| Benford Chart for BDX 10K Filed 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total numbers found: 1,605 Recent share count: 286,627,469 (2's column) ■ = Typical range across full coverage universe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 2/4/2021 to 11/25/2025
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.
| Benford's Law Stocks Score for BDX = 87 | ||
Starting from a possible score of 100, we made the following score deductions: • The 4's percentage was higher than the 3's percentage, increasing the penalty multiplier. • We deducted points (includes the impact of penalty multiplier) upon observing the 4's percentage was above the typical coverage universe range. • We deducted points (includes the impact of penalty multiplier) upon observing the 4's percentage was above the company's typical historical range. • We deducted point upon observing the 7's percentage was below 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. |
| BDX's Score Vs. Typical Stock | |||
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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 |
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| We found 490 numbers that start with the digit 1. Here they are: 19,372 11,915 11,053 11,202 1,265 1,190 1,237 19,261 17,780 17,261 163 123 1,881 1,662 132 1,678 1,705 1,530 1,678 1,705 1,484 1,678 1,705 1,424 16 16 1,678 1,705 1,484 109 166 14 1 1 163 184 1,515 1,521 1,424 1,717 139 1,508 1,292 10,468 1,560 1,974 1,896 1,346 1,246 168 17,621 17,940 1,069 1 19,893 16,622 16,139 1,895 1,732 1,678 1,705 1,484 1,678 1,705 1,530 15 192 185 112 186 1,662 1,789 1,142 1,000 1,196 1,100 1,114 120 1,956 1 1,005 1,856 1,481 1,159 1,856 1,481 19,553 15,157 1,484 1,046 1 1,056 19,720 15,535 1,705 1,100 1 19,893 16,139 1,678 1,196 14 1,006 16,622 1.500 1.278 10 10 12 1,488 106 1,548 1,078 103 166 1 1,732 1,244 1 198 109 111 1 1,895 1,353 1,246 1 1.751 175 1.8 1.9 1,787 1,768 1,774 1,666 1,644 1,563 1,082 11,456 10,074 1,871 1,833 1,737 1,083 1,838 1,064 1,846 1,019 1,888 1,458 1,512 1,509 1,175 1,572 1,130 1,492 1,159 1,497 1,067 1,996 1,029 1,933 1,016 1,865 1,303 1,649 1,236 1,554 1,073 1,374 1,671 1,586 1,489 12,790 11,663 11,113 19,372 11,456 1,712 1,312 11.5 14.0 19.1 1,092 17 17 1,641 1,898 1,881 10,074 1,693 1,031 10.2 13.5 19.0 1,009 1,616 1,503 13 104 19,372 1,650 10.4 13.3 19.6 1,041 16 1 1 1 1,599 1,939 1,434 14 139 1,662 175 121 114 139 142 127 138 1,393 1,216 1,199 14 13 13 12,790 11,663 11,113 1,227 1,207 1,102 19,372 1,586 1,580 1,521 1,116 160 156 170 1.86 1.59 1.53 1 136.19 181 126 1,693 1,167 127 1,117 1,891 1,788 189 179 169 179 123 139 129 163 150 141 1 131 174 123 139 163 163 129 18 12 1 1,836 1,927 1,854 1,927 1.98 150 1,015 149 179 159 173 149 10 103 14 170 172 170 172 126 162 1,572 1,676 158 146 1,192 1,240 105 114 13 181 188 177 196 151 166 1 14 13 12 11 1 1 111 113 111 113 131 117 14 124 187 195 195 156 1.900 1.1 11 117 122 103 165 1 1 1 103 104 104 159 15,876 15,827 1,251 1,185 13,261 11,654 10,871 14 16 1.586 1.468 1.465 1.538 1.462 1.370 1.257 10,955 12,670 1,833 1,833 109 12,832 12,729 12,934 12,764 1,170 1,054 1,366 107 155 18 13 10 1,717 139 1,856 18 1,748 16,745 17,199 1,560 1,385 112 1.208 1 1 1,560 1.208 154 158 1.900 1,722 1,721 117 118 114 115 1,054 1,004 1.957 1,168 1,113 1.213 121 121 1.336 1,049 1,462 1,460 1 1 17,621 17,940 1.144 100 1,000 1,087 144 152 132 17 169 131 132 11 1,892 1,669 1,304 1,881 1,662 16 10 18 15 1,324 1,612 180 1,771 1,740 1,771 1,498 1 1.0 14.0 10.4 19.3 1.0 10.8 15.0 1.51 1.42 1.26 196 190 145 135 142 169 144 116 1,032 193 14 1 123 16 100 109 10 100 110 16 121 124 15 132 118 11 128 129 10,759 10,197 15,113 14,378 | We found 306 numbers that start with the digit 2. Here they are: 285,418,551 21,840 20,178 222 210 2,579 2,397 2,111 28 2,005 203 24 27 210 2,994 26,612 26,465 2,231 2,635 2,615 2,170 2,933 20,075 25 25 25,390 25,890 2,462 2,286 2,288 258 247 259 211 290 276 23 23 268 2,990 230 2,155 2,087 268 23 24 259 24 24 2 247 27 2,118 25 258 20,075 25 250 2.118 250 21 227 28 21 287,648 289,763 286,282 2,110 288,509 291,009 288,392 2,380 20 297 218 2.8 2.3 2,789 2,661 2,519 2,810 2,627 2,303 2,980 2,324 2,273 2,229 27 2,328 2,838 2,310 2,881 2,377 2,756 21,840 20,178 21,840 2,490 255 2 2,253 2,628 20,245 2,538 2,679 226 2 2 2,115 2,529 2,005 2,489 2,599 225 2,378 297 268 28 261 272 277 2,462 2,286 2,288 2,906 2,913 21,840 20,178 2,447 2,548 262 249 261 21.0 22.0 21.0 217.07 221.60 232.87 223.05 22 222.83 22 220.25 22 25 200 229.02 227.20 214.38 211.46 238.50 231.65 240 231.73 229.05 220.89 215.75 221.45 215.80 200 214.38 223.60 227.11 211.46 231.32 