Becton Dickinson - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Becton Dickinson M&A Summary

Becton Dickinson has acquired 31 companies, including 9 in the last 5 years. A total of 5 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 8 assets.

Becton Dickinson’s largest acquisition to date was in 2017, when it acquired C. R. Bard for $24.0B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2012, when it sold Discovery Labware to Corning for $720M. Becton Dickinson has acquired in 10 different US states, and 7 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include medical products (44%) and healthcare services (24%).

Becton Dickinson Business Overview

Where is Becton Dickinson headquartered?

Becton Dickinson is headquartered in Franklin Lake, New Jersey.

What is Becton Dickinson’s revenue?

Becton Dickinson disclosed revenue of 19,372M USD for 2023 and 18,870M USD for 2022.

How many employees does Becton Dickinson have?

Becton Dickinson has 75,000 employees.

What sector is Becton Dickinson in?

Becton Dickinson is a medical products company.

When was Becton Dickinson founded?

Becton Dickinson was founded in 1897.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity38
    • M&A Buy Activity30
    • M&A Sell Activity8
  • Total Sectors Invested 6
  • Total Countries Invested 7
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 16
  • M&A Advisors 4

Becton Dickinson

Becton, Dickinson and Co.

1 Becton Drive,
Franklin Lake, New Jersey 07417
United States,
(201) 847-6800
www.bd.com

Becton Dickinson is a global medical technology company that develops, manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems and reagents. The Company is dedicated to improving people's health throughout the world. BD is focused on improving drug delivery, enhancing the quality and speed of diagnosing infectious diseases and cancers, and advancing research, discovery and production of new drugs and vaccines. Becton Dickinson was incorporated in 1897 and is headquartered in Franklin Lake, New Jersey.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (1.8/yr) # 21 - 4 3 - 2 30
vol $37.1B $1.5B $4.2B $42.8B
Sell (0.4/yr) # 6 - - - 1 1 8
vol $780M $540M $1.3B
  38

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Babson Diagnostics 2024-10-08 - Growth Capital
Austin, Texas · www.babsondx.com
Vyaire Medical, Inc. 2024-06-10 - Bankruptcy
Mettawa, Illinois · www.vyaire.com
Edwards - Critical Care Product Group 2024-06-03 4.2B USD Divestiture
Irvine, California
Becton, Dickinson, and Co. - Surgical Instrumentation Assets 2023-06-20 540M USD Divestiture
Franklin Lake, New Jersey
MedKeeper 2022-07-28 - Add-on Acquisition
Lakewood, Colorado · www.medkeeper.com
Parata Systems LLC 2022-06-06 1.5B USD Add-on Acquisition
Durham, North Carolina · www.parata.com
Cytognos S.L. 2022-02-01 - Divestiture
Salamanca, Spain · www.cytognos.com
Tissuemed Ltd. 2021-12-09 - Add-on Acquisition
Leeds, United Kingdom · www.tissuemed.com
Venclose, Inc. 2021-12-02 - Add-on Acquisition
San Jose, California · www.venclose.com
Tepha, Inc. 2021-07-27 - Add-on Acquisition
Lexington, Massachusetts · www.tepha.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Medical Products 13 (43%) 28.8B (67%) 7 (88%) 600M (45%)
Healthcare Services 7 (23%) 12.5B (29%) 1 (13%) 720M (55%)
Life Science 7 (23%) 25M (< 1%) - -
Business Services 1 (3%) 1.5B (4%) - -
Information Technology 1 (3%) - - -
Software 1 (3%) - - -
Total 30 $42.8B 8 $1.3B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 23 42.8B 8 1.3B
  California 10 16.6B 1 60M
  New Jersey 1 24.0B 3 540M
  North Carolina 2 1.9B 1 -
  Massachusetts 2 - 1 720M
  Texas 2 - - -
  Michigan 2 275M - -
  Illinois 1 - 1 -
  Maryland 1 25M - -
  Florida 1 - - -
  Colorado 1 - - -
United Kingdom 2 - - -
Austria 1 - - -
Israel 1 - - -
Netherlands 1 - - -
Spain 1 - - -
Sweden 1 - - -
Domestic 23 (77%) 42.8B (100%) 8 (100%) 1.3B (100%)
Cross-border 7 (23%) - - -
Total 30 $42.8B 8 $1.3B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Citigroup Investment Banking
2
J.P. Morgan Securities
1
Legal Deals
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
2
Ropes & Gray
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 4 $41.9B
$100M to $1B 3 $825M
< $100M 2 $65M
TOTAL $42.8B
Largest C. R. Bard, Inc.
$24.0B (2017-04-23)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 2 $1.3B
< $100M 1 $60M
TOTAL $1.3B
Largest Discovery Labware, Inc.
$720M (2012-11-01)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
13%
4 (13%)
Strategic(s)
10%
3 (10%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
88%
7 (88%)

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