On this page of Benford's Law Stocks.com we present our study of BECTON DICKINSON & CO — ticker symbol BDX. SEC filings have been screened by our Benford's Law software, for quarterly 10Q and annual 10K filings from 5/7/2020 to 2/6/2025 for BECTON DICKINSON & CO under CIK number 0000010795. For filings made in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) format, our algorithm extracts all "tagged" numbers presented by the company; for any non-XBRL filings our algorithm uses its own interal set of rules to extract what it believes to be numbers as found throughout the filings. The format found for each filing is presented below together with the results for BDX, with the percentage of found numbers beginning with each digit (1's, 2's, 3's, 4's, 5's, 6's, 7's, 8's, and 9's) charted against the "normal" range observed throughout our coverage universe, as well as the "normal" range for BECTON DICKINSON & CO based on the past BDX filings our system processed in the past.
28.0
19.9
13.0
7.5
6.9
7.1
5.9
7.7
3.9
 
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
XBRL?   [ original filing, BDX stockholder letter ]
Total numbers found: 492
Recent share count: 290,007,774 (2's column)

= Typical range across full coverage universe
Benford's Law Stocks Indicator
492
Low count compared to other filers, falling in the bottom quartile. At this number count, it would take about 5 numbers to move any given column by a full percentage point.
76

Starting from a possible score of 100, we made the following score deductions:
 • The 6's percentage was higher than the 5's percentage, increasing the penalty multiplier.
 • We deducted points (includes the impact of penalty multiplier) upon observing the 6's percentage was above the company's typical historical range.
 • The 8's percentage was higher than the 7's percentage, increasing the penalty multiplier.
 • This is the 2nd column with percentage higher than the prior column, resulting in a penalty deduction.
 • We deducted points (includes the impact of penalty multiplier) upon observing the 8's percentage was above the typical coverage universe range.
 • We deducted points (includes the impact of penalty multiplier) upon observing the 8's percentage was above the company's typical historical range.
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BDX
Normal-to-low score compared to other filers, falling within the bottom of the middle 50%.
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CIM
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APXIU
AMC
CHE
CMC
Check our work! We provide our BECTON DICKINSON & CO Benford's Law analysis for informational purposes only, and our software should be expected to make mistakes and contain errors (nothing you see on this website should be relied upon for any decision-making without first repeating the analysis yourself independently), and so below we present to you all of the numbers our system detected, for the BDX filing above. This way, you can open the filing on your own and compare what you see below against what you yourself find. This can also be helpful for exploring any columns in particular that caught your eye.