231.58 28 266 28 25 2,913 2,617 201 241 21 2,837 2,913 2,557 2,129 200 201 21 28 2,466 2,557 2 2,335 2,382 2,354 2,382 2,272 2,318 2.81 2.81 2.86 2.21 2.16 2.75 2.81 2.86 2.44 2.21 2.21 240 223 221 213 215 22 273 296 222 25 28 221 291 2 247 223 28 25 2 2 25 22 262 21.1 20.3 24 239 202 2 2 2 230 275 231 2 2 2,231 2,878 2,635 22,649 22,525 2 2 24,522 26,465 26,612 2,630 27 23 210 285 24 2,615 254 234 2,170 2.89 2.91 2.750 2.823 244 244 2.228 2.486 2.629 2.750 236 250 22 211 203 2,005 221 269 267 22 22 29 240 221 269 285 257 20 2,954 261 2,067 2,990 2,067 21.0 21.0 21.0 2.3 22.1 2 2.2 28 26 28 26 2,544 2,597 | We found 173 numbers that start with the digit 3. Here they are: 313 396 38 300 32 3,033 3,894 3,843 3,056 3,103 3,476 329 3,558 370,594,401 371 371 38 332 3,430 3,844 3,924 382 3,617 375 322 39.2 365 3.64 371 3.80 371 371 3.256 37 32 35 32 3 3,474 3,297 397 363 338 345 319 301 3,545 3,394 3,247 32.8 3,030 315 36.1 31.8 34.0 336 3,583 35.6 31.1 364 346 34.8 371 3,352 35.3 31.2 306 336 35 3,093 34,778 35,526 35,732 3.78 373 3,769 31 30 31 34 393 34 31 33 34 33 36 395 371 356 371 356 3.88 3.88 33 31 31 36 3 30 34 3 3.914 35 30 30 307 387 305 33 30 3,291 34 35 3,065 30 389 3.734 3.020 335 3.700 334 3.553 3.519 3.828 3.794 3.163 3.250 3.363 3.734 3.363 3.734 3.828 3.519 3.875 3.363 339 3.020 3.734 3.363 3.875 364 362 303 343 300 336 358 33 366 359 391 3,476 364 3,431 3.9 3.2 3 3.2 363 3 32 36 38 30 30 3,894 3,843 3,895 3,733 331 320 3,054 |
| 4's | 5's | 6's |
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| We found 184 numbers that start with the digit 4. Here they are: 4,857 4,719 408 458 452 49 46 46 4.97 4.94 4 445 46 474 453 410 445 422 421 480 444 455 400 4,517 46 4 4 4 46 4 4.16 4,533 46 41 42 46 4 4 4 405 415 481 482 4,575 4,429 4,293 424 47 4,540 4,110 4,014 4,980 4,736 47.7 48.2 4.6 4.9 4,140 43.2 408 4,980 49.8 48.9 447 4.4 4.5 42.5 458 4,736 4,719 49.7 48.5 445 4.7 4.7 4 40.9 403 469 438 46 4,729 4,402 4,244 459 418 46,070 46,818 44,104 44 42 41 4.24 4.51 4,995 4,961 4,842 493 408 45 45 4 44 44 46 482 443 4.98 4.52 4.26 4.00 4.00 4.51 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.98 4.25 4.62 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.50 4.00 4.00 45 422 47 41 460 44 44 40 45 43 43 44 46 43 4 4 4,521 42 400 4.693 4.874 4.298 496 496 4.029 4.875 4.685 4.669 4.874 4.029 452 473 452 471 42 474 40 42 431 405 446 4,489 4.3 4 4 4 435 414 4.6 416 47 47 4 46 44 490 443 47,700 4,063 | We found 130 numbers that start with the digit 5. Here they are: 5,278 528 5.83 5.88 5.14 5.83 5.88 5.82 5.86 5.10 5.82 5.86 523 549 55,325 57,286 55,325 57,286 517 540 5,514 500 5 503 5 5.955 500 574 571 557 50 50 58 5,964 5,488 593 577 5,167 5,191 5,133 5,217 5,167 5,217 5,464 523 575 548 5,191 5,015 5,133 554 563 5,317 500 53 51 50 5 58 58 54.39 57.80 520 561 57 58 51 54 5.62 5.36 5.30 5.02 5.25 518 52 52 53 520 582 512 50 59 54 52 51 50 584 58 5,522 5,513 507 503 59 5,710 543 559 586 559 5.081 597 596 5.110 546 545 5.000 554 554 500 5.081 5.110 550 500 584 528 57 51 584 503 55 511 5 504 5,171 5.0 599 5 5 57 59 57 | We found 104 numbers that start with the digit 6. Here they are: 65,472,902,857 613 60 60 641 6,997 6,821 6,651 640,000,000 622 625 653 676 696 60.8 60 6 6 636 6,905 6,610 664 670 677 659 629 666 658 6,916 603 6 62 67 6.1 6.5 680 6 6 6,891 67 653 6,759 6,706 60 63.05 645 68 621 636 620 634 6.01 6.01 64 6 61 6 6 6 6 600 657 635 62 60 63 6,651 682 67 67 6 67 641 686 671 6.700 6.700 622 622 668 6.000 600 625 613 62 675 628 677 644 622 64 6 6 638 64 653 629 667 65 65 65 64 6,997 6,821 |
| 7's | 8's | 9's |
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| We found 69 numbers that start with the digit 7. Here they are: 79 7,733 71 70 760 725 716 728 736 702 733 73 76 750 75 70 749 74 755 782 721 702 7,314 7.2 760 725 795 786 799 78 7 74 73 74 79 7.50 7.50 7.25 71 75 75 7 7 722 79 72 7,733 745 7 75 71 70 700 700 700 704 7.000 798 797 747 746 701 750 754 7 7.9 704 79 7,557 | We found 77 numbers that start with the digit 8. Here they are: 8 8,313 8,956 85,192,233 81,493,082 8,807 874 818 87 89 851 81,283 8,330 88 80,203 8,305 801 81,493 8,807 820 85,192 861 890 882 831 869 865 849 8,515 8,258 8,034 8 8,858 874 8.5 88 88 88 895 880 87 8 895 880 85 80 80 8,094 897 851 83 807 855 875 891 876 835 889 806 800 869 875 87 89 8.2 885 876 89 839 84 81 81 88 82 860 803 8,116 | We found 72 numbers that start with the digit 9. Here they are: 91 9,255 942 9,808 98 98 9,808 987 91 94 98 98 905 9,502 981 952 906 935 906 929 904 9,049 9,666 997 97 9,245 945 9,502 993 926 98 991 91 99 987 992 94 90 92 9 9 9 9 9 92 92 9,225 9,389 904 904 914 96 9 936 995 994 933 90 90 999 938 934 998 9.1 98 98 9 91 93 91 94 999 |
