Becton Dickinson and Company (BDX)

74.73 +0.32  +0.43%  May 24, 5:20PM Go Pro
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Becton Dickinson and Company Return on Equity: 24.50%

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BDX Return on Equity Rankings

Overall 88th percentile 452 of 4081
Sector 89th percentile 49 of 463 in Healthcare
Industry 95th percentile 3 of 63 in Medical Instruments & Supplies

BDX Return on Equity Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 20.43% Jun 2007
Maximum 26.44% Jun 2011
Average 24.23%

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Return on equity (ROE) measures the rate of return on the money invested by common stock owners and retained by the company thanks to previous profitable years. It demonstrates a company's ability to generate profits from shareholders' equity (also known as net assets or assets minus liabilities). In other words, ROE shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate growth. Return on equity is useful for comparing the profitability of companies within a sector or industry.

Investors generally are interested in company's that have high, increasing returns on equity.
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BDX News

1 Great Dividend to Buy Today
May 22, 6:39PM Fool
$BDX looking good for high prices.. No position yet.
about 9 days ago by vjtweet
Baxter Remains Neutral
May 14, 2:45PM
Avg put/call ratio of $SPX components is 1.87. Charts of those with p/c ratio &gt;5: $PLD $R $IVZ $SEE $BDX $TAP http://stks.co/3jNP
about 16 days ago by Attitrade
6 Healthcare Dividend Stocks For A Healthy Portfolio ($BDX, $MSA, $MDT, $OMI, $ABT, $JNJ)
about 17 days ago by iVestSyndicate
Listen to $BDX BD at Deutsche Bank AG Health Care Conference - live at 10:00 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/3hQ8
about 18 days ago by earningscast
$BDX filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/3ehT
about 21 days ago by MarketBrief
Health Care Sector Wrap
May 01, 4:45PM Fox Business
Listen to $BDX Q2 2012 earnings call - live at 08:00 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/3b1d
about 24 days ago by earningscast
$bdx Tues am eps consensus $1.38 vs 1.38 snooozzze
about 24 days ago by MinervasMomma
Anyone care to share TA on $INTU, $IACI, $BDX, $DPZ if their charts tell us for their upside? Thank you! I love this StockTwits site!
about 25 days ago by Trade2work
$HBIO to present at SeeThruEquity Small Inv Conf 6/5, Cornell Club in NYC http://stks.co/3P4h $ABT $BDX $TMO $BIO $MR $COV
about 36 days ago by ATandon_STE
$BDX is in the green now. Lots of value in $GLW. I&#39;m going to hold.
about 43 days ago by 2ndstory
@Trade2work $BDX and losing 76 seems important to the stock looking at last 3 days. not totally lost, but getting close
about 43 days ago by gtlackey
@gtlackey Can you be of assistance to me? I am wondering outloudly why $BDX is down in the last two days during upmarkets??
about 43 days ago by Trade2work
WHY is $BDX going down in the light of Corning $GLW bought out $BDX shares?? Anyone can be of help?
about 43 days ago by Trade2work
RT @SconsetCapital RT @dealbook: Corning to Buy Majority of Becton&#39;s Biosciences Division http://stks.co/3Hnn $$ $GLW $BDX Very nice!
about 45 days ago by 2ndstory
HIGH $CALL VOLU $IBB 448% $ERF 357% $BDX 347% $ADTN 337% $SVU 309% $TSCO 276% $SHW 274% $DPZ 249% $RAD 235% $AVP 226%
about 45 days ago by livevol_pro
HIGH $CALL VOLU $IBB 443% $BDX 302% $TSCO 253% $SHW 235% $ADTN 231% $RAD 223% $TIE 214% $CMA 200% $ERF 195% $MDT 192%
about 46 days ago by livevol_pro
HIGH $CALL VOLU $BDX 299% $RAD 210% $SHW 197% $CMA 185% $IWM 146% $SVU 140% $TYC 135% $FRO 135% $FAST 132% $AVP 100%
about 46 days ago by livevol_pro
RT @vjtweet $BDX http://stks.co/3EGj Watch for a break out.
about 50 days ago by chartly
$BDX http://stks.co/3EET Watch for a break out.
about 50 days ago by vjtweet
HIGH $CALL VOLU $GPN 2455% $SHPGY 1377% $WLP 798% $TRV 755% $BDX 634% $RGR 505% $NUS 475% $SVU 459% $CBD 410% $SRE 395%
about 51 days ago by livevol_pro
HIGH $CALL VOLU $SHPGY 1375% $TRV 753% $BDX 633% $SVU 438% $WLP 417% $CBD 410% $NUS 408% $VMED 378% $SRE 331% $FAST 279%
about 51 days ago by livevol_pro
@OptionsHawk Hi Can you give your thoughts on $BDX and $DPZ for both to head up $1 higher or more in the next few trading sessions?
about 52 days ago by Trade2work
$BDX looks like a saucer formation which indicate a potential target of $80 in near term. Anyone care to comment please?
about 52 days ago by Trade2work
$BDX completing a saucer formation and its 50 day MA is within 18 cents of slicing thru its 200 day MA, golden cross to long climb to $90
about 53 days ago by Trade2work

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