With 2.1 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.81 million shares. The 52-week range on BDX shows that it touched its highest point at $251.99 and its lowest point at $163.33 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $202.55. With its current market cap of 49.39 billion, BDX has annualized dividend of $3.98 while the current yield stands at 2.31%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.28.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of BDX was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.02%, but this was down by -14.83% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -24.24% while six-month performance fell -23.11%. The stock lost -27.34% in the past year, while it has lost -24.05% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BDX yields 5.24 with Next year EPS estimates of 14.72. For the next quarter, that number is 3.44. This implies an EPS growth rate of 8.13% for this year and 3.56% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 6.81% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 8.27%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 286.61 million BDX shares are outstanding with a float of 286.05 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for BDX since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 8 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $13.15228 being high and $13.05226 being low. For BDX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $13.11227.
