On Tuesday, Becton Dickinson & Co (NYSE: BDX) was -1.32% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $229.06. A 52-week range for BDX has been $218.75 – $251.99.
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Annual sales at Healthcare sector company grew by 4.72% over the past five years. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 9.79%. With a float of $286.60 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $287.14 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 74000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 45.22%, operating margin of 12.85%, and the pretax margin is 9.46%.
Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX) Insider Updates
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 0.19%, while institutional ownership is 92.65%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 18 ’25, was worth 105,570. In this transaction EVP & President Interventional of this company sold 459 shares at a rate of $230.00, taking the stock ownership to the 6,952 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 18 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 459 for $227.83, making the entire transaction worth $104,574.
Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX) Performance Highlights and Predictions
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 9.79% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 9.01% during the next five years compared to 8.27% 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 0.63. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.14. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 22.11.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 6.02, a number that is poised to hit 3.28 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 15.66 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX)
Becton Dickinson & Co (NYSE: BDX) saw its 5-day average volume 1.66 million, a negative change from its year-to-date volume of 2.02 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 25.25%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 4.12.
During the past 100 days, Becton Dickinson & Co’s (BDX) raw stochastic average was set at 21.72%, which indicates a significant decrease from 35.24% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 13.32% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 21.48% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $231.65, while its 200-day Moving Average is $232.50. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $228.18 in the near term. At $230.32, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $231.64. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $224.72, it is likely to go to the next support level at $223.40. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $221.26.
Becton Dickinson & Co (NYSE: BDX) Key Stats
There are 287,135K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 64.90 billion. As of now, sales total 20,178 M while income totals 1,705 M. Its latest quarter income was 5,168 M while its last quarter net income were 303,000 K.
