Becton Dickinson & Co (NYSE: BDX) kicked off on Friday, down -0.04% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $221.98. Over the past 52 weeks, BDX has traded in a range of $218.75-$249.89.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Healthcare sector was 4.72%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 9.73%. With a float of $288.63 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $290.39 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 73000 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 45.22%, operating margin of 13.08%, and the pretax margin is 10.08%.
Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX) Insider Activity
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Medical Instruments & Supplies Industry. The insider ownership of Becton Dickinson & Co is 0.15%, while institutional ownership is 90.56%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 16 ’24, was worth 94,312. Before that another transaction happened on Jun 10 ’24, when Company’s SVP,Controller&Chief Acct Off sold 300 for $239.31, making the entire transaction worth $71,793. This insider now owns 1,976 shares in total.
Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 9.73% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 8.63% during the next five years compared to 8.53% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Becton Dickinson & Co (NYSE: BDX) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Becton Dickinson & Co’s (BDX) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.74. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.18. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 20.87.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 5.94, a number that is poised to hit 2.98 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 15.73 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 1.42 million, its volume of 1.87 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 20.34%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 4.26.
During the past 100 days, Becton Dickinson & Co’s (BDX) raw stochastic average was set at 6.52%, which indicates a significant decrease from 10.25% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 13.93% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 18.67% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $234.39, while its 200-day Moving Average is $235.52. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $223.29 in the near term. At $224.68, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $226.18. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $220.40, it is likely to go to the next support level at $218.90. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $217.51.
Becton Dickinson & Co (NYSE: BDX) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 64.13 billion has total of 289,042K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 20,178 M in contrast with the sum of 1,726 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 5,437 M and last quarter income was 421,000 K.
