Becton Dickinson
About: Becton, Dickinson is the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of medical surgical products, such as needles, syringes, and sharps-disposal units. The company also manufactures prefilled devices, diagnostic instruments and reagents, as well as flow cytometry and cell-imaging systems. BD Medical is nearly half of the total business, while BD Life Sciences (27% of 2024 revenue) and BD Interventional (24%) account for the remainder. International revenue accounts for 43% of the company's business.
Employees: 74,000
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Funds holding %
of 7,457 funds
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Analysts bullish %
of 4 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
278% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $792M | Put options by funds: $209M
25% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 20 [Q4 2024] → 25 (+5) [Q1 2025]
0% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 128 | Existing positions closed: 128
2% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 589 | Existing positions reduced: 600
4% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $60.4B [Q4 2024] → $57.9B (-$2.5B) [Q1 2025]
1.76% less ownership
Funds ownership: 89.78% [Q4 2024] → 88.02% (-1.76%) [Q1 2025]
3% less funds holding
Funds holding: 1,597 [Q4 2024] → 1,551 (-46) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$185
5%
upside
Avg. target
$217
23%
upside
High target
$261
49%
upside
4 analyst ratings
3 positive
75%
1 neutral
25%
0 negative
0%
Morgan Stanley Patrick Wood 50% 1-year accuracy 8 / 16 met price target | 12%upside $196 | Overweight Maintained | 6 May 2025 |
Piper Sandler Jason Bednar 35% 1-year accuracy 14 / 40 met price target | 5%upside $185 | Neutral Downgraded | 2 May 2025 |
Stifel Rick Wise 45% 1-year accuracy 15 / 33 met price target | 28%upside $224 | Buy Maintained | 2 May 2025 |
Barclays Travis Steed 33% 1-year accuracy 2 / 6 met price target | 49%upside $261 | Overweight Maintained | 7 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 29 articles about BDX published over the past 30 days
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 hour ago
35 Barron's Pro-Picks: One Ideal May DiviDog
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Positive
24/7 Wall Street
3 days ago
UNH, TGT, BDX: 3 Ridiculously Undervalued Stocks Set to Surge in May 2025
These stocks have declined significantly in the past year and are now below their intrinsic values.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
4 days ago
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) Bank of America Securities Health Care Conference - (Transcript)
Becton, Dickinson and Company (NYSE:BDX ) Bank of America Securities Health Care Conference Call May 13, 2025 1:00 PM ET Company Participants Tom Polen - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President Conference Call Participants Travis Steed - Bank of America Securities Travis Steed [Starts Abruptly] I'm Travis Steed, Medical Device Analyst at Bank of America and I'm fortunate to have Tom Polen up next, CEO at Becton, Dickinson. So welcome.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
5 days ago
BD to Announce Financial Results for its Third Quarter of Fiscal 2025
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. , May 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced that BD management will host an audio webcast at 8 a.m.
Positive
Kiplinger
1 week ago
The Best Health Care Stocks to Buy
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Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 week ago
Buy 3 "Safer" Dividend Kings Of 25 From May's 55
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Negative
Benzinga
2 weeks ago
Becton Dickinson Vitals Drop: Analysts 'Have Been Wrong' On This Med Tech Stock For Years
Becton Dickinson, and Company BDX lowered its fiscal year 2025 guidance and provided an estimated tariff impact on Thursday.
Positive
Benzinga
2 weeks ago
Stock Of The Day – Bullish Capitulation In Becton, Dickinson?
Shares of Becton, Dickinson and Company BDX are coming back a little on Friday. This follows Thursday's more than 18% drop.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
2 weeks ago
9 Dividend Aristocrats Potentially Set To Soar, No Matter What Happens Next
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Negative
Market Watch
2 weeks ago
Medical-products maker Becton Dickinson says cuts in global research funding have hurt sales
Becton Dickinson & Co.'s stock fell more than 15% on Thursday toward its worst one-day loss in 26 years after the medical-products maker said global cuts in research funding are impacting its research instrument sales.
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