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Becton Dickinson & Co has a consensus price target of $248.38 based on the ratings of 17 analysts. The high is $304 issued by Raymond James on August 4, 2023. The low is $184 issued by Wells Fargo on August 8, 2025. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital, and Piper Sandler on December 2, 2025, November 7, 2025, and November 7, 2025, respectively. With an average price target of $200.67 between Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital, and Piper Sandler, there's an implied 3.46% upside for Becton Dickinson & Co from these most-recent analyst ratings.
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Dec 2, 2025 | 8.27% | 197210 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | ||
Nov 7, 2025 | 4.15% | 202211 | Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform | ||
Nov 7, 2025 | -2.04% | 190200 | Previous Neutral Current Neutral | ||
Oct 16, 2025 | 8.79% | 211211 | Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform | ||
Sep 25, 2025 | 8.79% | 211 | Previous Initiates Current Sector Perform | ||
Aug 11, 2025 | 1.57% | 196197 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | ||
Aug 8, 2025 | -5.14% | 172184 | Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight | ||
Aug 8, 2025 | 3.11% | 185200 | Previous Neutral Current Neutral | ||
Jun 3, 2025 | 24.25% | 241261 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | ||
May 22, 2025 | -4.62% | 185217 | Previous Buy Current Neutral | ||
May 6, 2025 | 1.05% | 196280 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | ||
May 2, 2025 | -4.62% | 185260 | Previous Overweight Current Neutral | ||
May 2, 2025 | 15.49% | 224280 | Previous Buy Current Buy | ||
May 1, 2025 | 11.88% | 217270 | Previous Buy Current Buy | ||
May 1, 2025 | — | — | Previous Outperform Current Market Perform | ||
Apr 23, 2025 | 34.05% | 260280 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | ||
Apr 7, 2025 | 34.56% | 261279 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | ||
Feb 14, 2025 | 43.84% | 278279 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | ||
Jan 28, 2025 | 44.36% | 275280 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | ||
Jan 22, 2025 | 43.33% | 278312 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | ||
Oct 1, 2024 | 49.52% | 286290 | Previous Outperform Current Outperform | ||
Oct 1, 2024 | 41.78% | 255275 | Previous Neutral Current Buy | ||
Aug 2, 2024 | 39.2% | 270275 | Previous Outperform Current Outperform | ||
Jul 26, 2024 | 44.36% | 270280 | Previous Buy Current Buy | ||
Jul 10, 2024 | 31.47% | 255260 | Previous Neutral Current Neutral | ||
Jul 2, 2024 | 46.94% | 285290 | Previous Outperform Current Outperform | ||
May 30, 2024 | 41.27% | 274 | Previous Initiates Current Buy | ||
May 6, 2024 | 60.86% | 305312 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | ||
Feb 5, 2024 | 57.25% | 301305 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | ||
Jan 3, 2024 | 41.78% | 269275 | Previous Outperform Current Outperform | ||
Dec 4, 2023 | 44.36% | 280310 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | ||
Nov 10, 2023 | 44.36% | 280305 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | ||
Nov 10, 2023 | 38.69% | 269304 | Previous Outperform Current Outperform | ||
Aug 21, 2023 | 45.39% | 260282 | Previous Neutral Current Neutral | ||
Aug 7, 2023 | 56.22% | 284303 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | ||
Aug 4, 2023 | 59.83% | 295310 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | ||
Aug 4, 2023 | 56.73% | 304305 | Previous Outperform Current Outperform | ||
Jul 24, 2023 | 57.25% | 290305 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | ||
Jul 24, 2023 | 57.25% | 305 | Previous Market Perform Current Outperform | ||
May 30, 2023 | 52.09% | 295 | Previous Current Overweight | ||
May 8, 2023 | 34.05% | 250260 | Previous Current Neutral | ||
May 8, 2023 | 46.42% | 282284 | Previous Current Overweight | ||
May 5, 2023 | 49.52% | 260290 | Previous Neutral Current Overweight | ||
Apr 12, 2023 | 56.73% | 304 | Previous Sector Weight Current Overweight | ||
Apr 4, 2023 | 41.78% | 275280 | Previous Current Outperform | ||
Feb 3, 2023 | 52.09% | 290295 | Previous Current Overweight | ||
Feb 3, 2023 | 34.05% | 245260 | Previous Current Neutral | ||
Jan 6, 2023 | 49.52% | 275290 | Previous Current Overweight | ||
Jan 3, 2023 | 49.52% | 250290 | Previous Neutral Current Buy | ||
Dec 12, 2022 | 28.89% | 220250 | Previous Sell Current Neutral |
The latest price target for Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) was reported by Morgan Stanley on December 2, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $210.00 expecting BDX to rise to within 12 months (a possible 8.27% upside). 20 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
The latest analyst rating for Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) was provided by Morgan Stanley, and Becton Dickinson maintained their overweight rating.
The last upgrade for Becton Dickinson & Co happened on October 1, 2024 when Citigroup raised their price target to $275. Citigroup previously had a neutral for Becton Dickinson & Co.
The last downgrade for Becton Dickinson & Co happened on May 22, 2025 when Citigroup changed their price target from $217 to $185 for Becton Dickinson & Co.
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Becton Dickinson, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Becton Dickinson was filed on December 2, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around December 2, 2026.
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Becton Dickinson (BDX) rating was a maintained with a price target of $197.00 to $210.00. The current price Becton Dickinson (BDX) is trading at is $193.96, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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