BECTON DICKINSON & CO vs EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, two Medical Devices stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BDX and EW diverge most: on fcf yield, BDX reads -0.3% and EW reads 2.2%; on operating margin, BDX reads 2.0% and EW reads 29.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What BDX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What EW's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BDX | EW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $165.67 | $86.03 |
| Market cap | $46.5B | $50.0B |
| Sector | Medical Devices | Medical Devices |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +7.7% | — |
| P/E | 42.0 | 45.8 |
| P/B | 1.93 | 4.84 |
| P/S | 2.18 | 7.93 |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.5 | 34.7 |
| Revenue growth | +6.4% | +14.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 78.0% |
| Operating margin | 2.0% | 29.0% |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 17.4% |
| Return on equity | 4.7% | 10.6% |
| Return on assets | 2.2% | 8.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 4.2% | 10.2% |
| FCF yield | -0.3% | 2.2% |
| Dividend yield | 2.5% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.72 | 0.06 |
| Current ratio | 0.94 | 4.42 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.89 | 8.56 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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