Becton Dickinson and Company (NYSE: BDX) stock closed at 236.18 per share at the end of the most recent trading day (a 0.21% change compared to the prior day closing price) with a volume of 2.85M shares and market capitalization of 69.19B. Is a component of S&P 500, Russell 1000 indices and it is traded on NYSE exchange. The company belongs in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry, Healthcare sector and employs 72000 people. Becton Dickinson and Company CEO is Thomas E. Polen.

The one-year performance of Becton Dickinson and Company stock is -5.84%, while year-to-date (YTD) performance is -7.13%. BDX stock has a five-year performance of -6.56%. Its 52-week range is between 228.615 and 287.32, which gives BDX stock a 52-week price range ratio of 16.41%

Becton Dickinson and Company currently has a PE ratio of 44.00, a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 2.92, a price-to-sale (PS) ratio of 5.17, a price to cashflow ratio of 28.30, a PEG ratio of 4.54, a ROA of 3.43%, a ROC of 4.85% and a ROE of 7.45%. The company’s profit margin is 8.21%, its EBITDA margin is 24.10%, and its revenue ttm is $13.88 Billion , which makes it $48.81 revenue per share.

Of the last four earnings reports from Becton Dickinson and Company, there were 4 positive earnings surprise and 0 negative earnings surprise. The company has EPS estimate of $3.42 for the next earnings report. Becton Dickinson and Company’s next earnings report date is -.

The consensus rating of Wall Street analysts for Becton Dickinson and Company is Moderate Buy (1.58), with a target price of $265.56, which is +11.46% compared to the current price. The earnings rating for Becton Dickinson and Company stock is Strong Sell (calculated from actual period earnings estimates revision (80% weight) and previous period earnings surprise (20% weight)).

Becton Dickinson and Company has a dividend yield of 1.44% with a dividend per share of $3.64 and a payout ratio of 57.00%.

Becton Dickinson and Company has a Sell technical analysis rating based on Technical Indicators (ADX : 9.32, ATR14 : 4.19, CCI20 : -45.20, Chaikin Money Flow : -0.05, MACD : -5.24, Money Flow Index : 39.61, ROC : 0.65, RSI : 36.09, STOCH (14,3) : 59.98, STOCH RSI : 0.46, UO : 42.53, Williams %R : -40.02), Simple Moving Averages and Exponential Moving Averages.

Aggregated Insider Trades of Becton Dickinson and Company in the last 12-months were: Richard Byrd (Sold 1 421 shares of value $353 261 )