On Friday, Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE: BDX) was 2.29% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $226.78. A 52-week range for BDX has been $224.00 – $287.32.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Healthcare sector saw sales topped by 4.18%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 6.90%. With a float of $288.61 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $290.39 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 73000 workers is very important to gauge.
Becton Dickinson & Co. (BDX) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Becton Dickinson & Co. stocks. The insider ownership of Becton Dickinson & Co. is 0.14%, while institutional ownership is 87.62%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 15 ’24, was worth 781,224. In this transaction EVP and President EMEA of this company sold 3,300 shares at a rate of $236.73, taking the stock ownership to the 11,308 shares. Before that another transaction happened on May 13 ’24, when Company’s EVP and President EMEA sold 3,300 for $236.70, making the entire transaction worth $781,121. This insider now owns 14,608 shares in total.
Becton Dickinson & Co. (BDX) Latest Financial update
Going through the last 3-months fiscal report unveiled on the 3/31/2024, it has been observed that the corporation posted 2.96 earnings per share (EPS) during the time that was better than consensus figure (set at 2.91) by 0.05. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 3.89 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 6.90% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 0.25% during the next five years compared to 52.43% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE: BDX) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Becton Dickinson & Co. (BDX) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.97. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.40. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 22.16.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.54, a number that is poised to hit 3.31 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 14.27 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Becton Dickinson & Co. (BDX)
The latest stats from [Becton Dickinson & Co., BDX] show that its last 5-days average volume of 2.39 million was superior to 1.46 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 27.78%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.72.
During the past 100 days, Becton Dickinson & Co.’s (BDX) raw stochastic average was set at 30.78%, which indicates a significant decrease from 53.31% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 15.59% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 18.22% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $236.60, while its 200-day Moving Average is $245.70. Now, the first resistance to watch is $234.01. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $236.06. The third major resistance level sits at $239.90. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $228.12, it is likely to go to the next support level at $224.28. The third support level lies at $222.23 if the price breaches the second support level.
Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE: BDX) Key Stats
There are 289,006K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 67.04 billion. As of now, sales total 19,372 M while income totals 1,484 M. Its latest quarter income was 5,045 M while its last quarter net income were 537,000 K.
