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Becton Dickinson

  • BDX
  • NYSE
  • Consumer Products
  • Latest 100.83
  • Currency US$
  • Change 0.66
  • Percent Change 0.659 %
  • Volume 835,051
  • Fri May 24, 2013 4:00 PM EDT NYSE data delayed 15 minutes.
Average recommendation
17 Analysts Reporting (May 23, 2013)
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Underperform
Sell
Change over time
Analyst rating breakdown
  Latest 4 weeks ago 2 months ago 3 months ago Last Year
Strong Buy 3 3 3 3 4
Buy 1 1 1 1 2
Hold 8 9 9 9 10
Underperform 2 2 2 2 0
Sell 3 3 3 3 2

As of Sat May 25, 2013 1:28 AM EDT
The consensus recommendation is the average buy, sell or hold rating for a company, based on a survey of brokerage equity analysts by Zacks Investment Research. We update the ratings daily.

Earnings & Estimates

Short Term
    Q3/11 Q4/11 Q1/12 Q2/12 Q3/12 Q4/12 Q1/13 Q2/13 Q3/13 Q4/13  

Actual quarterly earnings for the past eight quarters and estimated for the next two quarters
Estimated EPS ($)   1.43 1.39 1.17 1.38 1.53 1.40 1.23 1.35 1.48 1.52  
Actual EPS   1.51 1.39 1.17 1.38 1.52 1.42 1.35 1.44 -- --  
Surprise (%)   5.6 -- -- -- -0.6 1.4 9.8 6.7 -- --  
Est. % Chg from Prior Year   0.2 0.1 -0.1 -- 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 -2.6 7.3  
{#} Analysts   17 8 14 17 17 15 17 12 13 12  
Date of Earnings   Aug 02 Nov 02 Feb 07 May 01 Aug 02 Nov 07 Feb 05 May 02 Aug 08 Nov 06  

Data provided by Zacks Investment Research.

Long Term
    2013 2014  

Estimated annual earnings for the next
two years
Estimated EPS ($)   5.74 6.26  
Actual EPS   5.37 5.74  
Surprise (%)   -- --  
Est. % Chg from Prior Year   7.0 9.0  
{#} Analysts   16 13  
Date of Earnings   -- --  

Trends & Revisions

Earnings Per Share Trend
  Current 7-Days Ago 30-Days Ago 60-Days Ago 90-Days Ago
  Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean
Current Quarter (ends Jun 2013) 1.48 1.48 1.52 1.52 1.53
Next Quarter (ends Sep 2013) 1.52 1.52 1.49 1.49 1.49
Current Fiscal Year (ends Sep 2013) 5.74 5.74 5.71 5.72 5.72
Next Fiscal Year (ends Sep 2014) 6.26 6.26 6.23 6.22 6.21

Data provided by Zacks Investment Research.

Earnings Revisions
Last 7 Days Last 30 Days
Up Revs Down Revs Up Revs Down Revs
1 0 0 10
1 0 9 1
1 0 13 0
1 0 9 1