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Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX)

Healthcare | Medical Instruments & Supplies | Franklin Lakes, United States | NYSE
158.54 USD +3.72 (2.403%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 161.00 +2.46 (1.552%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:49 p.m. EDT)
Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 1:18 p.m. EDT

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) presents a balanced opportunity for both short-term and long-term investors. Short-term traders may consider the recent price fluctuations and the mixed options activity as potential signals for momentum or a buy-the-dip opportunity, though the overall direction is unclear. For long-term investors, BDX's strong fundamentals, consistent dividend payments, and industry position make it an attractive hold, especially given the recent dip. However, the high debt-to-equity ratio and relatively low beta suggest caution, and the options data does not strongly indicate a bullish or bearish trend.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.044822
AutoETS0.044930
AutoARIMA0.044930
AutoTheta0.054530

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 0.07
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.049
Excess Kurtosis -0.91
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-09
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-09
Debt to Equity Ratio 77.284
Revenue per Share 76.479
Market Cap 57,438,265,344
Trailing P/E 25.91
Forward P/E 11.74
Beta 0.35
Profit Margins 8.01%
Website https://www.bd.com

As of April 11, 2026, 1:18 p.m. EDT: The options data indicates mixed sentiment. While there is significant open interest (OI) in both calls and puts, especially for strikes above the current price, the IV (implied volatility) is generally low, suggesting limited speculative activity. However, there are spikes in IV for certain strikes, indicating potential for volatility. The presence of OI walls for higher strikes suggests some speculation on potential upward movement, while the ATM anchors indicate a degree of support at current levels. Overall, the options market is not signaling a strong directional bias, but there is some interest in both upward and downward moves.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.64% 2.36% 1.91% 1.74%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-10 1.050000 0.640713
2025-12-08 0.825472 0.557629
2025-09-08 0.817610 0.549295
2025-06-09 0.817610 0.613332
2025-03-10 0.817610 0.467989
2024-12-09 0.817610 0.479479
2024-09-09 0.746855 0.413704
2024-06-10 0.746855 0.411429
2024-03-07 0.746855 0.416345
2023-12-07 0.746855 0.425334
2023-09-07 0.715409 0.357743
2023-06-08 0.715409 0.384233
2023-03-09 0.715409 0.414301
2022-12-08 0.715409 0.389510
2022-09-08 0.683962 0.355790
2022-06-08 0.683962 0.364904
2022-03-09 0.667280 0.352328
2021-12-09 0.667280 0.381942
2021-09-08 0.636601 0.340954
2021-06-08 0.636601 0.375839
2021-03-09 0.636601 0.371555
2020-12-09 0.636601 0.377302
2020-09-08 0.605921 0.369447
2020-06-08 0.605921 0.350937
2020-03-09 0.605921 0.377198
2019-12-09 0.605921 0.338652
2019-09-06 0.590581 0.325305
2019-06-06 0.590581 0.361920
2019-03-07 0.590581 0.348309
2018-12-07 0.590581 0.367618
2018-09-06 0.575242 0.329402
2018-06-07 0.575242 0.367556
2018-03-08 0.575242 0.379230
2017-12-07 0.575242 0.390369
2017-09-07 0.559902 0.416111
2017-06-07 0.559902 0.432778
2017-03-08 0.559902 0.454563
2016-12-07 0.559902 0.512228
2016-09-07 0.506213 0.429138
2016-06-07 0.506213 0.454084
2016-03-08 0.506213 0.522224
2015-12-08 0.506213 0.499088
2015-09-04 0.460193 0.524811
2015-06-05 0.460193 0.505633
2015-03-06 0.460193 0.490807
2014-12-08 0.460193 0.510764
2014-09-05 0.418009 0.560411
2014-06-05 0.418009 0.550959
2014-03-06 0.418009 0.570840
2013-12-06 0.418009 0.609575
