Becton Dickinson & Co (NYSE: BDX) is -10.82% 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 $199.88 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.44%.
Currently trading at $202.32, the stock is -4.03% and -8.33% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.08 million and changing 1.22% at the moment leaves the stock -12.20% off its SMA200. BDX registered -13.58% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -17.00%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $221.2472 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $230.5594.
The stock witnessed a -11.72% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -14.96%, and is 0.14% 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 2.40% over the week and 3.32% over the month.
Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX) has around 74000 employees, a market worth around $57.39B and $20.64B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 33.61 and Fwd P/E is 12.92. Profit margin for the company is 8.47%. Distance from 52-week low is 4.81% and -19.71% 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 9.78% 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.
2109.0 institutions hold shares in Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX), with institutional investors hold 94.40% 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 93.87% 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 9.0855 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).
