Becton Dickinson & Co (NYSE: BDX): To Buy Or Not To Buy, That Is The Question

Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $167.95, with 4.23 million shares of worth about $710.26 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -28.33% during that period and on May 08, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 0.48%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 286.61M shares, out of which, 286.02M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of -0.94% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -16.37%. Year-to-date (YTD), BDX shares are showing a performance of -25.97% which decreased to -29.01% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $163.33 but also hit the highest price of $251.99 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Becton Dickinson & Co shares is 2.50 million. The stock is currently trading -12.52% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -20.53% for SMA50 and it goes to -26.35% lower than SMA200.

Becton Dickinson & Co (NYSE: BDX) currently have 286.61M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 92.28% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $48.14B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.33. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 32.05, while it has posted earnings per share of $5.24 in the same period. Its PEG reads 4.44 and has Quick Ratio of 0.64 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76. 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 2.60% while standing at 3.25% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 8.21% while it is estimated to increase by 4.50% in next year. EPS is likely to shrink at an annualized rate of 7.22% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 8.27% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Coverage by Piper Sandler stated Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX) stock as a Neutral in their note to investors on May 02, 2025, suggesting a price target of $185 for the stock. Stock get an Equal weight rating from Wells Fargo on May 01, 2025.

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