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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000010795-24-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDX"
cik: "0000010795"
company_name: "BECTON DICKINSON & CO"
filed_at: "2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T23:52:26.490591+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BD Q2 revenue $5.0B (+4.6%), adj. EPS $3.17 (+10.8%); raises FY24 adjusted EPS guidance

## Summary
- Q2 revenue $5,045M (+4.6% reported, +5.7% organic); GAAP diluted EPS $1.85 (+20.9%), adjusted EPS $3.17 (+10.8%).
- Year-to-date Cash from Ops $1.4B; Free Cash Flow $1.1B, up >$900M YoY.
- Company raises full-year adjusted EPS guidance and affirms organic revenue growth forecast.
- BD Medical increasing domestic syringe production after FDA safety communication on non-BD syringes.
- BD Life Sciences launched three- and four-laser additions to BD FACSDiscover S8 Cell Sorter family.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000010795-24-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDX
- cik: 0000010795
- company_name: BECTON DICKINSON & CO
- filed_at: 2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079524000036/0000010795-24-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079524000036/bdx-20240502.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000010795-24-000036.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BECTON DICKINSON & CO updated its its second quarter of fiscal 2024, which ended March 31, 2024 guidance (raised).
  - Period: its second quarter of fiscal 2024, which ended March 31, 2024
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 2, 2024, Becton, Dickinson and Company (“BD”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for its second fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079524000036/0000010795-24-000036-index.htm

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