BDX

Becton Dickinson
Health Care Equipment · Health Care · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$180.67
+2.2% on the session
1-year return
-3.3%
+17.8% over six months
Volatility
30.7%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-32.1%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Becton Dickinson is a health care equipment name in the health care sector. Over the past year it returned -3.3%, against +16.3% over three months and -3.1% over one. It trades 7.2% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 30.7% is above the market's typical range.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -32.1%, and it has traded a median $286M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.16 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Health Care#35 of 59
Stronger than 41% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#125 of 496

How BDX scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound, plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 15 others in Health Care Equipment.

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Full metrics
1 day+2.2%
1 week-1.7%
1 month-3.1%
3 months+16.3%
6 months+17.8%
1 year-3.3%
12-1 momentum-0.2%
Volatility (1y, annualized)30.7%
Max drawdown (1y)-32.1%
Distance vs 200-day average+7.2%
Return per unit of risk-0.11
Median daily dollar volume$286M
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