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Analysts Are Bullish on Top Healthcare Stocks: Biohaven Ltd. (BHVN), Becton Dickinson (BDX)
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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 pre-filled 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 2023 revenue) and BD Interventional (24%) account for the remainder. International revenue accounts for 43% of the company's business.
Becton Dickinson And Company trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol BDX.
As of April 26, 2024, BDX stock price climbed to $232.07 with 277,704 million shares trading.
BDX has a beta of 0.65, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. BDX has a correlation of 0.15 to the broad based SPY ETF.
BDX has a market cap of $67.19 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.
Last quarter Becton Dickinson And Company reported $5 billion in Revenue and $2.68 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-24 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.28.
In the last 3 years, BDX stock traded as high as $287.32 and as low as $215.90.
The top ETF exchange traded funds that BDX belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, SPY, IVV, VTV.
BDX has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of -9.6% while the SPY ETF gained +27.1%. BDX has also underperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning -1.5% and -3.5%, respectively, while the SPY returned +4.7% and -1.7%, respectively.
BDX support price is $227.68 and resistance is $233.28 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that BDX stock will trade within this expected range on the day.