2013-09-05 0.379659 0.610151
2013-06-05 0.379659 0.625247
2013-03-06 0.379659 0.691164
2012-12-06 0.379659 0.794362
2012-09-05 0.345145 0.732593
2012-06-06 0.345145 0.775021
2012-03-07 0.345145 0.751741
2011-12-08 0.345145 0.786698
2011-09-07 0.314465 0.653483
2011-06-07 0.314465 0.618802
2011-03-08 0.314465 0.660919
2010-12-08 0.314465 0.655251
2010-09-07 0.283786 0.689812
2010-06-07 0.283786 0.698849
2010-03-08 0.283786 0.624506
2009-12-10 0.283786 0.629803
2009-09-04 0.253106 0.623520
2009-06-05 0.253106 0.654251
2009-03-06 0.253106 0.689953
2008-12-10 0.253106 0.702955
2008-09-05 0.218592 0.454208
2008-06-05 0.218592 0.458472
2008-03-06 0.218592 0.448568
2007-12-10 0.218592 0.462762
2007-09-05 0.187912 0.440580
2007-06-06 0.187912 0.451504
2007-03-07 0.187912 0.456760
2006-12-08 0.187912 0.466252
2006-09-06 0.164903 0.436153
2006-06-07 0.164903 0.498880
2006-03-08 0.164903 0.479608
2005-12-09 0.164903 0.519922
2005-09-07 0.138058 0.472933
2005-06-07 0.138058 0.449331
2005-03-08 0.138058 0.434383
2004-12-09 0.138058 0.452625
2004-09-07 0.115048 0.423981
2004-06-07 0.115048 0.418320
2004-03-08 0.115048 0.432268
2003-12-10 0.115048 0.543936
2003-09-05 0.076699 0.400690
2003-06-05 0.076699 0.359049
2003-03-06 0.076699 0.430543
2002-12-10 0.076699 0.476511
2002-09-05 0.075165 0.478654
2002-06-05 0.075165 0.390046
2002-03-06 0.075165 0.391713
2001-12-10 0.075165 0.452007
2001-09-05 0.072864 0.388747
2001-06-06 0.072864 0.399815
2001-03-07 0.072864 0.403735
2000-12-08 0.072864 0.424240
2000-09-06 0.071330 0.487589
2000-06-07 0.071330 0.496784
2000-03-08 0.071330 0.466246
1999-12-10 0.071330 0.538207
1999-09-07 0.065194 0.442820
1999-06-07 0.065194 0.331664
1999-03-08 0.065194 0.349213
1998-12-10 0.065194 0.316461
1998-09-04 0.055223 0.288819
1998-06-03 0.055607 0.309056
1998-03-04 0.055607 0.353224
1997-12-12 0.055607 0.424686
1997-09-05 0.049854 0.409012
1997-09-04 0.024927 0.201704
1997-06-04 0.049854 0.409576
1997-03-05 0.049854 0.409612
1996-12-12 0.049854 0.475727
1996-09-05 0.044102 0.438857
1996-06-05 0.044102 0.424548
1996-03-06 0.044102 0.432069
1995-12-14 0.044102 0.484603
1995-09-06 0.039308 0.564155
1995-06-06 0.039308 0.567382
1995-03-06 0.039308 0.606385
1994-12-13 0.039308 0.681447
1994-09-02 0.035473 0.687230
1994-06-03 0.035473 0.798633
1994-03-04 0.035473 0.797313
1993-12-07 0.035473 0.846194
1993-09-02 0.031638 0.737979
1993-06-03 0.031638 0.728880
1993-03-04 0.031638 0.770872
1992-12-08 0.031638 0.657155
1992-09-02 0.028762 0.653702
1992-06-03 0.028762 0.709604
1992-03-04 0.028762 0.740129
1991-12-09 0.028762 0.845800
1991-09-03 0.027803 0.713040
1991-06-03 0.027803 0.652218
1991-03-04 0.027803 0.678168
1990-12-10 0.027803 0.655090
1990-08-31 0.025886 0.707710
1990-06-04 0.025886 0.682099
1990-03-05 0.025886 0.798457
1989-12-11 0.025886 0.797025
1989-09-01 0.023968 0.755678
1989-06-06 0.023968 0.775631
1989-03-06 0.023968 0.836157
1988-12-13 0.023968 0.818845
1988-09-02 0.020613 0.709088
1988-06-07 0.020613 0.746455
1988-03-04 0.020613 0.633034
1987-12-07 0.020613 0.880030
1987-09-02 0.017737 0.532955
1987-06-03 0.017737 0.585609
1987-03-04 0.017737 0.542745
1986-12-09 0.017737 0.698685
1986-09-03 0.015819 0.539352
1986-06-03 0.015819 0.567389
1986-03-10 0.015819 0.813906
1985-12-10 0.015819 1.001024
1985-09-03 0.014381 1.003040
1985-06-04 0.014381 1.068146
1985-03-04 0.014381 1.212095
1984-12-11 0.014381 1.439037
1984-08-31 0.014381 1.512060
1984-06-05 0.013758 1.647777
1984-03-05 0.013758 1.608055
1983-12-05 0.013758 1.533114
1983-09-02 0.013758 1.389027
1983-06-07 0.013758 1.216579
1973-02-28 0.016778 1.864569
Additional Data
dividendRate 4.2
dividendYield 2.65
exDividendDate 2026-03-10
trailingAnnualDividendRate 4.17
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.026934505
lastDividendValue 1.05
lastDividendDate 2026-03-10
dividendDate 2026-03-31

