In the latest trading session,, 1.02 million Becton Dickinson & Co (NYSE:BDX) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 0.26. With the company’s most recent per share price at $174.47 changing hands around $0.08 or 0.04% at last look, the market valuation stands at $50.00B. BDX’s current price is a discount, trading about -44.43% off its 52-week high of $251.99. The share price had its 52-week low at $163.33, which suggests the last value was 6.39% up since then.
Analysts gave the Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 2.39. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 10 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 2 recommended BDX as a Hold, 8 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Becton Dickinson & Co’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 3.42.
Becton Dickinson & Co (NYSE:BDX) trade information
Instantly BDX is in green as seen in intraday trades today. With action 2.06%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -23.10%, with the 5-day performance at 2.06% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Becton Dickinson & Co (NYSE:BDX) is -0.50% down.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 260, meaning bulls need an upside of 32.9% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, BDX’s forecast low is 260 with 260 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -49.02% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -49.02% for it to hit the projected low.
Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX) estimates and forecasts
Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 7.48% up from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 4 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 5.49B. 4 analysts are of the opinion that Becton Dickinson & Co’s revenue for the current quarter will be 5.87B. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 5.06B and 5.44B respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 8.56%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at 8.02%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 8.27%. The 2025 estimates are for Becton Dickinson & Co earnings to increase by 7.98%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 6.07% per year.
BDX Dividends
Becton Dickinson & Co is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in July. The 2.33% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 4.07. It is important to note, however, that the 2.33% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.
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