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Shareholders' Equity
 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
Shareholders' Equity Shareholders’ Equity
Changes in certain components of shareholders’ equity were as follows:
 Common
Stock  Issued
at Par Value		Capital in
Excess of
Par Value		Retained
Earnings		Deferred
Compensation		Treasury Stock
(Millions of dollars)Shares (in
thousands)		Amount
Balance at September 30, 2020$365 $19,270 $12,791 $23 (74,623)$(6,138)
Net income— — 2,092 — — — 
Cash dividends:
Common ($3.32 per share)
— — (958)— — — 
Preferred— — (90)— — — 
Issuance of shares under employee and other plans, net— (85)— — 1,068 15 
Share-based compensation— 237 — — — — 
Common stock held in trusts, net (a)— — — — 33 — 
Repurchase of common stock— (150)— — (6,643)(1,600)
Effect of change in accounting principle (see Note 3)
— — (9)— — — 
Balance at September 30, 2021$365 $19,272 $13,826 $23 (80,164)$(7,723)
Net income— — 1,779 — — — 
Cash dividends:
Common ($3.48 per share)
— — (992)— — — 
Preferred— — (90)— — — 
Issuance of shares under employee and other plans, net— (108)(1)— 1,271 44 
Share-based compensation— 239 — — — — 
Common stock held in trusts, net (a)— — — — 25 — 
Repurchase of common stock — 150 — — (2,415)(650)
Spin-off of Embecta (See Note 2)
— — 634 — — — 
Balance at September 30, 2022$365 $19,553 $15,157 $23 (81,283)$(8,330)
Net income— — 1,484 — — — 
Cash dividends:
Common ($3.64 per share)
— — (1,046)— — — 
Preferred— — (60)— — — 
Issuance of shares for preferred shares converted to common shares (b)6 (4)— — — — 
Issuance of shares under employee and other plans, net— (88)— 1 1,056 24 
Share-based compensation— 259 — — — — 
Common stock held in trusts, net (a)— — — — 24 — 
Balance at September 30, 2023$371 $19,720 $15,535 $24 (80,203)$(8,305)
(a)Common stock held in trusts consists of the Company’s shares held in rabbi trusts in connection with deferred compensation under the Company’s employee salary and bonus deferral plan and directors’ deferral plan.
(b)Represents the conversion, in accordance with their terms, of 1.500 million mandatory convertible preferred shares that were issued in May 2020 were converted into 5.955 million shares of BD common stock on the mandatory conversion date of June 1, 2023.
Share Repurchases
In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022, the Company executed an accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) agreement in which 1.953 million common shares were repurchased and delivered in fiscal year 2022 for $500 million, which was recorded as an increase to Treasury stock.
In fiscal year 2021, the Company executed two ASR agreements to repurchase common shares totaling $1.250 billion, of which $1.100 billion settled in fiscal year 2021 and $150 million settled in fiscal year 2022. Total shares delivered in 2021 under the ASR agreements were 4.577 million shares. At September 30, 2021, the pending delivery of 462 thousand shares on one of the agreements was reflected as a decrease to Capital in excess of par value to recognize a net share-settled forward sale contract indexed to the Company's own common stock. Upon final settlement of the repurchase agreement and the forward sale contract during the first quarter of fiscal year 2022, the final settlement amount was recorded as an increase to Treasury stock and an offsetting increase to Capital in excess of par value.
The Company also repurchased approximately 2.066 million shares of its common stock during fiscal year 2021 through open market repurchases, which were recorded as a $500 million increase to Treasury stock.
In November 2023, the Company executed ASR agreements to repurchase $500 million of its common stock and received an initial delivery of 1.718 million common shares, which will be recorded as an increase to Treasury stock in the first quarter of fiscal year 2024.
The share repurchases discussed above were made pursuant to the repurchase program authorized by the Board of Directors on September 24, 2013 for 10 million shares, which has been fully utilized, and a repurchase program authorized by the Board of Directors in November 2021 for up to an additional 10 million shares of BD common stock, for which there is no expiration date.
The components and changes of Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) were as follows:
(Millions of dollars)TotalForeign
Currency
Translation		Benefit PlansCash Flow
Hedges
Balance at September 30, 2020$(2,548)$(1,416)$(1,040)$(91)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications, net of taxes383 124 187 72 
Amounts reclassified into income, net of
taxes		77 — 68 9 
Balance at September 30, 2021$(2,088)$(1,292)$(784)$(10)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications, net of taxes306 54 169 83 
Amounts reclassified into income, net of
taxes		43 — 41 2 
Spin-off of Embecta (See Note 2)
251 251 — — 
Balance at September 30, 2022$(1,488)$(987)$(574)$75 
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications, net of taxes(106)(91)(37)21 
Amounts reclassified into income, net of
taxes		46 — 41 6 
Balance at September 30, 2023$(1,548)$(1,078)$(571)$103 
The amount of foreign currency translation recognized in other comprehensive income during the years ended September 30, 2023, 2022 and 2021 included net (losses) gains relating to net investment hedges, as further discussed in Note 14. Other comprehensive income relating to benefit plans during the year ended September 30, 2021 included a net gain of $24 million recognized as a result of the Company’s remeasurement, as of October 31, 2020, of the legacy C.R. Bard, Inc. (“Bard”) U.S. defined pension benefit plan upon its merger
with the BD defined benefit cash balance pension plan in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021. The amounts recognized in other comprehensive income relating to cash flow hedges in 2023, 2022 and 2021 are primarily related to forward starting interest rate swaps. Additional disclosures regarding the Company's derivatives are provided in Note 14.
The tax impacts for amounts recognized in other comprehensive income before reclassifications were as follows:
(Millions of dollars)202320222021
Benefit Plans
Income tax benefit (provision) for net (losses) gains recorded in other comprehensive income$15 $(47)$(42)
The tax impacts for cash flow hedges recognized in other comprehensive income before reclassifications in 2023, 2022 and 2021 were immaterial to the Company's consolidated financial results. The tax impacts for reclassifications out of Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) relating to benefit plans and cash flow hedges in 2023, 2022 and 2021 were also immaterial to the Company's consolidated financial results.