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BDX · Becton, Dickinson and Company

Medical Instruments & SuppliesUnited StatesAnalyst view: Buy

$177.85

+0.81% last session

End-of-day data · close of 2026-09-11

Mildly bullish3 bullish · 1 bearish technical signals
Consensus: Buy (2.07 from 12 analysts)
To mean target: +10.9%

Market cap

$48B

Enterprise value

$64B

Trailing P/E

30.6

Forward P/E

13.3

Dividend yield

2.0%

Beta

0.28

Avg volume

2M

Employees

72K

Daily Change %

0.81%

5 Days Change

-2.10%

10 Days Change

-3.85%

30 Days Change

-0.30%

60 Days Change

19.03%

Month to Day Change

-3.35%

Year to Day Change

20.14%

Analyst Outlook

Consensus ratingBuy
Recommendation mean (1–5)2.07
Covering analysts12
Mean price target$195.67
Low price target$170.00
Upside to mean target+10.9%

Analyst estimates change daily — follow the shifts on the Estimate Trends page.

Technical Analysis

RSI (14)46.8
50-day MA$171.01
200-day MA$158.30
Price vs 50-day MA+4.0%
Price vs 200-day MA+12.4%
MACD histogram-2.26
Volume vs 3-month avg0.8×
52w low $135.2952w high $190.87

Analyst sentiment over time — BDX

Rec Mean (blue, left — higher = more bullish) vs. price targets (right).

Investment Bank Ratings as of 2026-08-31

Latest call per bank · past 12 months

Bank of America

Neutral

$200

+13.4% vs price
▲ raised from $185Maintains · 2026-08-31

RBC Capital

Sector Perform

$190

+7.7% vs price
▲ raised from $180Maintains · 2026-08-13

Citigroup

Buy

$204

+15.6% vs price
▲ raised from $198Maintains · 2026-08-07

Wells Fargo

Equal-Weight

$170

-3.6% vs price
▲ raised from $161Maintains · 2026-08-07

UBS

Buy

$190

+7.7% vs price
▲ raised from $0.00Initiates · 2026-07-28

Barclays

Overweight

$204

+15.6% vs price
▲ raised from $202Maintains · 2026-05-11

JP Morgan

Neutral

$175

-0.8% vs price
▼ cut from $190Maintains · 2026-02-10

Jefferies

Buy

$190

+7.7% vs price
▼ cut from $220Maintains · 2026-02-10

Morgan Stanley

Overweight

$210

+19.0% vs price
▲ raised from $197Maintains · 2025-12-02

Recent rating actions

DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
2026-08-31Bank of AmericaMaintainsNeutral$185 $200
2026-08-13RBC CapitalMaintainsSector Perform$180 $190
2026-08-07CitigroupMaintainsBuy$198 $204
2026-08-07RBC CapitalMaintainsSector Perform$175 $180
2026-08-07Piper SandlerMaintainsNeutral$161 $175
2026-08-07Wells FargoMaintainsEqual-Weight$161 $170
2026-08-05TD CowenMaintainsHold$163 $182
2026-07-28UBSInitiatesBuy$0.00 $190

Ratings and price targets are the published opinions of the issuing banks, compiled from Yahoo Finance rating actions — not investment advice.

Signal Summary as of 2026-09-11

  • RSI (14): RSI is 47 — neutral momentum, neither overbought nor oversold.
  • Price vs 50-day MA: Trading 4.0% above the 50-day MA ($171.01).
  • Price vs 200-day MA: Trading 12.3% above the 200-day MA ($158.30).
  • MA cross: The 50-day MA sits above the 200-day MA (golden-cross regime) — the longer-term trend points up.
  • MACD (12,26,9): MACD histogram is negative (-2.26) — short-term momentum is fading.
  • 52-week range: Price sits between the 52-week low ($135.29) and high ($190.87).

BDX Price Chart

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Fundamentals

Revenue (TTM)$22B
EBITDA$6.0B
Free cash flow$4.0B
Operating cash flow$3.0B
Book value / share$89.64
Net Debt / EBITDA2.6
WACC6.0%
Revenue growth5.00%
Earnings growth-31.00%

About Becton, Dickinson and Company

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.

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