DJ Becton Dickinson & Co. Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Becton Dickinson & Co. $(BDX)$ rallied 1.65% to $185.92 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.45% to 7,585.73 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.63% to 52,093.11.
This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.
Becton Dickinson & Co. closed 3.70% 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 $Danaher Corp(DHR-W)$. $(DHR)$ rose 3.01% to $209.36, Medtronic PLC (MDT) fell 0.05% to $93.75, and DexCom Inc. $(DXCM)$ rose 2.09% to $86.45.
Trading volume (2.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.7 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 15, 2026.