Jensen Investment Team Sells Position in Becton Dickinson
August 2023
The investment team has chosen to sell long-term holding Becton Dickinson (BDX) from the Jensen Quality Growth Strategy due to the company’s return on equity (ROE) falling below our 15% threshold in its most recent fiscal year.
Becton Dickinson is a leading global supplier of medical devices and equipment. Key business segments include needles and syringes, catheters, and infusion pumps.
We retain a positive view on Becton Dickinson’s business. However, the company’s ROE was impaired by a series of equity issuances over the past several years. To qualify for our investible universe, a company must continue to achieve a 15% ROE each year for 10 consecutive years as determined by the investment team. We began reducing the position in late 2022 and sold the remaining stake in July 2023.
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