Is BDX halal?
Becton, Dickinson and Company
Halal
Becton, Dickinson and Company passed every check under AAOIFI Shariah standard No. 21: no prohibited business activity, and all three financial ratios are within limits.
Checked: 14 October 2026
Exchange
NYSE
Price
193.76
Day
+2.58%
Market cap
$51.16B
Industry
Medical Instruments & Supplies
Sector
Healthcare
What the company does
Becton Dickinson makes medical consumables: syringes, needles, catheters, blood-collection systems, infusion pumps and diagnostic instruments. Customers are hospitals and labs; its money comes from consumables sales.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $16.81B ÷ 36-month average market cap $56.25B = 29.9%
29.9%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $709.00M ÷ 36-month average market cap $56.25B = 1.3%
1.3%
Pass
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
Interest income $38.00M ÷ annual revenue $21.84B (2025) = 0.2%
0.2%
Pass
Figures from the company's filings (2026-06-30), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict. Today's market cap: $51.16B.
For information (AAOIFI 3/1 note): cash + receivables are 6.1% of total assets (2026-06-30). AAOIFI recommends tangible assets of at least one third — this figure does not affect the verdict, and other major screeners do not apply it either.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- 0.08% weight · #214 of 503
- Among halal stocks
- 0.07% · #164 of 1454
- Held by funds
- SPUS 0.14%
- Dividend
- 2.24% · purify 0.2% · net 2.23%
Superinvestors
SEC 13F, 2026 Q3. Up to 45 days delayed.Held by 7 superinvestors · Average reported price: $151.33
- Greenhaven Associates$859.8M9.9%
- First Pacific Advisors$319.4M4.0%
- First Eagle Investment Management$4.2B3.5%
- Hillman Capital Management$2.3M1.7%
- Bill NygrenOakmark Funds$355.8M0.5%
- Jensen Investment Management$309K0.0%
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