DJ Becton Dickinson & Co. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Becton Dickinson & Co. $(BDX)$ slid 1.09% to $188.13 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.72% to 7,730.99 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.20% to 53,569.44.
Becton Dickinson & Co. closed 2.56% short of its 52-week high of $193.07, which the company reached on August 24th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as $Danaher Corp(DHR-W)$. $(DHR)$ rose 0.15% to $215.68, Medtronic PLC (MDT) fell 2.23% to $89.97, and DexCom Inc. $(DXCM)$ rose 0.37% to $89.29.
Trading volume (1.4 M) remained 861,023 below its 50-day average volume of 2.2 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 27, 2026.