Becton Dickinson & Co (NYSE: BDX) is -11.06% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $193.03 and a high of $251.99 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The BDX stock was last observed hovering at around $199.12 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.66%.
Currently trading at $201.78, the stock is -8.74% and -10.71% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.85 million and changing 1.34% at the moment leaves the stock -12.82% off its SMA200. BDX registered -16.27% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -15.29%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $225.9752 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $231.46075.
The stock witnessed a -9.43% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -13.65%, and is -2.68% down 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 6.24% over the week and 3.10% over the month.
Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX) has around 74000 employees, a market worth around $57.94B and $20.64B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 33.52 and Fwd P/E is 12.89. Profit margin for the company is 8.47%. Distance from 52-week low is 4.53% and -19.92% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.10%).
with sales reaching $5.35B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 9.79% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 7.72% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 6.10% in year-over-year returns.
Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX) Top Institutional Holders
2108.0 institutions hold shares in Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX), with institutional investors hold 94.28% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 287.14M, and float is at 286.60M with Short Float at 1.32%. Institutions hold 93.75% 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 7.6878 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 Garrison Michael David, the company’s EVP & President, Medical. SEC filings show that Garrison Michael David sold 479 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 09 ’25 at a price of $197.28 per share for a total of $94497.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 4887.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 18 ’25, Byrd Richard (EVP & President Interventional) disposed off 459 shares at an average price of $230.00 for $0.11 million. The insider now directly holds 6,952 shares of Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX).
