Becton Dickinson & Co (NYSE: BDX) is -24.62% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $163.33 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 $175.34 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -4.32%.
Currently trading at $171.02, the stock is -8.06% and -17.41% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.93 million and changing -2.46% at the moment leaves the stock -24.59% off its SMA200. BDX registered -27.43% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -26.17%.
The stock witnessed a -16.86% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -24.28%, and is 2.32% 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 2.65% over the week and 2.76% over the month.
Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX) has around 74000 employees, a market worth around $49.02B and $20.87B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 32.63 and Fwd P/E is 11.51. Profit margin for the company is 7.28%. Distance from 52-week low is 4.71% and -32.13% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.54%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 8.21% this year
The shares outstanding are 286.61M, and float is at 286.02M with Short Float at 1.27%.
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).
