DJ Becton Dickinson & Co. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Becton Dickinson & Co. $(BDX)$ shed 1.01% to $181.97 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.17% to 7,670.84 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.26% to 51,349.92.
The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak.
Becton Dickinson & Co. closed 5.75% 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 Tuesday, as $Danaher Corp(DHR-W)$. $(DHR)$ fell 0.54% to $226.11, Medtronic PLC (MDT) fell 2.69% to $87.09, and DexCom Inc. $(DXCM)$ fell 0.05% to $86.64.
Trading volume (1.5 M) remained 284,083 below its 50-day average volume of 1.8 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 29, 2026.