one of those Fools, bloomr, succinctly summed up the Becton Dickinson bull case for our community: "The population is getting older. ... Diabetes is an epidemic. Everybody hates needles, but [Becton Dickinson] has been a leader for years with a consistently solid dividend yield to boot."
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