Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Becton Dickinson & Co shares valued at $199,608 were sold by Shan David on Jun 02 ’25. At $171.19 per share, Shan David sold 1,166 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 4,575 shares worth approximately $0.8 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, DAVID SHAN purchased 1,166 shares, netting a total of over 201,240 in proceeds.
Before that, Garrison Michael David had sold 479 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $94,497, the EVP & President, Medical traded Becton Dickinson & Co shares for $197.28 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 479 shares, worth approximately $0.85 million.
As published in a research note from Citigroup on May 22, 2025, Becton Dickinson & Co [BDX] has been rated down from a Buy to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $185. Analysts at Raymond James downgraded the stock from ‘”an Outperform”‘ to ‘”a Mkt perform”‘ outlook in a report released in early May. As of May 02, 2025, Piper Sandler has decreased its “an Overweight” rating to a “Neutral” for BDX. Earlier on May 02, 2025, Goldman downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for BDX stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing BDX Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Becton Dickinson & Co [NYSE: BDX] rose 1.01% to $174.46. The stock’s lowest price that day was $171.7, but it reached a high of $175.23 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.01%. Over the course of the year, Becton Dickinson & Co shares have dropped approximately -23.10%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 46.10 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Becton Dickinson & Co subject to short interest?
Stocks of Becton Dickinson & Co saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-05-30 dropping by -0.49 million shares to 3.15 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 3.64 million shares. A decline of -15.58% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 0.79 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 0.79.
