Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $172.27, with 4.06 million shares of worth about $699.32 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -26.57% during that period and on May 15, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 0.73%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 286.61M shares, out of which, 286.03M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 2.57% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -14.73%. Year-to-date (YTD), BDX shares are showing a performance of -24.07% which decreased to -27.30% 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 2.71 million. The stock is currently trading -6.68% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -16.39% for SMA50 and it goes to -23.93% lower than SMA200.
Becton Dickinson & Co (NYSE: BDX) currently have 286.61M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 92.52% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $49.37B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.26. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 32.87, while it has posted earnings per share of $5.24 in the same period. Its PEG reads 4.55 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 2.52% while standing at 2.73% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 8.08% while it is estimated to increase by 4.26% 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.