1's 2's 3's
We found 138 numbers that start with the digit 1. Here they are:
1,318
1,213
11
155
111
16
1.05
1.04
1.04
12
18
1,717
102
139
17
1,331
1,292
10,468
14,156
14,378
1,318
17,440
17,940
1
19,768
19,893
16,141
16,139
1,676
1,732
151
152
129
105
116
116
1,928
14
12
1,043
1,856
1,481
1,234
19,893
16,139
1.04
12
150
19,768
16,141
19,720
15,535
19
19,741
15,540
1
150
1
10
10
1,732
1,244
1
1,676
1,199
1
1,548
1,078
103
19
12
12
1
1,515
1,038
1,285
175
1.6
1.7
1,124
1,052
142
153
104
127
159
113
1,615
1,360
153
143
1,297
1,288
1,257
1,188
1,957
1,263
1,198
132
12
1
10
16
1.823
1.1
15,788
15,827
1,188
1,185
12,014
10,472
11,654
10,871
14
16
12,832
12,729
12
12
125
12,769
12,663
1,022
1,366
145
18
1,717
102
139
1,856
1,748
16,337
17,199
118
112
15,061
1,123
1,590
We found 98 numbers that start with the digit 2. Here they are:
287,135,421
2,933
2,679
290
28
23
281
281
2
2,638
2,502
2,597
26,329
26,465
2,533
2,635
2,586
2,615
2,170
25
25
25,205
25,890
281
2
216
2
204
233
275
247
25
2,637
25
24
281
275
20
2,118
24
2,637
2.118
2
21
289,505
290,113
290,389
291,398
2,758
250,000
22
2.3
2.0
271
2,615
2,230
238
223
234
213
212
262
210
256
208
232
280
253
220
234
220
287
2,089
2,749
291
25
2
20
29
2
2
2,978
2,533
2,878
2,635
22,486
22,525
2
2
26,465
26,329
2,366
2,874
29
285
254
21.6
2,399
We found 64 numbers that start with the digit 3. Here they are:
343
34
306
359
3
303
303
33
359
314
3,033
3,860
3,843
3,418
3,558
370,594,401
371
371
303
370
302
371
303
302
371
371
371
3,256
3
3
360
375
36
314
304
361
375
303
395
369
306
389
365
396
386
3,080
383
372
387
306
359
39
37
3.906
36
395
365
394
3,065
30
360
379
338
3,900
4's 5's 6's
We found 37 numbers that start with the digit 4. Here they are:
4,706
4,715
4,267
453
439
4
46
40
445
453
443
411
4
49
46
40
482
430
413
418
431
462
447
474
467
473
454
4,706
492
42
42
4.957
46
47
44
46
4,521
We found 34 numbers that start with the digit 5. Here they are:
5,168
56
517
549
54,665
57,286
54,665
57,286
561
500
503
500
557
549
571
559
552
50
50
502
594
587
5,168
535
56
58
53
5,511
5,513
500
503
51
543
55
We found 35 numbers that start with the digit 6. Here they are:
6,602
6,821
6,347
6,786
640,000,000
607
693
65
679
606
62
647
619
6
6
6,670
6,610
62
694
639
659
603
694
688
653
60
66
65
6
6
6
688
682
66
67
7's 8's 9's
We found 29 numbers that start with the digit 7. Here they are:
75
77
711
7,554
7,557
7,439
7,733
7,664
75
750
76
7
750
70
72
749
747
701
78
75
77
733
717
713
7,439
7,733
700
700
711
We found 38 numbers that start with the digit 8. Here they are:
8
803
8,659
8,956
8,807
83
855
8
875
87
862
813
81,493
8,807
8
83,459
80,203
8,305
83
81,692
8,828
8
84
884
813
801
870
88
83
861
802
8
8,349
8,094
8
896
813
831
We found 19 numbers that start with the digit 9. Here they are:
92
97
96
95
904
939
942
9,425
90
91
94
90
9,425
95
999
92
92
904
9
While the above BDX 10Q Filed 2/6/2025 is interesting in isolation, we have found that it is also useful to take a look at older BECTON DICKINSON & CO filings processed by our Benford's Law Stocks algorithm, to see how the company's filings "typically look" on a Benford's Law analysis. Below we repeat the 10Q Filed 2/6/2025 but instead of the chart comparing against the typical company across our coverage universe, below we show the same chart compared against the typical BDX 10Q and 10K filings that we have processed historically. This is followed by similar charts for each of those historical filings.

28.0
19.9
13.0
7.5
6.9
7.1
5.9
7.7
3.9
 
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
Benford's Law Stocks Score: 76
XBRL?   [ original filing ]
Total numbers found: 492

= Typical BDX range from 5/7/2020 to 2/6/2025
29.1
19.0
8.8
8.6
8.8
6.6
6.3
7.9
5.1
 
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
Benford's Law Stocks Score: 75
XBRL?   [ original filing ]
Total numbers found: 685

= Typical BDX range from 5/7/2020 to 2/6/2025
33.8
17.5
9.7
10.1
7.4
4.6
6.2
5.4
5.3
 
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
Benford's Law Stocks Score: 88
XBRL?   [ original filing ]
Total numbers found: 811

= Typical BDX range from 5/7/2020 to 2/6/2025
31.8
19.8
10.1
10.0
8.9
5.7
5.7
4.0
3.9
 
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
Benford's Law Stocks Score: 99
XBRL?   [ original filing ]
Total numbers found: 1,656

= Typical BDX range from 5/7/2020 to 2/6/2025
29.5
23.7
9.0
8.1
8.3
7.7
6.2
4.7
2.8
 
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
Benford's Law Stocks Score: 91
XBRL?   [ original filing ]
Total numbers found: 468

