Becton Dickinson & Co (NYSE: BDX) is 2.17% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $218.75 and a high of $251.99 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The BDX stock was last observed hovering at around $232.12 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.33%.
Currently trading at $231.79, the stock is 2.08% and -0.38% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.32 million and changing -0.14% at the moment leaves the stock -0.47% off its SMA200. BDX registered -2.08% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -0.96%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $232.6636 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $232.8774.
The stock witnessed a 2.96% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 2.76%, and is 3.56% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.84% over the week and 1.97% over the month.
Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX) has around 74000 employees, a market worth around $66.56B and $20.64B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 38.51 and Fwd P/E is 14.81. Profit margin for the company is 8.47%. Distance from 52-week low is 5.96% and -8.01% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.10%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 9.72% this year
2125.0 institutions hold shares in Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX), with institutional investors hold 94.17% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 287.14M, and float is at 286.60M with Short Float at 1.02%. Institutions hold 93.65% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 26.31 million shares valued at $$6.15 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.0868 of the BDX Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 22.26 million shares valued at $$5.2 billion to account for 7.689 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 13.85 million shares representing 4.7819 and valued at over $$3.24 billion, while MORGAN STANLEY holds 3.9128 of the shares totaling 11.33 million with a market value of $$2.65 billion.
Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Byrd Richard, the company’s EVP & President Interventional. SEC filings show that Byrd Richard sold 459 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 18 ’25 at a price of $230.00 per share for a total of $0.11 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 6952.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 12 ’25, Byrd Richard (EVP & President Interventional) disposed off 1,940 shares at an average price of $224.91 for $0.44 million. The insider now directly holds 7,411 shares of Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX).
