DJ Becton Dickinson & Co. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Becton Dickinson & Co. $(BDX)$ slipped 2.82% to $145.31 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.04% to 7,135.95 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.57% to 48,861.81.
This was the stock's seventh consecutive day of losses.
Becton Dickinson & Co. closed 22.44% short of its 52-week high of $187.35, which the company reached on February 24th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as $Danaher Corp(DHR-W)$. $(DHR)$ fell 0.10% to $178.80, Medtronic PLC $(MDT)$ fell 3.09% to $79.37, and DexCom Inc. $(DXCM)$ fell 2.97% to $57.56.
Trading volume (2.9 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 2.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled April 29, 2026.
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April 29, 2026 16:53 ET (20:53 GMT)
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