= Typical BDX range from 5/7/2020 to 2/6/2025
30.8
22.3
11.7
7.3
8.3
6.3
4.7
4.3
4.4
 
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
Benford's Law Stocks Score: 90
XBRL?   [ original filing ]
Total numbers found: 727

= Typical BDX range from 5/7/2020 to 2/6/2025
31.5
18.5
14.2
6.5
8.3
7.0
5.8
3.5
4.7
 
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
Benford's Law Stocks Score: 87
XBRL?   [ original filing ]
Total numbers found: 855

= Typical BDX range from 5/7/2020 to 2/6/2025
31.3
19.9
11.0
10.6
7.8
5.8
4.8
4.8
4.0
 
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
Benford's Law Stocks Score: 97
XBRL?   [ original filing ]
Total numbers found: 1,542

= Typical BDX range from 5/7/2020 to 2/6/2025
26.4
19.7
12.0
9.4
10.0
4.4
6.6
8.7
2.8
 
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
Benford's Law Stocks Score: 47
XBRL?   [ original filing ]
Total numbers found: 458

= Typical BDX range from 5/7/2020 to 2/6/2025
28.5
19.0
9.1
10.7
8.4
6.4
5.7
6.7
5.4
 
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
Benford's Law Stocks Score: 84
XBRL?   [ original filing ]
Total numbers found: 736

= Typical BDX range from 5/7/2020 to 2/6/2025
31.9
21.6
10.0
8.6
7.3
5.7
6.9
3.6
4.4
 
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
Benford's Law Stocks Score: 85
XBRL?   [ original filing ]
Total numbers found: 864

= Typical BDX range from 5/7/2020 to 2/6/2025
30.9
19.3
12.4
10.2
7.8
5.8
5.2
3.2
5.4
 
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
Benford's Law Stocks Score: 94
XBRL?   [ original filing ]
Total numbers found: 1,587

= Typical BDX range from 5/7/2020 to 2/6/2025
29.9
23.1
12.5
6.8
9.1
5.9
3.8
5.3
3.4
 
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
Benford's Law Stocks Score: 83
XBRL?   [ original filing ]
Total numbers found: 471

= Typical BDX range from 5/7/2020 to 2/6/2025
30.3
18.9
14.3
8.5
8.7
6.6
6.0
3.1
3.5
 
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
Benford's Law Stocks Score: 89
XBRL?   [ original filing ]
Total numbers found: 762

= Typical BDX range from 5/7/2020 to 2/6/2025
33.2
17.3
8.8
11.2
7.7
5.8
4.2
7.8
4.0
 
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
Benford's Law Stocks Score: 72
XBRL?   [ original filing ]
Total numbers found: 758

= Typical BDX range from 5/7/2020 to 2/6/2025
31.5
20.1
9.9
10.5
8.3
6.0
5.1
4.7
3.8
 
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
Benford's Law Stocks Score: 96
XBRL?   [ original filing ]
Total numbers found: 1,560

= Typical BDX range from 5/7/2020 to 2/6/2025
26.3
19.9
11.3
9.9
9.9
6.0
6.8
7.0
3.1
 
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
Benford's Law Stocks Score: 78
XBRL?   [ original filing ]
Total numbers found: 487

= Typical BDX range from 5/7/2020 to 2/6/2025
29.7
23.4
8.1
9.7
8.5
6.4
5.7
5.0
3.5
 
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
Benford's Law Stocks Score: 94
XBRL?   [ original filing ]
Total numbers found: 715

= Typical BDX range from 5/7/2020 to 2/6/2025
31.4
21.7
11.5
5.9
7.0
6.5
6.8
4.1
5.2
 
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
Benford's Law Stocks Score: 75
XBRL?   [ original filing ]
Total numbers found: 812

= Typical BDX range from 5/7/2020 to 2/6/2025
30.5
17.3
13.5
9.1
8.5
6.6
5.5
4.7
4.3
 
%1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
Benford's Law Stocks Score: 100
XBRL?   [ original filing ]
Total numbers found: 1,622

= Typical BDX range from 5/7/2020 to 2/6/2025
 

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