While the above BDX 10K Filed 11/25/2025 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 10K Filed 11/25/2025 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.
| 10K Filed 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ✓ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 1,605 ■ = Typical BDX range from 2/4/2021 to 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10Q Filed 2/6/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ✓ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 492 ■ = Typical BDX range from 2/4/2021 to 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10Q Filed 5/2/2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ✓ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 685 ■ = Typical BDX range from 2/4/2021 to 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10Q Filed 8/3/2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ✓ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 811 ■ = Typical BDX range from 2/4/2021 to 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10K Filed 11/22/2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ✓ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 1,656 ■ = Typical BDX range from 2/4/2021 to 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10Q Filed 2/3/2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ✓ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 468 ■ = Typical BDX range from 2/4/2021 to 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10Q Filed 5/6/2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ✓ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 727 ■ = Typical BDX range from 2/4/2021 to 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10Q Filed 8/7/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ✓ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 790 ■ = Typical BDX range from 2/4/2021 to 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10K Filed 11/27/2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ✓ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 1,542 ■ = Typical BDX range from 2/4/2021 to 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10Q Filed 2/1/2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ✓ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 458 ■ = Typical BDX range from 2/4/2021 to 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10Q Filed 5/4/2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ✓ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 736 ■ = Typical BDX range from 2/4/2021 to 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10Q Filed 8/4/2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ✓ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 864 ■ = Typical BDX range from 2/4/2021 to 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10K Filed 11/24/2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ✓ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 1,587 ■ = Typical BDX range from 2/4/2021 to 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10Q Filed 2/4/2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ✓ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 471 ■ = Typical BDX range from 2/4/2021 to 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10Q Filed 5/1/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ✓ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 727 ■ = Typical BDX range from 2/4/2021 to 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10Q Filed 8/1/2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ✓ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 758 ■ = Typical BDX range from 2/4/2021 to 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10K Filed 11/21/2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ✓ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 1,560 ■ = Typical BDX range from 2/4/2021 to 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10Q Filed 2/2/2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ✓ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 487 ■ = Typical BDX range from 2/4/2021 to 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10Q Filed 5/5/2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ✓ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 715 ■ = Typical BDX range from 2/4/2021 to 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10Q Filed 8/5/2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XBRL? ✓ [ original filing ] Total numbers found: 812 ■ = Typical BDX range from 2/4/2021 to 11/25/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||