Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $169.54, with 13.14 million shares of worth about $2.23 billion changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -29.04% during that period and on May 01, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -18.13%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 287.14M shares, out of which, 286.60M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -17.08% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -25.00%. Year-to-date (YTD), BDX shares are showing a performance of -25.27% which decreased to -27.37% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $193.03 but also hit the highest price of $251.99 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Becton Dickinson & Co shares is 2.21 million. The stock is currently trading -16.23% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -22.05% for SMA50 and it goes to -26.18% lower than SMA200.
Becton Dickinson & Co (NYSE: BDX) currently have 287.14M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 92.33% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $48.68B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.32. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 28.17, while it has posted earnings per share of $6.02 in the same period. Its PEG reads 3.31 and has Quick Ratio of 0.63 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for BDX, volatility over the week remained 3.55% while standing at 3.78% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 9.30% while it is estimated to increase by 7.31% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 8.51% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 8.27% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
On May 02, 2025, BofA Securities Downgrade their recommendations, while on October 01, 2024, Citigroup Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $275. Stock get a Buy rating from Goldman on May 30, 2024.