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.0016329288
Address1 1 Becton Drive
All Time High 225.88051
All Time Low 0.976712
Ask 165.0
Ask Size 400
Audit Risk 3
Average Analyst Rating 2.4 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,612,470
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,871,704
Average Volume 2,871,704
Average Volume10Days 2,612,470
Beta 0.352
Bid 154.57
Bid Size 200
Board Risk 6
Book Value 88.789
City Franklin Lakes
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 5
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 158.54
Current Ratio 1.049
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 159.95
Day Low 155.19
Debt To Equity 77.284
Dividend Date 1,774,915,200
Dividend Rate 4.2
Dividend Yield 2.65
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,155,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,155,200
Earnings Growth 0.286
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.261
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,157,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,778,157,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,778,157,000
Ebitda 6,041,999,872
Ebitda Margins 0.27559
Enterprise To Ebitda 10.581
Enterprise To Revenue 2.916
Enterprise Value 63,930,966,016
Eps Current Year 12.47356
Eps Forward 13.50377
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 6.12
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,773,100,800
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 165.07706
Fifty Day Average Change -6.5370636
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.039600074
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 0.16329288
Fifty Two Week High 187.35
Fifty Two Week High Change -28.810013
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.15377642
Fifty Two Week Low 127.58648
Fifty Two Week Low Change 30.953514
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.2426081
Fifty Two Week Range 127.58648 - 187.35
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 99,153,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.61
Float Shares 283,987,243
Forward Eps 13.50377
Forward P E 11.740425
Free Cashflow 3,105,250,048
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 70,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.46784002
Gross Profits 10,257,000,448
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00398
Held Percent Institutions 0.96527
Implied Shares Outstanding 362,295,120
Industry Medical Instruments & Supplies
Industry Disp Medical Instruments & Supplies
Industry Key medical-instruments-supplies
Ir Website http://www.bd.com/investors/
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,773,100,800
Last Dividend Value 1.05
Last Fiscal Year End 1,759,190,400
Last Split Date 1,770,681,600
Last Split Factor 1,272:1000
Long Business Summary Becton, Dickinson and Company develops, manufactures, and sells medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment, and diagnostic products for healthcare institutions, physicians, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical industry, and the general public worldwide. It operates through Medical Essentials, Connected Care, BioPharma Systems, Interventional and Life Sciences segments. It provides peripheral intravenous (IV) and advanced peripheral catheters, central lines, acute dialysis catheters, vascular access technology, vascular care and preparation products, needle-free IV connectors and extensions sets, closed-system drug transfer devices, hazardous drug detections, hypodermic syringes and needles, anesthesia needles and trays, enteral syringes, and sharps disposal systems; IV medication safety and infusion therapy delivery systems, medication compounding workflow system, automated medication dispensing and supply management systems, informatics and analytics and pharmacy automation system, and medication inventory optimization and tracking system; hemodynamic monitoring system; and prefillable drug delivery systems. It also offers specimen and blood collection products; automated blood and tuberculosis culturing, molecular testing, and microorganism identification and drug susceptibility, as well as rapid diagnostic assays, microbiology laboratory automation products, and plated media products; and fluorescence-activated cell sorters and analyzers, antibodies and kits, reagent system, and solution for single-cell gene expression analysis, as well as clinical oncology, immunological, and transplantation diagnostic/monitoring reagents and analyzers. It provides hernia and soft tissue repair, biological and bioresorbable graft, biosurgery, and other surgical products; surgical infection prevention, peripheral intervention, and urology and critical care products. The company has a strategic collaboration with ChemoGLO for the advancement of hazardous drug contamination testing in health care settings to improve the safety of health care workers. The company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.
Long Name Becton, Dickinson and Company
Market us_market
Market Cap 57,438,265,344
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_103678
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 1,756,999,936
Next Fiscal Year End 1,790,726,400
Non Diluted Market Cap 45,099,342,691
Number Of Analyst Opinions 13
Open 155.41
Operating Cashflow 3,393,999,872
Operating Margins 0.13347
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 0.6814
Peg Ratio 1.2
Phone 201 847 6800
Post Market Change 2.4600067
Post Market Change Percent 1.5516632
Post Market Price 161.0
Post Market Time 1,776,469,741
Previous Close 154.82
Price Eps Current Year 12.710084
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.7855815
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.6198807
Profit Margins 0.08014
Quick Ratio 0.372
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.4
Region US
Regular Market Change 3.71999
Regular Market Change Percent 2.40278
Regular Market Day High 159.95
Regular Market Day Low 155.19
Regular Market Day Range 155.19 - 159.95
Regular Market Open 155.41
Regular Market Previous Close 154.82
Regular Market Price 158.54
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,003
Regular Market Volume 2,832,669
Return On Assets 0.04079
Return On Equity 0.0696
Revenue Growth 0.016
Revenue Per Share 76.479
Sand P52 Week Change 0.36506534
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 284,466,650
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0334
Shares Short 9,492,557
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 13,780,778
Short Name Becton, Dickinson and Company
Short Percent Of Float 0.0378
Short Ratio 3.92
Source Interval 15
State NJ
Symbol BDX
Target High Price 225.0
Target Low Price 157.0
Target Mean Price 191.46153
Target Median Price 190.0
Total Cash 751,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 2.637
Total Debt 19,538,999,296
Total Revenue 21,923,999,744
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 4.17
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.026934505
Trailing Eps 6.12
Trailing P E 25.905228
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.2265
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 153.48012
Two Hundred Day Average Change 5.0598755
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.032967627
Type Disp Equity
Volume 2,832,669
Website https://www.bd.com
Zip 07,417-1880