BDX — BECTON DICKINSON & CO
Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21
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Performance
Technicals
Dividends
Measured signals that fired on BDX
| date | signal | measured base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-17 | Equal highs taken out structure | -0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-07-09 | Fair value gap, bearish structure | -0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-06-04 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-05-13 | Equal lows taken out structure | -0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-05-07 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →
Insider transactions (Form 4)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 | Polen Thomas E Jr Chairman, CEO and President | Disposition to issuer 10b5-1 plan | 39.1K | 185.00 | 7.2M |
| 2026-08-13 | Polen Thomas E Jr Chairman, CEO and President | Option exercise 10b5-1 plan | 43.3K | 167.25 | 7.2M |
| 2026-08-13 | Polen Thomas E Jr Chairman, CEO and President | Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan | 4.2K | 185.00 | 768.1K |
| 2026-08-11 | Goette Roland EVP and President, EMEA | Open-market sale | 2.4K | 180.84 | 440.9K |
| 2026-07-27 | Feld Michael EVP, Chief Revenue Officer | Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan | 75 | 157.13 | 11.8K |
| 2026-07-02 | Muhsin Bilal EVP & President Connected Care | Shares withheld for tax | 1.9K | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-07-01 | Muhsin Bilal EVP & President Connected Care | Grant or award | 14.3K | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-06-26 | Feld Michael EVP, Chief Revenue Officer | Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan | 75 | 152.80 | 11.5K |
| 2026-06-24 | Garrison Michael David EVP & Pres Med.Essntl&BioPharm | Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan | 1.1K | 145.66 | 160.2K |
| 2026-06-10 | Garrison Michael David EVP & Pres Med.Essntl&BioPharm | Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan | 1.1K | 151.48 | 166.6K |
Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →
Largest institutional holders
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 4.1B | 26.2M |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 2.9B | 18.5M |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 2.4B | 15.3M |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | 2.2B | 9.1M |
| STATE STREET CORP | 2.2B | 13.8M |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | 1.9B | 11.9M |
| Invesco Ltd. | 1.6B | 10.2M |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 1.1B | 7.1M |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | 1.0B | 6.6M |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | 843.2M | 5.4M |
13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →
Latest SEC filings
| form | filed | period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 144 | 2026-08-20 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-08-14 | 2026-08-13 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 144 | 2026-08-13 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-08-12 | 2026-08-11 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 144 | 2026-08-11 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
| SCHEDULE 13G | 2026-08-07 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-08-06 | 2026-08-06 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-08-06 | 2026-08-06 | on EDGAR ↗ |
Short selling
This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →
Recent headlines
- BECTON DICKINSON & CO (BDX) filed form 144 · 2026-08-20 · SEC EDGAR
- Becton Dickinson stock hits new 52-week high as guidance and dividend support 2026 outlook - Ad-hoc-news.de · 2026-08-19 · Ad-hoc-news.de
- BD Appoints Gary Sorsher as Chief Quality Officer; Jeff Silvestri to Retire · 2026-08-17
- BD Accelerates Advanced Tissue Regeneration Strategy with Landmark PREVENT Trial · 2026-08-12
- Jim Cramer Sees Cheap Valuation in Becton, Dickinson (BDX) After Q3 Beat and Raised Guidance - Yahoo Finance · 2026-08-10 · Yahoo Finance
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